Young loungers

[MikeBravo]

:eusa_clap

I've also heard people comment that dressing vintage is anti-feminist, because you want to go back to an age where women had less rights, something I don't agree with at all!

I just like the clothes and the lifestyle. I don't think many people want World War Two to start up again

 

[Shangas]

Ever since I started giving a vintage flair to my wardrobe, one thing people have come to expect is that I always dress immaculately.

I'm...not sure how true that is, but it's nice to know that I've got a reputation as a snappy dresser. My colleagues at the local thrift-shop where I volunteer are throwing a one year birthday party (of the opening of the shop) in a couple of month's time.

The manager was asking us for ideas about what we should expect at the party, what we should bring, what ideas we had about how to make it memorable.

My friend Ed said that we could expect me to show up looking impeccably dressed.

D'awww...

 

[The Good]

I just like the clothes and the lifestyle. I don't think many people want World War Two to start up again

I get that, that's my opinion as well. I pretty much care mainly for the style, not the particularly bad happenings of the era. If you think about it, life during the Golden Era, as it's referred to, would have been pretty miserable for many people, and yet far worse for others. If one were wealthy, and in the United States at least, Anglo-Saxon Americans, they would have had a good old time, but it wasn't this way for a great deal of the population, especially immigrants.

All of this history is fascinating though...

 

[Juliet]

:eusa_clap

I've also heard people comment that dressing vintage is anti-feminist, because you want to go back to an age where women had less rights, something I don't agree with at all!

I find the 20s-40s all about women gaining independence and finding a voice, all while looking good and supporting a family & country at war.

In some way I think, women were certainly more respected. Look at today's idols. Women who try to outdo each other in "my breasts are falling out" and "is it a skirt or a belt" or "close up of my behind on screen" categories.

 

[RodeoRose]

But isn't it funny, that it's more accepted if you have 25 piercings on your face and wear pants with holes in them (maybe only in Europe, but yes it is! Because it's personal freedom, don't you know) or a neckline down to the waist, and people feel that they have to tone down the red lipstick, frock, petticoat, hat, heels etc.
Just remarking, yes?

This is so true! I feel the irony of it a lot. People sometimes give me the side-eye and a sort of "well who do you think you are?" sneer, but I feel like I dress so much more demurely than a lot of girls (the "ordinary" girls who pile on the bronzer and shimmery eyeshadow, for instance). I think I tend to be a little lost in a daydream, though: I assume that because I would have looked totally normal in 1930 (or whatever era I happen to be dressing in) that I should look perfectly respectable today. Not so, sadly! Seamed stockings, high heels, and red lips have whole new connotations to modern eyes.

 

[Juliet]

Oh, yes. Every time someone comments on how red lipstick is provocative, I have to stifle the urge to tell them that their grandmother probably wore it regularly, too.

 

[Geiamama]

Oh, yes. Every time someone comments on how red lipstick is provocative, I have to stifle the urge to tell them that their grandmother probably wore it regularly, too.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[MikeBravo]

I get that, that's my opinion as well. I pretty much care mainly for the style, not the particularly bad happenings of the era. If you think about it, life during the Golden Era, as it's referred to, would have been pretty miserable for many people, and yet far worse for others. If one were wealthy, and in the United States at least, Anglo-Saxon Americans, they would have had a good old time, but it wasn't this way for a great deal of the population, especially immigrants.

All of this history is fascinating though...

I was recently watching a documentary on the Depression of the 30's. The narrator talked about the effect the depression had on different people. Rich people weren't too bad off, before you had $20 million and now had only $5 million, and survived. The poor were already badly off, now they were a little worse off than before, but surviving. The ones who really suffered were the middle class, who had just started to become comfortable and had experienced a boom in wealth due to the stock market rises. Now they were poor, and the fall was a big one.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

During the depression, my family was well-off. They were buying brand new Pierce Arrows and such. Their grandson, my grandpa, wasn't so lucky. He was eating lard sandwiches...

 

[Chas]

I think we need to chip in and organize a yearly prize for the youngest lounger who joins the FL, to be given @ year's end...provided they provide proof of age, of course.

 

[Yeps]

I was recently watching a documentary on the Depression of the 30's. The narrator talked about the effect the depression had on different people. Rich people weren't too bad off, before you had $20 million and now had only $5 million, and survived. The poor were already badly off, now they were a little worse off than before, but surviving. The ones who really suffered were the middle class, who had just started to become comfortable and had experienced a boom in wealth due to the stock market rises. Now they were poor, and the fall was a big one.

Well, the poor I am sure really suffered to, but it wasn't anything particularly new.

 

[MikeBravo]

During the depression, my family was well-off. They were buying brand new Pierce Arrows and such. Their grandson, my grandpa, wasn't so lucky. He was eating lard sandwiches...

I have an uncle who still eats dripping (lard) sandwiches.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I didn't know anyone still did that and until today had only known maybe 2 others with similar experiences.

I have an uncle who still eats dripping (lard) sandwiches.

 

[p71towny]

My grandpa tells me about those but I'll pass. And I'll eat almost ANYTHING..

 

[Shangas]

I'm afraid to ask. What the hell is a LARD SANDWICH? It sounds most unhealthy and fattening.

 

[The Good]

I'm afraid to ask. What the hell is a LARD SANDWICH? It sounds most unhealthy and fattening.

It sounds disgusting, and full of butter and oils... I haven't ever had one, myself.

 

[Pompidou]

If it tastes good, I'll eat one. I just googled it. After you cook up some fatty meat, bacon sounds best, pour the grease onto a couple pieces of bread. Hmm. I'll see what I can do. Whether it tastes good or bad, it'll be a great story for later. "I can't believe you ate old pan fat drippings! That's disgusting!" I wonder what kind of meat would be most authentic? I've always liked the taste of fat. If I remember, I'll take a picture.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

During the depression, my grandpa's family was very poor and lard was cheap and plentiful. They put it on a sandwich like you'd butter bread and that was lunch.

 

[DJH]

During the depression, my grandpa's family was very poor and lard was cheap and plentiful. They put it on a sandwich like you'd butter bread and that was lunch.

My dad is a Yorkshireman and he would always save the drippings from the roast meats on Sunday, let it solidify and eat on sandwiches through the week.

We lived in the South of England and the old bloke was quite a novelty because of all the weird stuff he would eat - dripping, tripe, chitlings (these were the nastiest) and other things that most people would through away.

Because we lived by the sea, he would also go and dig up his own shellfish. It was quite common to get home and find the bath full of disgusting things like whelks. No wonder I don't like seafood

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Makes me cringe! I'm a bit of a picky eater.