Our favourite fashions have evolved and rotated between ?cool?, ?uncool?, and practical. Many items which started their life with an industrial purpose have since been appropriated by the fashion world: trainers are no longer just for running, nor are jump suits for jumping. Fashion is unruly and unpredictable. Many styles that we wear now would have been scoffed at ten years ago, and we love to judge our predecessors for their wacky dress sense. In this article we will take a look at the origins of some of today?s staple pieces and find out how their image has been refreshed over time. 
Boilersuits and jumpsuits 
Jumpsuits and boilersuits have seen a surge in popularity on the high street. Despite their current status as fashion must-haves, their origins were entirely practical. Designed by a Florentine designer in 1919, jumpsuits were created, as their name suggests, for jumping. More specifically, they were made for parachuters or skydivers making jumps out of planes. After this, they also became popular with race car drivers, aviators and even astronauts.  In hindsight, jumpsuits were iconic features of the twentieth century. From Rosie the River on the wartime ?You Can Do It!? poster, to the 1969 moon landing, to the disco dancing ?70s and Saturday Night Fever, they were always around. They gradually transcended their utilitarian origins to become fashion statements and have stuck around ever since. 
Bum bags
An unlikely item, the bum bag has made a roaring comeba...