Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

dgenevieve · Jan 10, 2010

jemjefferson said:
I went to the bank today, and on the back of the receipt the teller wrote "your'e hair looks REALLY nice." I'm still beaming

Love that!! lol

Darhling · Jan 10, 2010

Yesterday on the tube, a group of French people talked about my shoes and how President Sarkozy's wife had the same ones

that made my day, to be given compliments from the French!

C-dot · Jan 10, 2010

At work yesterday this couple were talking to my co-worker about me. I went behind the counter they were at, and the guy said "Yes, we are talking about you! We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie the other night, and you remind us of those hairstyles... You know, the late 1800's?"

I remember staring in disbelief and sputtering something about WWII... Not sure exactly... I was a little dumbfounded to say the least.

Lenore · Jan 10, 2010

C-dot said:
At work yesterday this couple were talking to my co-worker about me. I went behind the counter they were at, and the guy said "Yes, we are talking about you! We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie the other night, and you remind us of those hairstyles... You know, the late 1800's?"

I remember staring in disbelief and sputtering something about WWII... Not sure exactly... I was a little dumbfounded to say the least.

Yeah, I would have been sputtering too... [huh]

Miss Dizzy Dame · Jan 11, 2010

If I had a dollar for everytime I've got a Bonnie Parker comment.. lol

skyvue · Jan 11, 2010

I get mostly positive comments, thankfully (the only negative ones I've received are of the "Indy Jones/private eye/gangster" variety, and I think even those are well-intended, annoying as they can be).

The latest was offered today by a security guard at a construction site I walked past, clad in a vintage grey suit, black wingtips, a lighter grey vintage overcoat, and a charcoal Akubra Sidney/Fedora:

"All men should wear hats like that -- you look so distinguished!"

LizzieMaine · Jan 12, 2010

A couple of recent ones that made me laugh --

While greeting patrons at work the other night, a younger woman told me I looked like "Dita's mother."

Today at the bank, with no makeup and my hair up in a rag, somebody asked me if I was "an old Pentecostal lady."

That has to rank as the widest gamut of remarks I've ever gotten...

Inky · Jan 12, 2010

LizzieMaine said:
A couple of recent ones that made me laugh --

While greeting patrons at work the other night, a younger woman told me I looked like "Dita's mother."

hahaha, great one!!

exquisitebones · Jan 12, 2010

Today while out shopping a guy running across the street SCREAMED at me "Your hair is Flipping AWESOME!" and signaled some "thumbs up"

lol. It was just some faux bangs with victory rolls, but that guy loved it.

Hamilton_Honey · Jan 12, 2010

Petting in Public

I just went out Saturday night with a group of vintage folks (great time) and wearing my fur stole - lots of positive compliments, one pair of men who were taken aback at 2 of us girls coming down the stairs in vintage that they stopped in their tracks - haha.

The most interesting was a 30-ish gentleman who came up to compliment me on my fur and actually *petted* it!! I'm still not sure what I think of that...

kymeratale · Jan 12, 2010

Hamilton_Honey said:
I just went out Saturday night with a group of vintage folks (great time) and wearing my fur stole - lots of positive compliments, one pair of men who were taken aback at 2 of us girls coming down the stairs in vintage that they stopped in their tracks - haha.

The most interesting was a 30-ish gentleman who came up to compliment me on my fur and actually *petted* it!! I'm still not sure what I think of that...

Better the stole than you!

V.C. Brunswick · Jan 12, 2010

C-dot said:
At work yesterday this couple were talking to my co-worker about me. I went behind the counter they were at, and the guy said "Yes, we are talking about you! We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie the other night, and you remind us of those hairstyles... You know, the late 1800's?"

I remember staring in disbelief and sputtering something about WWII... Not sure exactly... I was a little dumbfounded to say the least.

And here I thought such historical/cultural ignorance was a uniquely American phenomenon! [huh]

A prowd publik skool grajuit

4and1 · Jan 12, 2010

V.C. Brunswick said:
A prowd publik skool grajuit

Pardon the correction, but it is spelled 'prowed'.

Lenore · Jan 12, 2010

Hamilton_Honey said:
The most interesting was a 30-ish gentleman who came up to compliment me on my fur and actually *petted* it!! I'm still not sure what I think of that...

This makes me pause for wearing any fur out. I'm very much personal space person. I think if someone were to pet me, I'd flip out. I still want a "new" stole though...

The Shirt · Jan 12, 2010

I've had many a stoles and collars petted. There's just no stopping some people (men primarily). I've commented back "Do you think that is appropriate to go up to a stranger and pet them? Most people ask permission even when it's someone's dog. I've been known to bite you know."

goldwyn girl · Jan 12, 2010

I was at the supermarket yesterday and I woman commented on my Enid Collins bag. She wanted to know if it was new, custom made, did I do it my self, etc. So I told her a little about it and she asked if she could take a photo of it. I thanked her for asking first and not just snapping off photo's as is the most common way.

Hamilton_Honey · Jan 12, 2010

kymeratale said:
Better the stole than you!

Too true! Well, it wasn't really creepy, but then it wasn't really polite either, was it? I just smiled and thanked him for the compliment. I don't care to bite strangers...

kymeratale · Jan 13, 2010

Was it the beer or me?

I finally managed to do a full pin curl set and while Rita's waves weren't quite there (my hair takes curl really well), it was still very 40s. I was wearing a vintagey dress and a wrap, my first time out with definitely vintage hair. I got movie star from a couple of people and one friend said I looked like Katherine Hepburn. (She got a big hug for that.)

The really fun one was the fellow that followed me out the door of the cafe I was in. I held it open for him and as he was going out, he looked at me and said, "You are so frickin beautiful!" I am much better at taking compliments than I ever used to be, so I smiled and said,"Thank you." So, was it the case of Pabst Blue Ribbon he was carrying (and had obviously made a significant dent in) or was it the hair? lol

Still, drunk or not, he certainly wouldn't have said anything with my normal hair. What a difference a hairstyle makes.

jemjefferson · Jan 13, 2010

kymeratale said:
So, was it the case of Pabst Blue Ribbon he was carrying (and had obviously made a significant dent in) or was it the hair? lol

Still, drunk or not, he certainly wouldn't have said anything with my normal hair. What a difference a hairstyle makes.

lol He's telling all of his friends now that he was so drunk he was seeing 1940's ladies everywere lol

Amy Jeanne · Jan 13, 2010

On the plane coming home from England, as soon as I stepped on the plane, the steward asked me "Are you a Marilyn fan?" I said "She's alright, but I really like Jean Harlow!"

He then went on to say "Didn't she die really young? Wasn't she only 26?" Me: "Yes, 26 on 1937!"

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