50's and 60's fedora lounge?

[Bustercat]

Anyone have any recommendations for a site similar to this one, but focusing more on those eras?

 

[Professor]

Anyone have any recommendations for a site similar to this one, but focusing more on those eras?

Oh...I'd like to know about that too!

 

[TM]

You might want to try Lotta Living:

http://www.lottaliving.com/bb/

Not much with period fashion, but mostly on 1950-1970 architecture and design and lifestyle.

Tony

 

[reetpleat]

Post enough 50s 60s threads, and viola.

 

[Widebrim]

Post enough 50s 60s threads, and viola.

I would agree. But if there really were a Lounge devoted to that period, I would prefer to have it stop at 1963, Nov. 22, 1963, to be exact.

 

[ScionPI2005]

I suppose there could be other forums elsewhere with more information on those eras. Still, I think the FL still has a decent number of threads. I'd consider anything from the turn of the century to the 1960's here fair game.

 

[Foofoogal]

my eyes, my eyes. I prefer the darkness of the lounge.
Like going out in the sun after the movie.

 

[Bustercat]

Thanks for the lotta living link, that's great!

I did wonder why there wasn't an "Atomic Age" subforum here to complement the "Golden Age" one. Hey, Fedoras were worn then too. I figured it was a style thing.

 

[Senator Jack]

You can try us at The Cad and Club Cad

 

[4and1]

^ There's a nice little goldmine of entertainment and stuff. I like the magazine. Thanks for the tip.

 

[dr greg]

Not Cool

I used to have a 'manual' to maintaining 'cool' and it stated, with very good reasons, that 1962 was the last cool year.....

 

[4and1]

^ That may well be true. "Cool" people these days are actually...

 

[Bustercat]

Dr greg, what were the reasons?

Thanks for the Cad, fun stuff.

I would agree. But if there really were a Lounge devoted to that period, I would prefer to have it stop at 1963, Nov. 22, 1963, to be exact.

Curious, why the Kennedy assassination? Surely Camelot's influence on style lasted for a few more years..

 

[dhermann1]

It wasn't a question of mere style. You can't grasp how the whole world was shattered by that event if you weren't around at the time. Nothing has been the same since.
And the Beatles (much as I always did and always will love them) were on Ed Sullivan in Jan 1964.

 

[Senator Jack]

For me, the cut off is Dec 31, 1966, though of course there are a few things that straggled into 68 and 69 that I love, but if someone asked me, 'define your 60s,' it would be 1959 through 1966. After all, Batman came on in '66, didn't it? And Our Man Flint was 66, too. No, there were too many things that defined the good 60s to cut it off at Dallas.

 

[Geesie]

For me, the cut off is Dec 31, 1966, though of course there are a few things that straggled into 68 and 69 that I love, but if someone asked me, 'define your 60s,' it would be 1959 through 1966. After all, Batman came on in '66, didn't it? And Our Man Flint was 66, too. No, there were too many things that defined the good 60s to cut it off at Dallas.

Like the Oldsmobile Toronado.

 

[Widebrim]

Dr greg, what were the reasons?

Thanks for the Cad, fun stuff.


Curious, why the Kennedy assassination? Surely Camelot's influence on style lasted for a few more years..

Well, dhermann1 kind of nailed it down; that date, along with being literally very important, was also symbolically so. The idealism of the post-WWII era was shattered that day (and following) in Dallas, as the U.S. entered its full adulthood. In addition, piggybacking on dhermann1's comments, the British Invasion was just about to burst upon the U.S., signalling the demise of the Rat Pack-type of music and clothing styles. I agree with Senator Jack that there were some good things after 1963, but despite Bat Man, Our Man Flint, the Tony Rome and Matt Helm films, etc., by 1965 the tide had turned with the first orchestrated anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, and the noticeable rise of drug-use on college campuses. And, yes, Camelot's influence on style continued for a while, but the mini skirt and Peacock tie were rapidly closing in. My 2 cents...

 

[Senator Jack]

Man, I dig the mini-skirt. :eusa_clap

In other debates, were The Smothers Brothers good or bad 60s? What about Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In? Again, I think both represent the quintessential 'nation in transition.' Star Trek, The Prisoner, the biker pictures of American International. I like that 60s as much as the pre-Dallas era.

 

[Senator Jack]

I guess the party games were offensive. [huh]

 

[pin_up_pixie]

Over at www.pinuplifestyle.com our vintage forum focuses on the 50's and 60's (although we can always use more input, Loungers ALWAYS welcome). The site is all about the life style surrounding the pin up culture, from the 40's to the present. Feel free to check us out!