tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post8050293644186821412..comments2024-03-20T07:59:22.100+00:00Comments on Snoodlebug: Born in the wrong era? A vintage rant.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928581371148603154noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-64756311027720073582011-03-15T13:19:18.383+00:002011-03-15T13:19:18.383+00:00Good points, but I would still LOVE it.Good points, but I would still LOVE it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-92021223848637249102011-01-03T18:15:06.122+00:002011-01-03T18:15:06.122+00:00This was really interesting! I tend to think that ...This was really interesting! I tend to think that most people who think they were born in the wrong era don't know enough about history. I was born in 1973 and even in my time there have been distinct improvements in healthcare, civil rights, social mobility through education etc.<br /><br />I am too old and fat for modern fashions, but really, the 50s? Where the be-all and end-all were synthetic fibres and convenience foods and not telling anyone that you could hear your neighbour beating his children? Not for me.Alicia Foodycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931796992646884249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-47670747345907474102010-12-16T16:12:17.803+00:002010-12-16T16:12:17.803+00:00Having been born in 1954 I could be said to be vin...Having been born in 1954 I could be said to be vintage myself! I hated the lack of colour at the time, no stuff in the shops, no real colour in homes (which were mostly cold and damp). Loads of childhood illnesses to get through prior to vaccines, children had to sit still and behave (good and bad aspects to this) and were frequently beaten "for their own good". Snobbiness abounded, we were looked down on as working class and poor, any girl who "got into trouble" usually because she didn't know much about the "birds and the bees" anyway, was thrown out by her family and lived a shabby, secretive life as an outcast, the child bearing the scars for life. Mothers, unless very working class (and then it was slightly shameful not to afford to stay at home) were on a strict rota of washing on Monday, ironing on Tuesdays, the windows cleaned another day, the bedrooms, etc. What a dull life, it bored my mother to tears (literally, I saw it many a time). No one really discussed anything that troubled them, even between husbands and wives or close friends. <br /><br />But yes, there were better things too. Christian values still hung on from the Victorian age so(even if you didn't go to church as such) helping people and putting others first was still the norm. Less emphasis on having stuff and therefore less waste and things really were valued and special when you got them, you loved them and wore them until they wore out. All women knew what fabric was what from the feel, and could tell if was a good quality, if a garment was well made or not and if it fitted properly. Most would have sewn to some degree or another. Most women could again cook and saw it as a basic element of life to know how to feed a family cheaply without waste again.<br /><br />Actually I am slightly out of step with friends my own age as I love vintage. I love the recycling aspect, slightly quirky aspect and it being more original than buying from M and S, etc. Please note I still have a competition open until tomorrow to win a vintage 60s length of cloth on my blog - theremnantbox.blogspot.com. which I've just started. Its about my using a collection of remnants inherited from auntie last year and also ongoing advice and articles for my students and anyone else. Also if you have any questions about making up anything, I can sew clothes, etc, etc. Love this site though, fantastic stuff!Trisha Goodwinhttp://theremnantbox.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-55480598728466725732010-12-16T16:11:17.189+00:002010-12-16T16:11:17.189+00:00Having been born in 1954 I could be said to be vin...Having been born in 1954 I could be said to be vintage myself! I hated the lack of colour at the time, no stuff in the shops, no real colour in homes (which were mostly cold and damp). Loads of childhood illnesses to get through prior to vaccines, children had to sit still and behave (good and bad aspects to this) and were frequently beaten "for their own good". Snobbiness abounded, we were looked down on as working class and poor, any girl who "got into trouble" usually because she didn't know much about the "birds and the bees" anyway, was thrown out by her family and lived a shabby, secretive life as an outcast, the child bearing the scars for life. Mothers, unless very working class (and then it was slightly shameful not to afford to stay at home) were on a strict rota of washing on Monday, ironing on Tuesdays, the windows cleaned another day, the bedrooms, etc. What a dull life, it bored my mother to tears (literally, I saw it many a time). No one really discussed anything that troubled them, even between husbands and wives or close friends. <br /><br />But yes, there were better things too. Christian values still hung on from the Victorian age so(even if you didn't go to church as such) helping people and putting others first was still the norm. Less emphasis on having stuff and therefore less waste and things really were valued and special when you got them, you loved them and wore them until they wore out. All women knew what fabric was what from the feel, and could tell if was a good quality, if a garment was well made or not and if it fitted properly. Most would have sewn to some degree or another. Most women could again cook and saw it as a basic element of life to know how to feed a family cheaply without waste again.<br /><br />I would never have got into uni as a working class child of the 50s, I had to wait until my thirties for this, going onto postgrad study in textiles even later! Actually I am slightly out of step with friends my own age as I love vintage. I love the recycling aspect, slightly quirky aspect and it being more original than buying from M and S, etc. Please note I still have a competition open until tomorrow to win a vintage 60s length of cloth on my blog - theremnantbox.blogspot.com. which I've just started. Its about my using a collection of remnants inherited from auntie last year and also ongoing advice and articles for my students and anyone else. Also if you have any questions about making up anything, I can sew clothes, etc, etc. Love this site though, fantastic stuff!Trisha Goodwinhttp://theremnantbox.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-29654595617556285402010-12-14T22:48:06.118+00:002010-12-14T22:48:06.118+00:00I found your blog from Fluers Facebook, really int...I found your blog from Fluers Facebook, really interesting points here. My hubby & I have debated this point several times in the past. I inherited my love of Vintage from my Grandmother who taught me all she knew including jolly good manners. I don't think I would like to return to the 1940's but like others, wouldn' mind nipping back for a quick shopping trip.<br />For me it is the very essence of Romance. My Grandparents were so deeply in love, they wrote almost daily in the WW11 and my Grandfather was an intelligence agent who looked so dashing. The clothes, the music, the styles are just so elegant.<br />As my Grandmother says " You could tell who was Arthur or Martha from behind". <br />I do love my modern comforts & freedoms but can't help thinking that the modern woman has taken them just a tad too far and that current surge in everything Vintage might not be a bad thing, including Parenting & Housekeeping skills ( but that's another post altogether)<br />For now I am content to read lovely Blogs, eek out pretty Vintage finds for my home and persuade my Husband to get up and dance to Benny Goodman.<br /><br />Fran <br />http://teensntwincesses.blogspot.com/Mumma Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793298208961874022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-91544119162480197142010-12-13T04:27:16.043+00:002010-12-13T04:27:16.043+00:00I love your blog, and I appreciate that your appro...I love your blog, and I appreciate that your approaching it as a fashion statement. But being neither naive nor shortsighted , I believe some of us have very valid feelings, and do feel as if we were born in the wrong era, or maybe we have lived before.<br /><br />I must clarify the I am perfectly happy with my life, the modern conveniences I enjoy, modern health care, etc, but I do have to question, have I lived before. I was brought up not to believe in reincarnation, and I am not sure that I do, but it could be the reason why I feel so comfortable looking so out-of-sorts to others. <br /><br />To me its not a fashion statement, I am not deliberately trying to look different from others. Frankly I really don’t care what other people think about the way I look, I dress to please me, and I have my mom to thank for that!<br /><br />Whether it’s a fashion statement or a way of life, I think we can coexist together without being negative towards one another, life is too short! Or is it! LOLVintage Modistehttp://diaryofavintagemodiste.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-47902943411026929842010-12-10T18:08:23.759+00:002010-12-10T18:08:23.759+00:00I think we have a lot of great things today that w...I think we have a lot of great things today that weren't available then, obviously. But also, there were some things good that we don't have today--great dance halls and night clubs, for example. And you didn't have to have lots of money to get in.<br /><br />Life back then was hell for some and nice for others, depending on were you were from, etc., but that is not really too different from today. My grandmother was more or less a housewife but was not oppressed or loaded down with housework; she was permitted to have a job of her own, as well, so I suppose not all husbands were chauvinistic; my grandfather certainly did not expect her to be a 'servant', as I think many people mistake about that era.<br /><br />You've made a very good point overall, however. I'm just saying that if we could have a little bit of the wonderful from back then mixed in with the good from today, that would be faaaaabulous. :DT. Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800816582935755136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-73143620969593154592010-12-09T01:19:19.974+00:002010-12-09T01:19:19.974+00:00I kove to hear story of everyday life from my gran...I kove to hear story of everyday life from my grandma, but if I really think abot it...well, I would never survive that era :-) !!!<br /><br />B.bunnyhttp://www.swingbunny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-4738728302814384242010-12-08T16:12:58.445+00:002010-12-08T16:12:58.445+00:00This is such a great post! I fell for vintage for ...This is such a great post! I fell for vintage for the exact reason that you mentioned. When I was a teenager, I had bright blue hair, wild and crazy clothes and that was fun for me. I've always loved off-beat fashion. When I was 23, I discovered lolita fashions and really loved it but being 23, I would have looked like a lunatic skipping around in ruffles and pink not to mention, I found out that I was expecting my first baby. A pregnant lolita? No thank you!! Then, I found modern girls wearing vintage. It was unique but still elegant and classy enough for a grown-up mom. I wasn't born in the wrong era. I was born in an era that allowed me the freedom to express myself however I like and that is a beautiful thing!Brittany_Va-VoomVintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04377031677999463069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-74189649364060370062010-12-08T05:56:48.386+00:002010-12-08T05:56:48.386+00:00Without anything of intelligence to say:
hear hea...Without anything of intelligence to say:<br /><br />hear hear!Pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203961327386611555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-12596448309584720162010-12-08T02:53:49.854+00:002010-12-08T02:53:49.854+00:00Hmmm...For me, dressing in vintage, mainly 40'...Hmmm...For me, dressing in vintage, mainly 40's style cloting, is inspired by war brides and women left behind. I started really getting into vintage when my boyfriend was deployed and i could only find comfort in reading and watching things about women and families missing their loved ones during WW2. I didnt have a lot of support from friends, i live away from my family and the ADF gave me nothing. So its really about escapisim for me. <br />Ive always been a history nerd and i love costume design and textiles. I dont know if id like to live in the past. I think the idea of the past is what were attracted to. Im sure that soldiers wives felt much worse than i did and will in the future, and im sure that they had much less support than I, but its the percieved community and commradery that inspires me.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883282001764442191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-15160867313245834262010-12-07T22:06:58.869+00:002010-12-07T22:06:58.869+00:00I wrestle with this quandary every single day. Do ...I wrestle with this quandary every single day. Do I actually want to live in the past or do I choose the past as a style so that I can 'stand out' nowadays.<br /><br />I can't say I've come to any conclusion, but as I'm more of a Sixties/Seventies girl, the contrast is slightly less marked and I think I probably *would* rather like living back then. Not least because I would ensure I was wearing chiffon and crepe in amongst a sea of polyester ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931123222319080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-25478460377124815282010-12-07T14:10:44.317+00:002010-12-07T14:10:44.317+00:00"..because surely you ladies get approached i..."..because surely you ladies get approached in the street too, have your picture taken etc etc. As much as it is a pain sometimes I am sure that if we didn't like it at all we would stop dressing the way we do."<br /><br />Picture taken? In the street? Never. I must be doing it wrong. Odd looks sometimes - but never an "excuse me.. can I take a picture of you". They would get a swift eye brow raise, followed by a "jog on".Unless they were a sweet old man and I reminded him of his youth. I wouldn't go up to a punk , goth or other "ooh they look different" catagory and ask for a picture. I have been asked "how do you get your hair like that" a couple of times whilst queing for something or t'other, but not for a long while. Maybe its the constant "jog on" personna I have?<br /><br />At an event - like V@G - yes. I had my pic taken by a whole heap of people I had never seen before or since. But it seemed that anyone who wasent dressed as Austin Powers was getting the same treatment, so I took it on the chin.LandGirl1980https://www.blogger.com/profile/09549128222449333173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-5290433862711694772010-12-07T10:47:02.164+00:002010-12-07T10:47:02.164+00:00This is almost like a copy of my thoughts, I'v...This is almost like a copy of my thoughts, I've actually been writing on a similar blog post for a while now! Thank you for this one!inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990125225559216809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-58625521490853399742010-12-07T10:11:37.041+00:002010-12-07T10:11:37.041+00:00As to "doing vintage to look different" ...As to "doing vintage to look different" - it's not my main motivation, to be honest. I just *like* it. I've "dressed vintage" since I was 16. I liked how people used to dress, preferring it to the modern world, and so one day decided I'd just dress like that, and not care what anyone think.<br /><br />Bearing in mind I was at school at the time, and got abuse of people constantly - bearing in mind at one point a bunch of boys waited for me at the gates and pelted me with stones.... I didn't particularly enjoy sticking out, but I knew that the only way for me to be happy with myself was to dress in a manner which pleased me.<br /><br />I actually hate it when people stop me in the street to comment on how I look. I don't mind friends or work colleagues doing so, but I don't like my internal monologue being interupted! and when people say, "Wow, I love your hair!" I find it very hard to say, "Really? Yours looks shit!" But then I'm an arsehole.<br /><br />I just like what I like. Saying that though, once things I like start to become popular, my tastes subtly change - but it's not a conscious revulsion - it's not "OMG I just saw something I like in Top Shop! CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE can't look the same as everyone else!" Maybe it's subconscious? Maybe I'm just waffling.... Ten years ago I lived in ballet pumps (Audrey Hepburn-style!) and they were nigh on impossible to buy - now of course they're everywhere and I don't wear them anymore!Helen Highwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087854313840436307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-53640237964527742782010-12-07T03:50:44.401+00:002010-12-07T03:50:44.401+00:00I too often wonder with humor at what vintage love...I too often wonder with humor at what vintage lovers like myself would actually DO if we were to be transported back in time. For me the attraction to vintage is one part aesthetic and one part uniqueness-factor. As a visually-oriented person I do sometimes wish I could live in a more aesthetically beautiful world because contemporary design and architecture annoy me dreadfully. It's a pet peeve that I'm constantly reminded of, which is depressing.<br /><br />Yet, what would I DO back then? All of my knowledge would be common place in an era when sewing, knitting, proper clothes care, are common knowledge. Everything I love to collect, all of those one-of-a-kind things would be mass-produced commodities easily available for purchase. There would be no individuality in collecting those things anymore.<br /><br />Funny enough, in my case at least, in 1938 my step-grandmother was no worse off than I am now. Better, even, but I know that that is a rare case indeed. She was also 18 and in college, being supported by her parents. She went on to become a professional housewife like many women, but one with a college education.<br /><br />The past may have been more beautiful, but perhaps that's not the most important thing in life. I like equal rights, my education, the internet for all of the information it has exposed me to, the freedom to dress differently, birth control, and so much more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-67487071378559061002010-12-07T03:48:08.660+00:002010-12-07T03:48:08.660+00:00I tend to agree with you. Interesting post.
I lo...I tend to agree with you. Interesting post.<br /><br />I love aspects of the past, but embrace the freedom and liberation (not yet fully realised!) of the present day. There are values of the past I approve of, and many I do not. I would not like to live the the 1930s for example, not just because of the material hardship, but societal norms and laws.Sean RRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-20969244279242818872010-12-07T03:47:54.266+00:002010-12-07T03:47:54.266+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-62056177820917606722010-12-06T23:34:00.887+00:002010-12-06T23:34:00.887+00:00TOO! :-PTOO! :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-35793630384005890152010-12-06T23:30:00.821+00:002010-12-06T23:30:00.821+00:00Whoa nellys this comment is anon 'cause I don&...Whoa nellys this comment is anon 'cause I don't wish to sign up to a google account. Re these serious comments..humans have always been sentimental about the past, always will be to! Forget the pop psychology and judgment. Just wear the clothes, listen to the music and dance your own dance. Live and let live as 'they' say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-83513955721190284452010-12-06T23:07:26.392+00:002010-12-06T23:07:26.392+00:00I agree completely. My grandmother had to escape f...I agree completely. My grandmother had to escape from Nazis in her nicest dress and high heels in the 40s, if it was me I would probably have fallen down a ravine and died but she made it to England! I, on the other hand, escaped to London on a plane where they served me coffee and I got to watch Tom and Jerry for two hours. 2010 > 1940 in a lot of ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-56310106330374737912010-12-06T22:56:29.533+00:002010-12-06T22:56:29.533+00:00Are there really people out there who believe life...Are there really people out there who believe life was rosier before emancipation and central heating? Blimey. <br /><br />Out of interest tho ...<br /><br />I followed a blogger *jitterbug* (I think she's stopped posting now) who was actively trying to live a 1940's lifestyle as an experiment - It makes for fascinating reading!<br />http://destination1940.blogspot.com/Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367192103774079699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-34340165050732405972010-12-06T22:49:24.506+00:002010-12-06T22:49:24.506+00:00Oh and I say agreed! with the multiple comments on...Oh and I say agreed! with the multiple comments on liking vintage style dresses as they fit the figure of a woman with some curve so well. I own requisite jeans and uggs and sweats but I detest self when I wear them. <br /><br />When I wear dresses I always get so many compliments as most women in my world wear jeans or pants. I in no way want to stand out as am a knocking on 40's door housewife, part time worker, mom.I never was skate or punk or goth. I'm so average. I admire the dresses of the by gone era style and wish they more readily found as they are pretty and omfortable....sigh. Plus I wish I grew up knowing how to pin curl.<br /><br />A fun post! Ta Ta!Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-37971344799231469182010-12-06T22:39:50.052+00:002010-12-06T22:39:50.052+00:00Came over from Fleur's Facebook post. I love ...Came over from Fleur's Facebook post. I love the hair and dress styles of times gone by. I like that women wore more dresses and that men wore more suits and dress shirts. That's it. <br />I like the ideas of simplicity also but my gosh, could not survive without all my pretty blogs I follow :). <br /><br />Seriously though, good points for us all to ponder.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874726742890752205.post-23397042444012889092010-12-06T21:37:23.283+00:002010-12-06T21:37:23.283+00:00Very interesting post!
I personally started dressi...Very interesting post!<br />I personally started dressing vintage because I have always loved how pretty and girly everything is. The clothing is suiting to all body types and being a very curvy girl I need clothes that suit and todays clothing just doesnt do that for me.<br />Also, for me I'm very into my arts and design and the design of everything from cars to kitchen appliances strikes me.<br />What I also love about the 40's/50's era is that women even though they had their 'place' were still very strong willed/minded and without them the men couldnt function.<br />I am a modern housewife who works part time, I do all the cooking and cleaning and generally look after my husband as a women from yester year would but I would not be without my modern conveniences.<br />Soceity for me seems to have gone downhill over the years with violence, teen pregnancies etc <br />and I think that sometimes I do daydream about the romantics of living in that world but it would never be as I imagine.<br /><br />This post is amazing that someone has finally said it!Loretta Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17471633295620153714noreply@blogger.com