MissAmelina
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Paisley said:No, she's given up on trying to find well-fitting pants.
HA! Indeed...clever girl.
Paisley said:No, she's given up on trying to find well-fitting pants.
I see so many gals walking around downtown like that... it makes me wonder if they've forgotten clothes under their jackets? lol I must be quite old fashioned... it's rather shocking.Miss_Bella_Hell said:Did that last gal forget her bottoms? lol
lol lol lolPaisley said:No, she's given up on trying to find well-fitting pants.
kamikat said:My hatred of 80's fashion is why I don't like 40s fashion. Unless you wear 40s fashion with 40s heels, hair, the whole look, it quickly turns into 80s fashion.
kamikat said:I don't think it's "purist" in my case. In my eye, so many of the "streetstyle" pics look like the worst of the 80s. High Fashion keeps trying to shove 80s fashion down our throats. It might look cool to younger people, but to anyone old enough to have worn it the first time around, it's awful. My hatred of 80's fashion is why I don't like 40s fashion. Unless you wear 40s fashion with 40s heels, hair, the whole look, it quickly turns into 80s fashion.
That describes it perfectly! I'm frequently disappointed to look at a "vintage" garment, supposedly from the "1940's/1950's" when to my eye, it's clearly a 1980's garment. I wonder if women in the 1930's thought that fashion from the 1860's was collectible? And if they think that the fascination some of us have with the Art Deco jewelry and clothing of their time is as silly as many of us think 1980's revival fashion is now.kamikat said:I don't think it's "purist" in my case. In my eye, so many of the "streetstyle" pics look like the worst of the 80s. High Fashion keeps trying to shove 80s fashion down our throats. It might look cool to younger people, but to anyone old enough to have worn it the first time around, it's awful. My hatred of 80's fashion is why I don't like 40s fashion. Unless you wear 40s fashion with 40s heels, hair, the whole look, it quickly turns into 80s fashion.
Esme said:I think some is just that it is street photography. They are not models, not all stick thin and with clothes either made or fitted to them and street angles, lighting, makeup, etc. People can look soooo different in still photos than walking, moving around, etc. I look godawful in most photos but I don't think I look anywhere near that bad in real life!
Laura Chase said:In connection to this, where does the 20's silhouette stand? Would you call that "unflattering" and frumpy?
kamikat said:In my opinion, what is flattering varies from figure to figure. The 20's silhouette can be very flattering to a certain figure type but not EVERY figure type. This goes for just about every era's silhouette. The joy of wearing vintage today is that we get to pick what works for our figures.
Laura Chase said:I agree with cherry lips, essentially.
To me, the criterium for a successful outfit isn't that it's flattering. Rather, I want an outfit to be interesting and stylish. Because, what is "flattering"? In connection to this, where does the 20's silhouette stand? Would you call that "unflattering" and frumpy?
Paisley said:That's the challenge--an outfit that is interesting and stylish, and flattering. I love 40s and 50s looks, but they don't fit me. Mostly, I wear vintage inspired clothes; I find they look good and make me look and feel good as well.
Laura Chase said:I have to ask: Does it have to be flattering for our figure? And if so, why?
But I understand this is off topic, so just ignore me - I just wanted to point out that not everyone strives for the typical kind of attractiveness or beauty or whatever it is that the word "flattering" means. Maybe a certain outfit doesn't suit my figure, according whichever standard we are judging this by, but I might love it and might find it 100% in congruence with my person.