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Think about the 1920s vs 2020s. The year 2020 is quickly approaching and we're all preparing for a new year and decade. It will also mark 100 years since the 1920s began and so much has changed since then! From clothing to cars to simple, everyday items, some things we may not even recognize anymore. It's nice to take a walk down memory lane and reminisce about these old-style items as they evolve when years progress. Here is a fun comparison between the 1920s and the upcoming 2020s... how things looked back then versus how they look now! Do you remember? 1. Bathing suits Bathing suits / Pinterest / DHgate This has definitely changed so much throughout the years! If we go back even further, bathing suits for women actually used to be "bathing gowns." Now, it's like walking around in underwear. RELATED: A House Ordered From A 1920s Sears Catalog Is Still Standing Today 2. Telephones Phones / eBay/iGeeksBlog Wow, a lot of people from the 1920s must not have seen this coming! A 1920s rotary telephone versus the most recent model of the iPhone smartphone. A lot of people don't even use landlines in their homes anymore. 3. Cars Cars / Design You Trust/Motor1 The face of 2019 cars greatly differs from vintage 1920 vehicles. It's considered extremely impressive should you own an upkeep a vintage car now. Many people will bring in old cars for car shows, often from the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Anyone still got a car from the 1920s? Read onto the NEXT page for more things that have changed from the 1920s to the 2020s... 4. Television Television / The Stanley Weston Archive/Getty Images/Everyday Hearing The left photo pictured is of Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird, using what is known as one of the very first televisions in the 1920s. The television was actually invented in 1927 and you had to look into the receiving machine to see the moving picture. Now, just about every home has some kind of television, whether it be an actual cable set or a smart TV. 5. Radio Radios / Flickr / Crunch Reviews These radios back in the 1920s were much bigger and bulkier. Nowadays, many of the radios have been amplified with 'smart' features like a touchscreen. That is if people even listen to the radio anymore! Many people are turning towards streaming music on Spotify, Apple Music, or even their Amazon Alexa. 6. Everyday clothing Clothing / Fashion Institute of Technology/Paris Insider's Guide Everyday clothing is something that truly evolves and changes as time goes on. With that being said, retro clothing items are continuing to come back into style! Maybe we'll see a return of some 1920s fashion for the 2020s. 7. Music players Music players / Pinterest/Systweak Blog Back in the day, in order to listen to music, you'd have to put a record on. While many people still use vinyl records to this day, you can turn to your smartphone at any time to play pretty much any song. Do you remember any of these old-fashioned items or still own any of them? Let us know! RELATED: What Telephones Looked Like The Decade You Were Born