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Austrian guys have finally jumped on the tight-jeans bandwagon. Better late than never, we guess. Plain-colored button-down shirts and V-neck t-shirts are also very narrow cut. Basically boys are looking like they raided their little sisters' closets...

The cute arty girls in Milan have gone back to a less-is-more look after last year's disastrous flirtation with all that is neon. Bright colors are now used sparingly and to great success, like a perfectly pink little jacket over a "Comme des Fuck Down...

In 1979, Milan's fashion week overtook Paris, in terms of both pure profit and volume of business.

Black leggings and ballet flats (with a new ankle-strap twist) continue their reign in Belgium, paired, of course, with some big sacklike thing on top, such as a bright blue designer raincoat (which is completely useless against the rain) or a cute...

These photos were taken in a part of South Africa known as Walmer Location in Port Elizabeth. The place is a side effect of the implementation of apartheid in the 1960s.

Vice: When did you first realize you had this gift?

Somewhere among the pulsating mass of young designers and wannabe trendsetters that choke the streets of London are a few new faces who are ready to do great things on fashion's front lines.

Excerpted from The People’s Almanac Presents the 20th Century: History With the Boring Parts Left Out, by David Wallechinsky.