Edward
Bartender
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I self-identify as a dieselpunk. I start from 1930ish, incorporating what I like from the era, and what I like from the years between then and now, ignoring that for which I don't care. My preferred clothing styles all fall within the period 1930 to about 1956 (that point in the mid-late fifties when lapels had gone narrow but trousers were yet to follow suit (though I love the Ted look too). I'm more inclined to reproduction and selected modern pieces cut to a vintage pattern for the simple reason of availability: I can't yet afford to go bespoke, and true vintage is rarely available in my size. I enjoy the music of the period, but I also find much to enjoy in music recorded in all periods since. I outgrew the bondage trousers some years ago, but I will always have the heart and soul of a punk. I enjoy the history of the period, though I find the lead into and aftermath of the war more interesting than the history of the conflict itself. Given time and enough money, my flat will be a mix of the periods the style of which I most enjoy - 30s, 40s, 50s. Which is to say I'll take a nominal point as at 1959 and include any style I like from that date backwards, as well as post 1959 elements with, where possible, a 40s/50s retro-futurist styling. My wahing machine is a good case in point: it has very much a 50s sci-fi look to it. My dishwasher is concealed behind a panel that matches the rest of the kitchen, which is in a very retro style. It's a fairly modern take on a Shaker style that wouldn't be entirely alien to anyone from that period.
I've never wanted to go back and live in the 40s and 50s (or even live my life in a pretence of such), but there's plenty from those years that I'm not prepared to reject in favour of what is around now just for the sake of it.
I've never wanted to go back and live in the 40s and 50s (or even live my life in a pretence of such), but there's plenty from those years that I'm not prepared to reject in favour of what is around now just for the sake of it.