With so much information and so many stores claiming to be rockabilly, what is a girl to do? What exactly IS Rockabilly?

The term “Rockabilly” is synonymous with the rock ‘n roll style music of the 1950’s. Think  Rock-meets-Country music. Elvis is a great example of Rockabilly style music. Rockabilly is just another term for a sub-culture such as “punk” or “scene” where people enjoy a certain genres of music, style of clothing and hair, and events.

Now that we have the history lesson our of the way, lets move on to What Is Rockabilly Clothing…

Rockabilly is a term used to refer to anything retro. Rockabilly clothing usually refers to items such as; Cute polka dot retro dresses, dresses with dainty cherry prints, full circle skirts, vintage items from the 1950’s, and anything else that has that 1950’s appeal. “Rockabilly” does not only refer to clothing, but more of a “lifestyle.”

Modern day male rockabillies often wear slim jeans, have a bandana somewhere (ie. back pocket, or worn as a wrist cuff), and often wear a retro or vintage shirt, while female rockabillies love any sort of retro dresses, skirts, and tops, and wear dolled up hair. One of the more popular rockabilly hair styles among the ladies is the “Bettie Hair.” This refers to hairstyles similar to that of Bettie Page. Rockabillies  today may adorn themselves in vibrant tattoos, and piercings, but don’t you dare confuse them with “Psychobillies.”

“Psychobilly” is very similar to “Rockabilly” but usually has darker undertones in both music and dress. Some great physchobilly bands are Tiger Army, The Creepshow, and The Horrorpops. The clothing may consist of retro inspired clothing, but with darker or morbid prints, such as zombies, skulls, etc…instead of polka dots and cherries.

From cherry print bikinis, to ruffled one-piece swimwear, we are getting in a selection of super cute indie and retro style baithing suits. Some of the styles you can expect to be are:

Super cute retro inspired one-piece baithing suit featuring angled contrasting stripes and ruffles.

This retro indie baithing suit has almost there full coverage in the front, with the sides slightly cut in to show off the perfect amount of curves. The angled stripes creates the perfect slimming effect for any gal who is slightly self concious.

Cute lime green ruffles decorate the legs of this baithing suit, while a lime green strap wraps around the neck to keep this low cut retro inspired baithing suit in place.

The real gem is the back of this little number. The back features layered polka dot ruffles and a decorative bow.

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This retro inspired bikini is a favorite. Elegantly pink with detailing in just the right places. This bikini features a halter top with decorative bow and ruffles.

The bottom of this retro swimwear features a skirt for just enough coverage and also adds that little something extra with the cute bow.

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This sexy white retro indie bikini features a bandau top with decorate bow and elegant pearls as the strap to keep the top in place.

I love the bottom of this suit. The ruffled skirts gives a flair that is just right to this retro inspired swimwear piece.

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Slightly retro, a little bit indie, and all rockabilly, this swimwear piece definitely pays attention to the details.

Featureing an adjustable halter top with ruffled accents, and a bikin bottom with a ruffled flair and cute decorative bow, I absolutely love this swimsuit’s allover poppy heart print.

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Left: The Scene Queen Dress – Eclectica – $49.90  Right: Pump Up The Volume Dress – Mod Cloth – $74.99

This dress is superb with it’s super voluminous layers, giant bow hung from the front, a sash tie in back, and adjustable straps. The cotton/poly material has natural crinkling, that can be accentuated, as in the picture on the right, or ironed on low low heat, for a slightly more polished look. Try this dress strapless with some neon platform heels, and some mod black eyeliner, and you’re good to go!

This dress already sold out once, so get it before it gets swept away again!

Rock your special event in style! This dress features light boning in the bodice to give you that super sleek look, along with pouffy layers of tulle and polka dots. A fuscia bow gives a pop of color and an updated 80’s feel, and at under $90 you’ll be sure to be the center of attention at your special event.

A few tips to play the uniqueness of this dress up:

1. For an alternative 80’s style, or mod retro style, grab a pair of chunky fuscia pumps with an inner platform, or some black polka dot wedges such as our Retro Polka Dot Wedges. These wedges are perfect with this dress because the contrasting polka dots plays off the pattern on the dress, and once again we have a pop of color with the fuscia bow.

2. Add chunky jewelry like a DIY splatter paint cassette tape necklace with big chunky beads, or a couple colorful chunky bracelets and you’ve got an outfit that will grab everyone’s attention.

3. To really play up the alternative style, add a pair of fisnet tights. We love the footless kind, or even the stirrup variety of tights.

Feel free to stop on by and get a good look at Eclectica’s Scene Aesthetic Mod Dress and tell us what you would add to this dress to make it yours.

“Mod” was a 1960’s subculture, or counterculture, just as “punk” style, or the “scene” style. Short for modern, or modernist the term “mod” was usually used to refer to anything popular, fasionable or. you guessed it…modern. This is similar to how nowadays we refer to the terms “emo’s” or “scene kids” for those fashionistas of the alternative style.

Mods were rebellious and went against the grain and the mod style lost it’s appeal when it became commercialized, derived, and fake. The big clothing companies were now trying to make new mod style clothing, thus the allure of individuality was gone. (Mass produced indie clothing should ring a bell here…).

Female mods traditionally dress andgrogynously, with tailored trousers or dress pants, flats, and light makeup. Think twiggy; the light foundation and bold, stunning eyes. Who doesn’t love dark liner and false lashes? The mod clothing style is characterized by bold prints, geometric patterns, and bright colors. Teeny tiny miniskirts, shift dresses, aline skirts, and chuncky patent leather boots are a must have for any mod fashionista.

One of our favorite examples of Mod Style is Lily Aldrin in How I Met Your Mother.

Below: Lily Aldrin’s character from HIMYM (Right, Middle). Twiggy (Left)

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Sale on Indie Clothing

Check out the selection of mod retro indie clothing for men and women on sale at eclecticaclothing.com. For two days only we will have a selection of our products up to 50% off.

Today we received a letter from Google informing us that due to our popularity, we are a favorite place on Google.

As a reward, Google has given us a special decal. The decal has a special barcode that can be read with camera phones to add Eclectica as a favorite place and read and write reviews, all in an instant.

Thanks for your support and remember to leave a positive review on our Google Maps page!

“I’ve never actually purchased from you’re company before but wanted to let you know that you have some really good prices. I happened to find you Scene Queen Tiered Bow Dress while looking for dresses but was sad when you guys were sold out of it. I did find it on one of my favorite places [name withheld] but I am sad to say that they were charging double what you guys were and would not match your price.

Sooooo keep up the good prices and the cool cloths!”

Here is the dress in question:

This dress was a hot seller for us, and while we COULD have charged $90 for it, why would we? Our goal is to provide unique indie clothing, shoes, and accessories, at reasonable prices. We are a locally owned indie company, meaning there are no rich men with money paving our way.

Usually the price battle is the other way around… it’s we who have a little higher prices than other mainstream companies, because we are an indie company. We do not get huge bulk discounts, because we do not buy hundreds of the same items. Mainstream companies, such as those in your local mall, or any big retailer, get volume discounts on items. This means the more they buy the less it actually costs them. While they should (in our eyes) be passing the savings onto their customers, most don’t; instead using it to increase their profit margin.

This is WHY we strive to provide the most unique indie clothing we can find, at prices you can afford.

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