Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

[artful dodgette]

That's so cool! They use buese lol surely they're rich enough for chauffeurs!

i know! and so gracious too! they had been to the same cheap kurdish restaurant too! apparently they go there every night! its amazing!

 

[i_am_the_scruff]

i know! and so gracious too! they had been to the same cheap kurdish restaurant too! apparently they go there every night! its amazing!

Jeebus, why did I spell buses like that? lol

They sound great! I saw them on Jonathan Ross and they had me cracking up

 

[Darhling]

I got a cute comment today from a little girl in a clothing store. She & her mom was standing right next to me, her mom bend down to her and the girl said 'Mom, is that Snow White?' pointing to me. .. I melted inside

 

[cherry lips]

I got a cute comment today from a little girl in a clothing store. She & her mom was standing right next to me, her mom bend down to her and the girl said 'Mom, is that Snow White?' pointing to me. .. I melted inside

That must be the best compliment ever! I want to make little girls think I look like Snow White too!
The only comments I get from children are "Mommy, why does she have an umbrella?" (sunny day, parasol, you get the picture)

 

[Smuterella]

i know! and so gracious too! they had been to the same cheap kurdish restaurant too! apparently they go there every night! its amazing!

Yes, they either eat there or at some of the local vietnamese places, they seem like really down to earth boys despite the art faffery

how lovely!

 

[ShortClara]

I got one the other day - from a girl I just met. She's from China and she said - you are always so cute and smiling - you look like Betty Boops!

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I had a deaf young man on the train....sign random things at me..then borrow someone's pen...to write

"I like movie stars. Its like I love Lucy!"


and hand me the paper....was very cute...he kept doing the thumbs up sign the rest of the time.

 

[RedHotRidinHood]

I always get the "you look like Lucille Ball" thing, being a redhead. It is a very nice compliment, because she was a neat lady! So, I have embraced my Inner Lucy. I am just waiting for the killer sense of humor to follow, any time. lol

 

[Darhling]

That must be the best compliment ever! I want to make little girls think I look like Snow White too!
The only comments I get from children are "Mommy, why does she have an umbrella?" (sunny day, parasol, you get the picture)

Aww thanks sweetheart! i think the Snow White thing might have something to do with the red ribbon in my hair.. but it is definitly one of the best and sweetest compliments I have ever gotten!

 

[deadpandiva]

A girl asked me if I was an entertainer and she didn't seem to believe me when I said no. She also called me miss. I want to put her in my will.

 

[Red_Lipstick]

I notice men (even young boys) are more polite to me when I dress vintage or vintage-y. I also get lots of sweet compliments, like "what a pretty girl!"

I suppose many girls dress in next-to-nothing fashion to attract men, so it always surprises me that men seem to prefer knee-lengh dresses with stockings and a nice pair of heels!

 

[Minerva]

I notice men (even young boys) are more polite to me when I dress vintage or vintage-y. I also get lots of sweet compliments, like "what a pretty girl!"

I suppose many girls dress in next-to-nothing fashion to attract men, so it always surprises me that men seem to prefer knee-lengh dresses with stockings and a nice pair of heels!

it's called "leaving something to the imagination".

I get a lot of suddenly-polite older boys rushing to open doors for me. It's odd. This is a fairly wealthy neighborhood, and most of the women dress like they just fell out of bed or forgot to finish getting dressed. I guess a neatly dressed woman must be a novelty for the boys, that they suddenly remember their manners?

 

[alexandra]

it's called "leaving something to the imagination".

I get a lot of suddenly-polite older boys rushing to open doors for me. It's odd. This is a fairly wealthy neighborhood, and most of the women dress like they just fell out of bed or forgot to finish getting dressed. I guess a neatly dressed woman must be a novelty for the boys, that they suddenly remember their manners?

Skirt/dress=doors opened all the time for me too.

 

[Miss Sis]

I got a cute comment today from a little girl in a clothing store. She & her mom was standing right next to me, her mom bend down to her and the girl said 'Mom, is that Snow White?' pointing to me. .. I melted inside

You know what they say, kids say the darndest things!

I once got 'Mummy, is that lady The Queen?' I suspect it was just because I was wearing a hat, not because I am an 80-something year old lady!!!!

 

[Lillemor]

I made a small effort to dress retro today for the first time in a while because I've been attracted to other historical periods. I'm attracted to many different periods but the golden and atomic age styles are easiest to encorporate into my daily wardrobe.

So while out walking I spotted my youngest son out walking with a few other kids from the kindergarten and an adult. My son repeatedly shouted: "There's my mom! there's my mom!". The woman with him answered: "No, that's a little old lady". In her defense; I was quite a distance from them.

 

[Josephine]

So while out walking I spotted my youngest son out walking with a few other kids from the kindergarten and an adult. My son repeatedly shouted: "There's my mom! there's my mom!". The woman with him answered: "No, that's a little old lady". In her defense; I was quite a distance from them.

Oh my! lol Did she ever find out it was you?

 

[Lilibet]

I NEED to move to Malmø or London! I wish people would either just bear over with me or at least not glare at even the slightest effort to look pulled together.

Isn't it amazing how hostile people can be when you try to look nice? I was at my in-laws' house for Thanksgiving a few years ago, and at one point I heard my MIL hiss to my FIL "Who does she think she is?" Apparently I severely offended her by wearing a skirt and sweater with nice shoes to dinner, instead of jeans and ratty sneakers.

 

[Kitty_Sheridan]

Why is it only old chaps fancy me?
I always get comments when I dress in a vintage way, but always from old men who tell me
"Ah..I like a woman with curves" accompanied by a wink!
Young men never look twice.
No fair.

 

[Lady Day]

Add me to that list too, Kitty S.

Older (mainly working class fellas) always go out of their way to make eye contact and say, "hiiiiiiiii there,' with a drunkin' smile on their face.

Im no where near super awesome hot, but Id at least expect a fella my age to maybe smile at me once and a while.

LD

 

[Mojito]

Could it be that younger men are a bit intimidated by a well dressed, well groomed woman? I was surprised once by a study that suggested that men much preferred women with their hair long and loose rather than styled up. They didn't like too much hairspray, either. What they wanted was something they felt they could touch. Perhaps when men see a woman very stylishly turned out they feel she's unnapproachable - that they can't talk to her, let alone touch her?

There might also be an element of "who does she think she is/she'd think she was too good for me" (or, in its more benign form, "oh, she's out of my reach!"). When I worked with my best friend in the same office, she was the most incredibly stylish woman around. Not vintage, but *always* in a beautiful suit with stockings, perfect makeup, high heels, and very sculptured hair. She was whip thin and had a very clever, alert expression. People who later fell under her spell when they actually spoke to her and found what out a lovely woman she was would sometimes confide to me how very much they were intimidated by her - my sister, who now regards her as our "other sister", admitted to me in the early days how much my friend/colleague had scared her.