From historic glamour to Space Age aesthetics, art to literature, fashion’s influences are as numerous as the styles they spawn. And while designers may look to the past for inspiration — as seen here in a Fairchild Archive photo of model Romney Russo wearing a ’50s-inspired look from designer Lester Hayatt’s spring 1980 collection — they do so to spark their creativity for the future.

Report & Image Research: Tonya Blazio-Licorish

Photo 1: Romney Russo wearing a ’50s-inspired look from designer Lester Hayatt’s spring 1980 collection

Photo 2: A model on the runway at Iris van Herpen’s fall 2011 haute couture show at Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt.

Photo 3: Thierry Mugler retrospective fashion show and general ambience at the sixth annual California Fashion Industry Friends of AIDS Project in Century City, California.

Photo 4: Kirat Bhinder (center), Gloria Burgess (right) and a model in suits from the Emanuel Ungaro 1983 fall couture collection on July 17, 1983, in Paris.

Photo 5: A model poses in a look from the Larry LeGaspi made-toorder collection for fall 1979 on June 4, 1979, in New York City.

Photo 6: Backstage at the Moschino fall 2020 show, photographed in Milan on Feb. 20, 2020.