your vintage Achilles heel

[NicknNora]

Try planks....your core muscles are continuously challenged, your posture is better and less chance of back aches.

Thanks, Carlise Blues. I never knew the name of that exercise but once I saw your illustration I recognized it. I found this site where it tells you how to do it.
There are also some Youtube videos to show you how to do it. I'll give that a try.:eusa_clap

 

[NicknNora]

My vintage Achilles heel is I have no desire to dress vintage...

How come? Do you not like the old styles? Do you hate wearing suits? Do you just not want to go through the hassle of finding something to wear? None of the above? lol If you have a wife does she like vintage styles?

A wonderfully tailored vintage style suit would look wonderful with that great hat you're wearing in your avatar. My Nick is not really into looking for vintage either but he enjoys wearing vintage outfits because he knows how much I enjoy seeing him in tailored suits and other vintage clothes. He does love the hats though!

Correction: I wasn't quite accurate above. Nick also enjoys a nicely tailored vintage suit for himself too (not just for me). There are some styles he just doesn't like no matter how much I might like them so I don't want to give people the wrong impression that he's someone who doesn't care about what he wears, because he does. He indulges me occasionally on things he might not pick but that I love. I do the same for him. We really do have a pretty equal partnership which is why we chose the name NicknNora (that and the fact that we both love snappy comebacks and cocktails).

 

[Carlisle Blues]

How come? Do you not like the old styles? Do you hate wearing suits? Do you just not want to go through the hassle of finding something to wear? None of the above? lol If you have a wife does she like vintage styles?

A wonderfully tailored vintage style suit would look wonderful with that great hat you're wearing in your avatar. My Nick is not really into looking for vintage either but he enjoys wearing vintage outfits because he knows how much I enjoy seeing him in tailored suits and other vintage clothes. He does love the hats though!

Actually I take great pains with my clothing. French cuffs, spit shined shoes, suits etc etc .I am very fastidious and particular. I hand wash my more expensive shirts and do my own ironing and polish my own shoes. No one does it better than me for me.

In fact a fellow lounger just recently called me a woman and said I should start posting in the woman only areas. [huh]

I just do not like "vintage" in as much I love clothing all eras. I do not discriminate. However, I will not wear something because it from a particular era nor will I shun something because it is from a particular era.

Take my underwear for example; I have not changed those babies in at least three decades. They feel like a second skin.

 

[NicknNora]

Actually I take great pains with my clothing. French cuffs, spit shined shoes, suits etc etc .I am very fastidious and particular. I hand wash my more expensive shirts and do my own ironing and polish my own shoes. No one does it better than me for me.

In fact a fellow lounger just recently called me a woman and said I should start posting in the woman only areas. [huh]

I just do not like "vintage" in as much I love clothing all eras. I do not discriminate. However, I will not wear something because it from a particular era nor will I shun something because it is from a particular era.

Take my underwear for example; I have not changed those babies in at least three decades. They feel like a second skin.

I guess your underwear would feel like second skin if you haven't changed them in three decades.

 

[NicknNora]

Actually I take great pains with my clothing. French cuffs, spit shined shoes, suits etc etc .I am very fastidious and particular. I hand wash my more expensive shirts and do my own ironing and polish my own shoes. No one does it better than me for me.

In fact a fellow lounger just recently called me a woman and said I should start posting in the woman only areas. [huh]

I just do not like "vintage" in as much I love clothing all eras. I do not discriminate. However, I will not wear something because it from a particular era nor will I shun something because it is from a particular era.

Take my underwear for example; I have not changed those babies in at least three decades. They feel like a second skin.

I just had to do that last post. The "Nora" in me just wouldn't let me let that one go without making a snappy comeback. lol

I'm the same way. I adore vintage clothing but if there is a modern piece that has excellent lines I will purchase that as well. I'm very eclectic in my clothes and in the items I purchase for our home. Most of the things, however, are either vintage or vintage inspired.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

I just had to do that last post. The "Nora" in me just wouldn't let me let that one go without making a snappy comeback. lol

I'm the same way. I adore vintage clothing but if there is a modern piece that has excellent lines I will purchase that as well. I'm very eclectic in my clothes and in the items I purchase for our home. Most of the things, however, are either vintage or vintage inspired.

I could not have said it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eclectic with everthing but my vintage undies ......!!!!!!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Take my underwear for example; I have not changed those babies in at least three decades. They feel like a second skin.

Underoos are so 1977 .....

 

[NicknNora]

I could not have said it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eclectic with everthing but my vintage undies ......!!!!!!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

lol

You know you might just have to post a photo of those vintage undies. I think we're all wondering about why you love them so much.lol Of course you can't post a photo with you in the vintage undies or the bartenders might just throw us both out.lol

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Ok Peeled them off ....just this once...........

 

[NicknNora]

Ok Peeled them off ....just this once...........

lol I love them too!lol

 

[chanteuseCarey]

This goes along with what Carlisle noted about doing planks-- Pilates!! Its very hard (the hardest workout I've ever done and I've done/do LOTS of different kinds of workouts) and it never gets easier the longer you do it, BUT its a super workout. I've definitely seen my stomach get flatter and more toned and whole torso area gets a nice long and lean look to it... Also swimming.

By the way does anyone have any suggestions on the best exercises for reducing your waist and abdomen area? Unfortunately I'm at that age where you get the middle age spread.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

and of course there is the down dog to plank to pushup to plank and back down dog again move. The worst (and best) is the plank military crawl...

BESb

Try planks....your core muscles are continuously challenged, your posture is better and less chance of back aches.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

I have never thought much about my height... I'm 5'3-1/2". A favorite vintage style icon for me is the character of Maria Castro played by Isobel Elsom in the 1942 film "You were Never Lovelier" with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. She was Rita's godmother in the film. She was 5'4" tall and my age when the film was made. Most of my vintage 40s dresses were/are already the right length for me. If a vintage dress is too long for me, I'm not above having it shortened. then I'd have enough material left over to make a belt to replace the long missing one. My husband is a bit over 5'9" so we're a good balance height wise for ballroom dancing.

I used to feel less than ecstatic about my height ( 5'4") until I began watching the old pictures and really falling in love with the past. I realized that Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Claudette Colbert, Linda Darnell,Thelma Todd, Dolores Del Rio, Joan Fontaine, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner .....there were so many...were all my height. . So, now, I love my height and wouldn't ever want to be taller. It was simply a matter of aligning my tastes with an erstwhile beauty standard rather than with the present one. That wasn't hard for me as I eschew the current era anyway and am quite content living in the past in every way!

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Aw, don't be critical here Gene, I've seen you in a vintage outfit (that grad night you worked at) and you cut a very dapper figure! Fred Astaire would probably be thought of as skinny by today's standards, and he looked pretty darn good... A man on the slim side is probably far easier to dress than a bulkier or heavier figure.

I'm too skinny. Sure could use some meat in the shoulders and chest department to cut a better figure in clothes - and to be an easier fit.

 

[Forgotten Man]

Ditto, and a few inches taller

Brother, you can have the taller, I'll take the SHORTER!!! lol Bein' 6'3" ain't all that grand when you thirst for 30s fashions that only seem to come in size 38reg!

 

[Helysoune]

The fact that my "dayglass" figure isn't more an hourglass is probably the biggest issue for me, seconded by my tiny pocketbook. The latter makes finding actual vintage clothing to fit the former extremely difficult. Even modern clothes don't fit properly - I'm actually three different clothing label sizes because of the classical (B-W-H ratio) proportions I have. So I have to make do with sewing my own clothes and buying seperates in different sizes, taking them in if necessary.

Not only that, at 5'9" in bare feet, even if I did find something vintage that was both large enough and cheap enough, it would more than likely be waaaay too short.

 

[chanteuseCarey]

Let's just say my hair USED TO BE. I have stick straight, flyaway hair. Could never do anything with my hair. Truly the best style for my hair left to its own devices is the Dorothy Hamil haircut- remember that back in like 1976? I wore that style for many years.

Have had perms on an off over the years and I color it too. Right now my perm is very grown out but in a way that is good for vintage styling; the crown is flat as were many of the vintage 30s and 40s styles.

All a gal needs is to add a vintage stylist on "her team" as I like to call it! When we went to our first big vintage era event, a few of the Art Deco ladies said that really liked my look but told me I needed to get the hair right. I took what they had to share with me and listened. They were not being critical but kind and helpful. They recommended a vintage stylist and I went to him. He was able to do magic and its the best thing I've ever done. I cannot afford to have it done very often but I do when there is a special event.

Believe me ladies, no matter what your hair is like-

if MY hair can go from this:​

to this:

and even this:

there is hair hope for ANYONE!!​

 

[klind65]

Let's just say my hair USED TO BE. I have stick straight, flyaway hair. Could never do anything with my hair. Truly the best style for my hair left to its own devices is the Dorothy Hamil haircut- remember that back in like 1976? I wore that style for many years.

Have had perms on an off over the years and I color it too. Right now my perm is very grown out but in a way that is good for vintage styling; the crown is flat as were many of the vintage 30s and 40s styles.

All a gal needs is to add a vintage stylist on "her team" as I like to call it! When we went to our first big vintage era event, a few of the Art Deco ladies said that really liked my look but told me I needed to get the hair right. I took what they had to share with me and listened. They were not being critical but kind and helpful. They recommended a vintage stylist and I went to him. He was able to do magic and its the best thing I've ever done. I cannot afford to have it done very often but I do when there is a special event.

Believe me ladies, no matter what your hair is like-

if MY hair can go from this:​

to this:

and even this:

there is hair hope for ANYONE!!​

You are an inspiration! and look quite lovely. Would your vintage hair stylist by any chance know of anyone in New York City who is adept at vintage styles??:eusa_doh:

 

[NicknNora]

This goes along with what Carlisle noted about doing planks-- Pilates!! Its very hard (the hardest workout I've ever done and I've done/do LOTS of different kinds of workouts) and it never gets easier the longer you do it, BUT its a super workout. I've definitely seen my stomach get flatter and more toned and whole torso area gets a nice long and lean look to it... Also swimming.

Thanks for the additional tip chanteuseCarey.