The late 1950s and early 1960s do have quite a lot in common with more recent fashions of the last 15 years, though. Skinny ties were a big fashion during those times, and they came back since a little over a decade ago.
>Skinny ties were a big fashion during those times, and they came back since a little over a decade ago.
You’re lagging, skinny ties came back 20 years ago with Hedi Slimane, then out for the last 5 years.
Like the other anon said, now it all wide ties and wide lapels.
https://i.imgur.com/PMiFvYF.jpg
It depends on your level. If you wear a suit everyday, it’s easy, make a bespoke suit, just lose the hat and you’re good.
If you are working class, then it depends on the context. For example, bartenders or musicians can wear a vest and it doesn’t look LARPy.
>If you are working class, then it depends on the context.
I am a warehouse worker and wear a waistcoat, they are useful as heck for keeping in heat and tools you need for the job, especially if they are the 4 pocket version.
Most working class people of a certain age don’t give a toss what others think either, there is more eccentrics in this social class than any other, suits were the standard outfit of the working class in the early to mid twentieth century. I can’t understand the logic of not wearing something because someone else may not like it, that is their problem not yours. it just screams of weakness and insecurity.
I’d say try and dress in "older clothing" not in the sense of wearing lounge suits everywear but maybe wearing older designed knitwear or maybe going with older style denim stuff. You can probably work in sport coats and loafers into your wardrobe.
I found that it often helps to not wear the full "retro outfit" at the same time.
For example, I like to wear tweed suits, but they look out-of-place most of the time, so I go for suit pants, suit jacket and hat, but wear a turtleneck instead of the button-up and suitvest + less formal shoes to make it look more normal.
Stop caring, looking like a time traveler is 50 percent of the fun of dressing vintage and shows you have enough self confidence to not give a heck what others think
If you are insecure and lack confidence then vintage clothing isn’t for you my friend, sorry.
If you can look at the men in that pic, and then look at the earlier pic of churchill, and tell me that those people are dressed the same, I’m going to say you’re blind
A baggy suit is still a suit, working class people such as miners and builders wore them baggier because its easier to work in. their wearing matching waistcoats, jackets and trousers, how is that not a suit? of course churchill wore a more tailored suit, he was wealthier and was a politican so it makes sense he would not wear a working mans suit. The suit was actually more popular among the british working classes before it became a thing with politicians and the ruling classes.
Don’t go past the early 70s and you should be fine.
The late 1950s and early 1960s do have quite a lot in common with more recent fashions of the last 15 years, though. Skinny ties were a big fashion during those times, and they came back since a little over a decade ago.
Dude, skinny ties and lapels are both way out of fashion, 70s levels of wide are what’s in right now.
>Skinny ties were a big fashion during those times, and they came back since a little over a decade ago.
You’re lagging, skinny ties came back 20 years ago with Hedi Slimane, then out for the last 5 years.
Like the other anon said, now it all wide ties and wide lapels.
It depends on your level. If you wear a suit everyday, it’s easy, make a bespoke suit, just lose the hat and you’re good.
If you are working class, then it depends on the context. For example, bartenders or musicians can wear a vest and it doesn’t look LARPy.
>If you are working class, then it depends on the context.
I am a warehouse worker and wear a waistcoat, they are useful as heck for keeping in heat and tools you need for the job, especially if they are the 4 pocket version.
Most working class people of a certain age don’t give a toss what others think either, there is more eccentrics in this social class than any other, suits were the standard outfit of the working class in the early to mid twentieth century. I can’t understand the logic of not wearing something because someone else may not like it, that is their problem not yours. it just screams of weakness and insecurity.
I’d say try and dress in "older clothing" not in the sense of wearing lounge suits everywear but maybe wearing older designed knitwear or maybe going with older style denim stuff. You can probably work in sport coats and loafers into your wardrobe.
I found that it often helps to not wear the full "retro outfit" at the same time.
For example, I like to wear tweed suits, but they look out-of-place most of the time, so I go for suit pants, suit jacket and hat, but wear a turtleneck instead of the button-up and suitvest + less formal shoes to make it look more normal.
Works with quite a few variants, really.
Stop caring, looking like a time traveler is 50 percent of the fun of dressing vintage and shows you have enough self confidence to not give a heck what others think
If you are insecure and lack confidence then vintage clothing isn’t for you my friend, sorry.
Start by realizing that most people in churchill’s time did not dress like churchill
….nearly everyone in the thirties and forties in europe wore a suit of some kind. It was normal clothing.
If you can look at the men in that pic, and then look at the earlier pic of churchill, and tell me that those people are dressed the same, I’m going to say you’re blind
A baggy suit is still a suit, working class people such as miners and builders wore them baggier because its easier to work in. their wearing matching waistcoats, jackets and trousers, how is that not a suit? of course churchill wore a more tailored suit, he was wealthier and was a politican so it makes sense he would not wear a working mans suit. The suit was actually more popular among the british working classes before it became a thing with politicians and the ruling classes.
http://bachelormachine.com/the-peoples-suit-keir-hardie-introduces-modernity/
just wear whatever you want, God doesn’t care about appearances.
Only realistically possible if you’re old, otherwise you must embrace the LARP
99% chance you will look like a dork like Reviewbrah.
You can’t. Get a hecking personality.
Use only 1 larper item.