All vintage, all the time?

[Grnidwitch]

Go for it

Fortworthgal,

You go for it. You have a classic 40's look about you (love your avatar). Don't forget Buster Brown bobbie socks (sold at Vermont Country Store) and tie-up oxfords. Not all 40's style was glamour girl. For really casual days (office clean up/clearing out), saddle shoes or penny loafers, straight leg jeans rolled at the hem a couple of inches, and a nice flannel shirt or a Pendleton 49'er. Make sure and pull your hair back or wear a snood. My mom graduated from high school in '46. She wore something like this to school on fun days. I think you would look great.

 

[fortworthgal]

Fortworthgal,

You go for it. You have a classic 40's look about you (love your avatar). Don't forget Buster Brown bobbie socks (sold at Vermont Country Store) and tie-up oxfords. Not all 40's style was glamour girl. For really casual days (office clean up/clearing out), saddle shoes or penny loafers, straight leg jeans rolled at the hem a couple of inches, and a nice flannel shirt or a Pendleton 49'er. Make sure and pull your hair back or wear a snood. My mom graduated from high school in '46. She wore something like this to school on fun days. I think you would look great.

I love the sound of this look for casual days! I have about a dozen or more vintage Pendleton and Woolrich wool flannel shirts in my closet right now, I've always worn them camping. I also have a couple pair of Levi jeans that are straight leg and have a big cuff on the bottom that I've never worn because I couldn't figure out what to put with them. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Fletch]

I think I may not have been clear in my initial post. I wasn't generally worried about attitudes.

So are you looking for your thread back? (In which case I'll clear out and start my own.) Or just soliciting more useful advice?

 

[fortworthgal]

No, no! By all means, continue!

 

[Fletch]

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fwg, here's a thought: does your church have any archives, old pix, yearbooks, anything like that? Maybe you can learn what was appropriate dress for a nice Presby. church lady once upon a time, and use that as a model...

 

[birdiepie]

An all-vintage lifestyle for a man, then, might pre-suppose a more hardcore ......

I never knew anybody like this. Did any of you? Did they fit my model?

Actually, I do know a few fellows like this & your model fits everyone of them to a tee, right down to being svelte enough to fit into deadstock.

 

[Fletch]

That's exactly what I was afraid of. Y'see...I don't belong. Master chief has come to me and hissed, "Seek life elsewhere."

Only I already have, and baby, there ain't none...