Is there something you really want to wear but are chicken?

PrettySquareGal · May 7, 2009

I have a 60's faux cheetah skin coat and it's so fun but I don't have the courage to wear it because it's so...loud (compared to what I usually wear).

Do you have something vintage that you'd love to wear but lack the courage to do it?

LordBest · May 7, 2009

Plus fours/breeks.

Mr_Misanthropy · May 7, 2009

This...

In black or gray probably...

I really like the look of it, but I'd have a hard time coming up with outfits to wear with it. This is going to end up an interesting thread!

Also, I agree with LordBest on the Plus Fours. However, one day when I order my dream Bookster tweed suit, I will get matching plus fours with it.

Viola · May 7, 2009

I want a pith helmet, but, yeah, where would I possibly wear a pith helmet?

Lotta Little · May 7, 2009

There's really nothing I won't wear for fear of other's reactions, but in a big city it's easier to get away with more. If I want to wear something that would be really unusual for every day, or draw too much attention, I'll usually save it for a costume party or Halloween. I guess I just don't like talking to strangers about my outfit (or much else...)

MPicciotto · May 7, 2009

Viola said:
I want a pith helmet, but, yeah, where would I possibly wear a pith helmet?

I wear one to really big outdoor auctions and flea markets.

Matt

Viola · May 7, 2009

The wide ones or the tall ones? I was thinking I might be able to get away with the wide one for gardening and garden-related things. Don't know about the tall kind though.

LordBest · May 7, 2009

Viola said:
The wide ones or the tall ones? I was thinking I might be able to get away with the wide one for gardening and garden-related things. Don't know about the tall kind though.

I have a tall one, I am allowed to wear it on archaeological digs and in the tropics, but my family will disown me if I wear it in town.

Slim Portly · May 7, 2009

Top hat, cape, monocle, spats, breeks (not all at the same time, of course). I can't yet bring myself to wear any of these items outside of a "dress up" occasion. I'm on the verge of being comfortable with a cut-away morning coat, but I'm not quite there yet either.

AtomicEraTom · May 7, 2009

I'd like to wear a vintage suit daily, but am too chicken to. I'd get harassed by friends, and family, not to mention what complete strangers would say.

Tiller · May 7, 2009

PrettySquareGal said:

That looks very nice on you Pretty. I think you should wear it

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Warbaby · May 7, 2009

A Zoot suit.

Alas, not the sort of thing an old white guy can pull off with any degree of sartorial credibility.

chanteuseCarey · May 7, 2009

perhaps if you're at a Regency period gathering...

It has that Colonel Brandon kind of look going for it ...

Mr_Misanthropy said:
In black or gray probably...

I really like the look of it, but I'd have a hard time coming up with outfits to wear with it. This is going to end up an interesting thread!

Also, I agree with LordBest on the Plus Fours. However, one day when I order my dream Bookster tweed suit, I will get matching plus fours with it.

chanteuseCarey · May 7, 2009

SP I' think youd; look great in a...

Cape, spats, and top hat! A monocle, hm... Not sure what breeks are.

The cutaway morning coat probably looks fabulous on you

Our vintage dealer Roberto has apparently worn one to our Art Deco Society's Gatsby Summer Afternoon.

Slim Portly said:
Top hat, cape, monocle, spats, breeks (not all at the same time, of course). I can't yet bring myself to wear any of these items outside of a "dress up" occasion. I'm on the verge of being comfortable with a cut-away morning coat, but I'm not quite there yet either.

Mr_Misanthropy · May 7, 2009

chanteuseCarey said:
It has that Colonel Brandon kind of look going for it ...

Yeah, that's the problem. I think it's a great looking coat, but it's TOO dated. I couldn't match it with any outfit less than a couple hundred years old.

Mike in Seattle · May 7, 2009

Mr_Misanthropy said:
In black or gray probably...

I really like the look of it, but I'd have a hard time coming up with outfits to wear with it. This is going to end up an interesting thread!

A friend wears one in black frequently, but he's also known as a bit of an eccentric, but totally fearless about what he wears. He'll show up to house manage or usher in amazing Asian-styled embroidered silk shirts or jackets, and I'm sure with the next show (Guys & Dolls) he'll no-doubt give me a run for my money in the fedora & pinstripe department. His wife says she makes him tone it down a bit at the theater, which considering what he wears, intrigues me.

But I agree - this is going to be, with not a doubt in my mind, one of the all-time greatest threads in Lounge history.

Torpedo · May 7, 2009

chanteuseCarey said:
Not sure what breeks are.

Hi CCarey, breeks are similar to plus-fours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeks

And count me also in the plus fours - breeks "chicken" list.

Also, I got a vintage boater, and I am gathering the courage to wear it this summer - so I hop this one will not be in this list...

avedwards · May 7, 2009

Tweed jackets. For some reason I find that I can get away with vintage looking suits which are blue, grey, black or pinstripe but not tweeds. Possibly because they are associated with old people in England, whereas other vintage suits (like pinstripe) are not because they aren't usually worn by older people.

And as SP mentioned, capes. I have one black wool cape with a red lining which I originally bought at an antiques fair to look like Dracula. So far I've only managed to wear it at Hallowe'en with a black suit, as it just is too costumey for any other occaision I am likely to attend.

BinkieBaumont · May 7, 2009

Today in Town, I spotted a Black Fez with the brightest orange tassel you ever did see. I asked the lady in the shop if the colouring had any significance but she "Thought not" I could wear it with the new black suit I have ordered, but probably wont, I may buy it, purely to decorate my study.

For those with "Fezbian" tendencies may one recommend a visit here:

http://fezorati.ning.com/

Amy Jeanne · May 7, 2009

I've been known to wear ultra-poofy sleeved 30s dresses and dresses made entirely out of flamingo fabric....sooooooo......

Nah, there's nothing I wouldn't wear. I think it's funny most of the time (the tacky stuff I wear!). But here in Philly no one even gives you a second look, unless they LIKE it!

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