tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post7949217538227686855..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Vintage: "an unhealthy fantasy-world"...?!Bruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-81182772886397394372011-11-27T18:12:21.682+00:002011-11-27T18:12:21.682+00:00Very good post! Another thing I'm a bit annoye...Very good post! Another thing I'm a bit annoyed about is the men vs women thing. There are too many radical feminists today! Of course women should have the same rights, and earn as much money as men, and blah, blah, blah...But I like the old fashioned thought that men are men, and women are women. When a man forces his way in front of me to get on the buss as fast as he can, I think: "what happened to the gentleman?". I LOVE it when a man treats me as a lady! If he just opens a door for me I feel so special! But that means women should act the part too! Both sexes CAN be equal, but still be what they really are - MEN and WOMEN!Myrtha Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216143613320475118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-39481095452213663912011-11-15T11:59:24.464+00:002011-11-15T11:59:24.464+00:00Hurrah!
I could say lots more, but you mostly sai...Hurrah!<br /><br />I could say lots more, but you mostly said it all already!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761498979701437994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-24320063313170796912011-11-11T09:42:58.667+00:002011-11-11T09:42:58.667+00:00Hurray, great post, I accept my oddness and revel ...Hurray, great post, I accept my oddness and revel in it.Jesse Bolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105532937929614010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-83730120909156365402011-11-10T14:43:29.775+00:002011-11-10T14:43:29.775+00:00I knew this would be a wonderful read. I started r...I knew this would be a wonderful read. I started reading it a few days ago but was dashing out, so saved it especially until I could sit down with a glass of vino and give it the attention it was worthy of.<br /><br />Personally I have no qualms about being labelled 'odd'. I do see that I'm swimming against the flow of mainstream as I walk through the street with my victory rolls and red lipstick. I've had a post in draft for about two months about the reactions I get to my look. I keep pondering whether to post it or not. <br /><br />I've had some horribly cutting remarks from strangers in the street,but they are just rude people without even a pinch of the manners that you speak of. I accept that I will get looks and remarks because I do at times look a bit different from what may be considered the 'norm'. If you dare to be different you have to embrace the rough with the smooth imo. That is life.to Do I like getting rude comments in the street? No - but I'm not going to let a lack of manners stop me from being who or what I wish to be. <br /><br />I enjoy looking feminine, this doesn't mean I am not a feminist. Although I'm saddened quite when a chap doesn't hold a door open for me. There's nothing wrong with good old fashioned manners and making an effort with your appearance. Gosh I've started to completely waffle on now. In summary - loved the post, your write beautifully. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />P.s You look distinctive and dashing in that picture not unhealthy!Kerry Curlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512560281888395784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-63197348004337749052011-11-08T10:48:16.317+00:002011-11-08T10:48:16.317+00:00Very well put Sir!
It has always annoyed me that ...Very well put Sir! <br />It has always annoyed me that 'ordinary' people (their word not mine) think that by wearing styles and clothes from the past means you are trying to escape to a fantasy world... that you want to live in that time period wholesale and want to shun the 'real' contemporary world. <br />I do it because it feels right to me, the styles suit me and I feel that, by taking pride in my appearance and by caring about the clothes that I wear and how I look, I'm bringing a little much needed sophistication to a world lacking in respect for such things.<br />Part of the reason I started my Southern Retro portrait series was to highlight the fact that we are all regular people, that we do the same jobs and others, go to the same places as others and live in the same 'modern' world as others... it's just we do it whilst championing and honouring the styles, manners and positive ideals of the past.<br />Keep up the good work!Southern Retrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848878211902867124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-54577682252493289602011-11-07T21:46:24.894+00:002011-11-07T21:46:24.894+00:00What a fab post - I am so pleased that you have d...What a fab post - I am so pleased that you have decided to share this with us. I think it is alot more a topic of conversation of late in various forums - because it IS becoming more mainstream and people think it gives them a carte blanche to have an opinion. Sometimes good - sometimes bad.<br /><br />I do not live in a fantasy world. In fact - I spend most of my time reading about the *reality* of the times that interest me. I dress the way I do by way of Remembrence, interest and, honestly? - because I think it suits me. When people meet me in person - they are shocked by my lady like appearance coupled with the fact that I can swear like a sailor. That's because I am being *ME*.<br /><br />I think it a weeping shame that alot of people think "the rot has set in". That's the downfall of society. I for one WOULD like youth to return to cheeky but being able to be told off and actually LISTENING instead of being agressive and violent. If a group of 9 year olds are playing their version of cricket on the green outside my home (by that I mean hitting a ball in any direction with a cricket bat) and someone approches them to ask them to stop - that person should not then have to be affronted by agressive, threatening behaviour.<br /><br />I am steadily entering rent mode. I shall leave it here. Hey - I may even do my own post..LandGirl1980https://www.blogger.com/profile/09549128222449333173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-10585272936615090662011-11-07T20:36:50.379+00:002011-11-07T20:36:50.379+00:00here's to wearing good hats, enjoying life to ...here's to wearing good hats, enjoying life to the full, and taking pleasure in the detail.<br />is that so wrong?g.a.cave-wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077759874691985451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-30203113957146603422011-11-07T18:27:32.703+00:002011-11-07T18:27:32.703+00:00Ever since the renaissance society has been reclai...Ever since the renaissance society has been reclaiming the 'best bits of the past' (and sometime the other bits as well), think of Pugin or democracy. So its hardly some new phenomenon that makes us all nutcases, but frankly I'd rather be a 'nutcase' than 'normal'.Miss Raynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188242351879989242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-47581149431756749342011-11-07T18:05:52.477+00:002011-11-07T18:05:52.477+00:00I love art-deco style and vintage fashion, which I...I love art-deco style and vintage fashion, which I strive to re-create in a small way for myself, however I do not live in a fantasy world where I think that Bertie Wooster is actually going to pop round for afternoon tea!!! I agree that as I live in 2011 I have no wish to return to a time without anti-biotics or the internet, or when racism and inequality were rife. However that does not prohibit the desire to be polite and respectful to others. My choices in lifestyle or clothing are what make me, well me!XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-29802050998000495402011-11-07T16:42:59.958+00:002011-11-07T16:42:59.958+00:00I always find it interesting that those who are qu...I always find it interesting that those who are quickest to label others 'odd' - and it's not just vintage... from uber-orange-essex types to goths to petrolheads, it seems everyone who (whilst not hurting anyone) wants to live their life without a hoot to what the middle-class-daily-mail-media thinks is 'normal' runs the risk of ameteur psychoanalysis. To me, that is one of the 'bad' aspects of today - a media so powerful that if you aren't a cookie cutter consumer they've brainwashed your friends to think there's something wrong. I say 'friends', thankfully a lot of people out there are much more open minded.<br /><br />I count it as a point of pride that a lot of my friends look completely different and have wildly different lifestyles and hobbies. It makes for interesting discussions and means we're all pretty open minded.<br /><br />BTW - the Hoover building is still in use, as a supermarket! Tesco did a pretty good revamp.Perdita Tinselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741015473009270250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-81054638241458344472011-11-07T12:38:11.726+00:002011-11-07T12:38:11.726+00:00Eloquent and erudite as ever, old chap. And what h...Eloquent and erudite as ever, old chap. And what ho to being unoriginal nutcases!<br /><br />xx Charlotte<br /><a href="http://tuppencehapennyvintage.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tuppence Ha'penny Vintage</a>Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247551155021625654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-51223757307296373412011-11-07T11:13:26.185+00:002011-11-07T11:13:26.185+00:00I agree with you on pretty much every point. I hav...I agree with you on pretty much every point. I have no desire to live in the past, but I don't see why we can't reclaim the best bits.<br /><br />And even if we are all fantasists, I'd rather live out a shared fantasy of politeness and good manners than a reality of 'every man for himself'. Who knows, if enough of us share the fantasy, good manners could become a reality...Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-11405001747826208222011-11-07T10:31:56.967+00:002011-11-07T10:31:56.967+00:00Hip Hip Hooray for being you,for being such a chap...Hip Hip Hooray for being you,for being such a chap, don't change.Tallulah May Vintage Socialite.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03178005608339611189noreply@blogger.com