Retro looks for Northern Hemisphere Spring

So I was spending far more time than I care to mention perusing the new collections yesterday and found this image in the H&M Spring 2010 lookbook. I love all these outfits, but it struck me immediately how utterly 80s retro this is – to the point where I could almost go to Rozelle Markets this weekend and find the exact same items in almost the same fabrics and cut, bar the rosy frill embellishment on that red bubble skirt (which is rather special).

There’s a whole section in The Crafty Minx on updating past-it frocks – if you have anything remotely like this, you could do some tweaking to get the same effect. Or head off to your local charity store where you’re bound to unearth an appropriate item or two.

Molly Ringwald, eat your heart out.