A Beginner's Guide to Music's Lost Leaders: Old Timey Americana

One of my current obsessions is the band First Aid Kit- a name that makes them relatively hard to google. They have a very mature old timey Americana/folk sound, which is surprising considering they are a pair of Swedish teenagers! Their sound is at times woodsy and most definitely folk-inspired. They got their start covering Fleet Foxes' song Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. That was back in 2007 when the girls were about 14 and 16. After this initial attention they released an EP called "Drunken Trees", but it was not until they released their newest album "The Big Black & The Blue" almost a year ago that they really caught the attention of music lovers. The obvious standouts to me from this album are "Hard Believer" and "Ghost Town", which I posted links to at the end of this post.

From a fashion standpoint, it is obvious when you look at their first video compared to their newer ones that someone has already started to mold them into future fashion icons. Their sense of personal style has become more atuned to that of budding music stars, with a mixture of sixties, seventies, and Swedish influences. And between Johanna's adorable round face to Klara's gorgeous eyes, they have a lot to offer a fashion house that has younger cooler clients. Someone is going to snatch these girls up and I will be so jealous.

If I were to dress these girls I would love to see them in white or black lace sleeved dresses with a very 70s feel (think Gunne Sax), maybe making it a little more modern with tights and boots depending on the length of the dress. Or I'd go with a plaid look- it could be a shirt dress, but I think it needs to be more polished vintage than hipster.

Some examples (only the last one is by me):

I love the detailing on this dress