Being Our Vintage Best: How Ordinary Folks Can Inspire Us

[Marc Chevalier]

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Inspiration is always good ... but when it comes to vintage Golden Era 'presentation', we don't have many modern-day mentors. (Dita Von Teese?)


That's why, when ordinary folks just like us get together and do it 'to the nines' --in this case, at a 1936-themed New Year's Party in an English country home-- we can all benefit from their enthusiasm, effort, and loving determination to present themselves as expertly as possible.


http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...Country-Home&p=1378669&viewfull=1#post1378669


Thank you, Paddy, for being a part of this wonderful thing ... and for steering us to its inspirational photos, through which we can improve the style and authenticity of our vintage 'presentation':

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Katinka von K.]

Well, Paddy can´t fool me. He obviously has a time machine and it seems like he´s not afraid to use it!

Seriously, every picture is an eye candy and I think I drooled a bit...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Time for the Fedora Lounge to put together an event as well-executed as this one?

 

[JohnnyDollar]

The look on the guy's face that has the monocle is too funny!! All I can think is that this is going through his mind: "Wow! she is a cutie!!"

 

[LinaSofia]

Wow this looks like the most fabulous party ever! I have never seen such a well-dressed vintage crowd! Where literally every person is dressed to period perfection. Very jealous I'm not part of this 'set'!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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If there are any wealthy Fedora Loungers with (or with access to) a large home and grounds, we could perhaps put together a Fedora Lounge weekend ... maybe even in the U.S.A.


With nearly 20,000 members around here, there's probably at least one Fedora Lounger with an estate and some land. Or no?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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A West Coast possibility, courtesy of Rue: the Fedora Lounge could rent out the Harry Houdini estate in Los Angeles for a weekend.


http://www.thehoudiniestate.com/


EDIT: Never mind. It says "long-term rentals only".

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Fascinating. I never knew that it was restored. I knew that the Houdini estate burned down many years ago and just the foundations remained.

 

[Tomasso]

The look on the guy's face that has the monocle is too funny!! All I can think is that this is going through his mind: "Wow! she is a cutie!!"

I think she's saying, "I'm sorry Sir but you'll have to remove your hat indoors."

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Fascinating. I never knew that it was restored. I knew that the Houdini estate burned down many years ago and just the foundations remained.

Yep. When I was a kid, I lived on the top of the hill above the Houdini ruins. (The house had burned down in '58 and wasn't well-cleared. I'd hike down to it and explore among the charred wood beams and weed-covered stone walls.)

 

[Tomasso]

EDIT: Never mind. It says "long-term rentals only".

"The Houdini Estate is available for long-term rentals, film shoots, and charity benefits".....Leads me to believe that it would be available for just about any event.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"The Houdini Estate is available for long-term rentals, film shoots, and charity benefits".....Leads me to believe that it would be available for just about any event.

Well, let's go for it, then. I was thinking about a place where people could spend the night, too.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

We had vintage meetings in germany too. The aim was the same. Meeting likeminded people and create an vintage atmosphere for a 1930s/1940s event.
Everybody tried to wear vintage clothes, reproductions or at least in a "classic style". Yes, it was a mix. We also wanted to keep it affordable and avoid to close out newbies. So there was no "stately house" and far less white tie.

So you see: It's perfectly doable but you have to decide if you want to be very authentic (and elitist) or make it possible for everyone who is interested.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Oh whatever. Just do it! I want to see the pictures.

 

[Mr Vim]

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time for the fedora lounge to put together an event as well-executed as this one?

yes!!!

 

[rue]

"The Houdini Estate is available for long-term rentals, film shoots, and charity benefits".....Leads me to believe that it would be available for just about any event.

and in this economy... I can't see why they wouldn't at least consider it.

 

[WH1]

A little later vintage but there is Sinatra's Twin Palms estate in Palm Springs, but which female lounger would recreate Ava Gardner's midnight (sans suit) swims in the piano shaped pool? HMMMMMMMMM, boggles the mind :whistling

I always thought a weekend there with visits to all of his old haunts would be kind of cool.

 

[ToucanSam23]

That does indeed look like the most enjoyable party ever! Better than most of them these days. Not a single marijuana plant or "flat-cap" in sight! Woohoo! That party would have been such a good opportunity to take some fantastic shots with my 40's Ansco! I wonder if this will become a yearly event...