Here's an observation:
In that era more people were from a rural/farming background on top of everyone being broke. People didn't want to go out in public looking like an overalled hick, which would have been very easy. Perhaps they needed prove that some decent clothes were atleast within their means.
I think people dress like trash today because anyone can afford a suit. I think suits get worn less now because, since they are out of fashion, are of much crappier quality and design, thus are not comfortable or practical.
I had always thought of a suit as a stuffy constrictive thing I had to wear on special occasions.
I didn't know such a thing as a summer-weight suit existed until I discovered the FL!
I had regarded suits as pointless, uncomfortable garments until I tried on some vintage jackets with high arm holes and good overall fit.
As a son of baby boomers, I never cared too much for my parents' bland, casual appearance, and my parents probably dress less casual than a lot of their generation. I think wanting to be different than my parents is part of what draws me to the sleeker golden-era styles. It's funny because their generation probably thought their parents (greatest generation) were too dressy and wanted to be different!
Maybe golden-era generation didn't want to look like their peasant-farmer looking parents. It cycles, you see.
In that era more people were from a rural/farming background on top of everyone being broke. People didn't want to go out in public looking like an overalled hick, which would have been very easy. Perhaps they needed prove that some decent clothes were atleast within their means.
I think people dress like trash today because anyone can afford a suit. I think suits get worn less now because, since they are out of fashion, are of much crappier quality and design, thus are not comfortable or practical.
I had always thought of a suit as a stuffy constrictive thing I had to wear on special occasions.
I didn't know such a thing as a summer-weight suit existed until I discovered the FL!
I had regarded suits as pointless, uncomfortable garments until I tried on some vintage jackets with high arm holes and good overall fit.
As a son of baby boomers, I never cared too much for my parents' bland, casual appearance, and my parents probably dress less casual than a lot of their generation. I think wanting to be different than my parents is part of what draws me to the sleeker golden-era styles. It's funny because their generation probably thought their parents (greatest generation) were too dressy and wanted to be different!
Maybe golden-era generation didn't want to look like their peasant-farmer looking parents. It cycles, you see.