Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

MissHannah said:

I had a lot of lovely comments at Goodwood Revival on Staurday but my favourite was from a 60-something woman as I was leaving. She was WRVS volunteer on the gate collecting used wristbands and she stopped me and said "You look so... so... REAL!" lol lol

This was my outfit:

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YesterdayGirl said:

It's amazing how really young children can pick up on the differences in hair and make up then what they are used to lol

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Miss Scarlet said:

It really is! I get children looking at me all the time and you can tell it's out of fascination and wonderment rather than "Look how weird she looks." With babies they seem to be excited by my bright red lipstick.

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annet said:

my mother just told me i remind her of how her grandmother (my great-grandmother) dressed when she was young.

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Nomanolo said:

That's the thing though.... people don't seem to know the difference.

'You look like a granny.'

Me: Ehm yeah this is indeed what she wore... when she was 24 herself...

'Oh....ehm ok.'

Me: -_-'


I once wrote an article about this and send it to a Dutch magazine, they published it... that was kind of cool.

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annet said:

cool!

well, my mother meant it well: she saw my face and then said something like: "i mean, my mother is born in the 1930s and you remind me of what her mother wore in her kiddie pictures."

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Nomanolo said:

Yeah I understood that but most people just say: 'Granny'

Not: Granny...when she was young

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annet said:

haha yeah my little brother always does that! whenever i say some old lady gave me a compliment again he just yells: "but when are you finally going to understand that it's a bad thing when you get compliments from THEM?? it means you look prudish and old!"

and then i say that i love them, because it means i remind them of how they were BEFORE THEY BECAME GRANNIES. he just goes silent after that.

silly teenager with his silly half-ass mustache

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benstephens said:

I think this phenomenon is worse when you are a man. One of the looks I like is the 1930s Sports jacket, Flannels, tie and jumper/pullover.

Being that men do not really change their style, most old men wear .... Sports jacket, Flannels, tie and jumper/pullover.

So, people do not think I am dressing in a 1930s style, but just like an old man! So, I tend to avoid this style unless I am off to a 'period' event.

Kindest Regards

Ben

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