Five Decades You Wish You Lived In

Forget about back to the future, let's go back to the past.

5. 1890

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The French call it la révolution bohème, the Bohemian Revolution, a period in which art, music, theater, dance and poetry were at the center of the universe. There was an outpouring of creativity across Europe, particularly in Paris, which no doubt was driven by love (and absinthe). 1890 was also the year the Moulin Rouge opened, can you do the can can? Yes, we can can.

4. The 80s

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Big hair, big attitude - the 80s was all about being O.T.T. Imagine dancing around your New York loft-style apartment in a skimpy leotard and pastel coloured legwarmers to Phil Collins pumping out of your boombox. Or maybe you're the type who enjoys strutting your stuff down fifth avenue in a pair of tight, red leather pants, huge shoulder pads and a Bon Jovi cassette in your walkman. What a time to be alive.

3. Roaring 20s

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The war had just ended, the depression was yet to hit and all people wanted to do was have a good time. The 20s was the ultimate decade of hedonism, where flappers, bootleg parlour and roaring jazz were the main sources of entertainment. This was the decade of glitz and glamour galore.

2. The 90s

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Some of you may have been lucky enough to enjoy this era, but a lot of you were probably only babies during the 90s. Lucky for us the era is making a comeback! No doubt you've noticed the plethora of choker necklaces, acid wash denim and piggy-buns currently in trend. 2014 was like a fashion throwback to the 90s. Now of only TV and radio would follow suit. We need more bands like Nirvana and the Spice Girls, and more TV shows like Freaks and Geeks and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Not to mention Seinfeld, Friends, The Nanny, The Simpson, Around The Twist and so on!

1. The 60s

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There's so much to love about the 60s. The fashion was outrageous: flares, fringed vests, suede skirts, big earrings, huge wedges. The music was incendiary: Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan (and the list goes on and on). Woodstock happened, President Kennedy was shot, the Vietnam War defined a generation, the hippy movement took over San Francisco and beyond. It was an era of change and a love movement that we can only dream of happening again.