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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Good point. Plenty of people feel out of place in modern culture. i have for much of my life till I made my culture to suit me. But I was always into vintage because it was fun. As for making a living, are you kidding? You would make a fortune with your knowledge of electronicss and computers!- reetpleat
- Post #284
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
That is not so much term confusion as a cultural shift of those choosing to look like/be skinheads. Granted, the term encompasses many different types, but the one that got noticed was the racist. But it is not a mistake to refer to those racist nazis as skin heads. they are.- reetpleat
- Post #281
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Fascinating point. I meant similar in suggesting that the senator might be an ativist out of a punk rock ethos of rejecting the present culture. And turning to the 20s 30s 40s 50s and 60s was certainly not anathema to the hippie, punk and new wave cultures. these white urban underground...- reetpleat
- Post #278
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Yes, but there is a certain contradiction in what even you do. To truly follow the cultural tradition of your people, you would wear whatever is decent quality on sale at the downtown small town clothing store. Ir maybe what is handed down to you or obtained at the dump. But wearing clothes...- reetpleat
- Post #275
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
I was just kind of kidding about the consumer thing. I don't think our modern culture has any monopoly on consumerism. The term was coined in the 40s or 30s was it not? However, it is interesting to note that a big part of the people you describe is possessing certain things. Although a guy...- reetpleat
- Post #274
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Fair enough, but what shall be the term for those of us who love, collect, and actually wear vintage hats and clothing, in a desire to revive, at least in a small cloud around us, the golden era?- reetpleat
- Post #195
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Ironically though, living the atavist lifestyle in most cases, requires a fair amount of money spent on artifacts and acoutrement, increasingly expensive at that. So, it can be said that an ativist is partly defined by the acquisition of these artifacts. How much of an ativist is an ativist who...- reetpleat
- Post #194
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Now that I have been thinking about this, I think you might be moving in the wrong direction. What I mean is that if you are seeking simply a term for those people who are die hard, total immersion lifestylers, you are talking about how many, maybe 500 worldwide? 1000 maybe? whereas, even if...- reetpleat
- Post #171
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Are you hoping for a protected status in employment and housing? if so, better go for atavist. You can claim it is biological.- reetpleat
- Post #158
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
You bring up an interesting point. Does there have to be a word encompassing all atavists? I mean, if I say that person is retro, many would take that to mean 50s early 60s, vintage would be taken to mean 20s to 40s. Is there any reason to lump in the late 60s 70s and 80s? I do feel a kinship...- reetpleat
- Post #157
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Perhaps a true 20 Atavist would choose to live walking distance or a short fliver ride away from work. Would it not be quite modern to travel many miles to work. Of course, then it begs the question, what is particularly atavist or retro about collecting things from the past and living in...- reetpleat
- Post #156
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Great point. I know people in the SCA, and respect it just fine. But that is kind of different from what we do. Although, it begs the question, what is the cut off year. 1900, 1800? Who knows. But yes, i vote against anachronists, lest we be confused with rennaisance fair people. Not that...- reetpleat
- Post #123
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Perhaps it is a different thing altogether, but I think there may be a place for those who, while not entirely immersed in a different culture, or turn their back on the modern, devote a fair amount of their time and effort in some way recreating a vintage lifestyle. For example, while I...- reetpleat
- Post #122
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Retro-extremists? What are we called?
Perhaps it is also important to note a difference between those adopting a lifestyle different from their own, as opposed to those who are just trying to revive or continue the lifestyle of their youth. Very different mentalities involved, although the end results might not be.- reetpleat
- Post #121
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Worst hat deals ... EVER
That is a shame for you, and a shame for us as a culture that they can not make decent quality anymore. I wonder how many nice hats that price might have gotten you in Kansas City 20 years ago. -
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Show us your suits
Can you get better pics, daylight if possible, and pics of the pants, etc. From the label and lapel, it may well be late fifties or sixties, but can't say from the pics. -
Cool (But Sold) eBay Stuff
My guess it was made for a movie costume. However, it was made in the era to probably pretty accurate specs, so, I can't believe it went so cheap or that I didn't buy it. Maybe not truly authentic as in made for and bought and worn by a zoot suited hipster, but, still pretty close. Or... -
Wow! Superman! 1 Million Dollars Comic
Yes, imagine a suit worth a million dollars in your size. How would you part with that? what is the highest price anyone knows of that a vintage suit not owned by a famous person, or owned by a famous person too, does anyone know if. What might be the one article of clothing that would...- reetpleat
- Post #5
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Show us your suits
I would guess 50s and 60s stuff is showing up, as it has been for the last twenty years in my experience, because some old guys are dying, some old ladies are getting rid of their old stuff, dying, or going into a home, and also children of this generation may well be getting rid of old stuff... -
Show us your suits
I agree with you due to the cut and lapel. A rare style, especially in this fabric. I have seen some on mad men worn by the slightly older guy with the gray hair. db pinstripe, but cut all early 60s
