Camp. Irony. Naive. Old-Fashioned.

[PrettySquareGal]

How, exactly, do you respond to someone not taking the whole vintage thing that you do as a legitimate way of life as opposed to a novelty/phase/neurotic interest/social statement, etc?

 

[zaika]

kick 'em in the family jewels with your vintage shoes. works for me! lol

seriously though...as one who does a lot of stuff others find strange, i just enjoy what i do as if they never said a negative word.

eventually, they'll see that a) you love the vintage lifestyle, b) it's not hurting anyone, and c) you don't care what they think. it's their problem that they don't like it for one reason or another.

[huh]

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Love that.

 

[donCarlos]

My friends know I´m different. And the others... why should I care? I just tell them that "I´m not satisfied with today´s world and style, so I make my own."

 

[AmateisGal]

I've always kinda done my own thing, so I guess my family is never too surprised when I do something out of the ordinary. My husband is pretty supportive, too.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

If someone's open about it, which they usually aren't, I just shrug and say, maybe it is a phase, but I'm into it. The reactions tend to be overwhelmingly positive so [huh]

 

[PrettySquareGal]

If someone's open about it, which they usually aren't, I just shrug and say, maybe it is a phase, but I'm into it. The reactions tend to be overwhelmingly positive so [huh]

Most people are positive about it (and I don't even dress vintage, but just about everything else about me is.) Every so often I get a look or "so you really ARE into this, then" kind of a thing. Also, not everyone gets that my home decor is what I is because I like it, not because I'm going for some funky vintage irony (this includes my apron I wear when entertaining).

 

[LizzieMaine]

I find that just fixing them in a stern and withering glare that reminds them of their mother usually does the trick. Nobody accuses their mama of being ironic.

 

[Decodence]

Nobody dares question my judgement.

 

[gluegungeisha]

Most people are positive about it (and I don't even dress vintage, but just about everything else about me is.) Every so often I get a look or "so you really ARE into this, then" kind of a thing. Also, not everyone gets that my home decor is what I is because I like it, not because I'm going for some funky vintage irony (this includes my apron I wear when entertaining).

I like funky vintage irony. And camp.

*hides*

 

[PrettySquareGal]

I like funky vintage irony. And camp.

*hides*

That's fine by me.

 

[scotrace]

How, exactly, do you respond to someone not taking the whole vintage thing that you do as a legitimate way of life as opposed to a novelty/phase/neurotic interest/social statement, etc?

"Hey man, it gets the chicks."







lol

 

[PrettySquareGal]

"Hey man, it gets the chicks."

eh...I like boys...

 

[Fletch]

Funnily enough, I like irony. I like outright snark, even, as applied to the current era. But stuff from before about 1950 I try to approach on its own terms.

A good kitsch calibrator is dance music from the 1930s that is not jazz or swing. You can't just listen to it for camp value because a lot of it is just too well done. But you can't take it 100 percent seriously either, because in 10 minutes you would turn it off and put on some art for the ages, like Django or the Duke. It can only be appreciated on its own terms. This is a good part of the music I listen to every day.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

One thing i love about no longer being in Hicksville, IN, is that i no longer need to worry about people caring. Living again in a place where lifestyle choices are not over-scrutinised, looked down upon, leading to beatings, etc. is like a breath of fresh air. Land of the Free. Sheesh.

As a very vintage, and rather camp when i want to be, chap, i just get on with it. I've had far fewer problems here than there.

Eye Heart Londinium . . .

bk

 

[PrettySquareGal]

One thing i love about no longer being in Hicksville, IN, is that i no longer need to worry about people caring. Living again in a place where lifestyle choices are not over-scrutinised, looked down upon, leading to beatings, etc. is like a breath of fresh air. Land of the Free. Sheesh.

As a very vintage, and rather camp when i want to be, chap, i just get on with it. I've had far fewer problems here than there.

Eye Heart Londinium . . .

bk

Of course, they are free to think and say what they will, and I'm free to not care. So far I haven't gotten spanked for it, either.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

So far I haven't gotten spanked for it, either.

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it! lol

bk

 

[metropd]

"Hey man, it gets the chicks.

Ya, right.


If anything it is a turnoff to most women. Just got to find the few that like it.

 

[Edward]

Hey, well.... for me, it's like nail varnish. Or make up. Whether it my hats, the make up I occasionally sport, costumes, clothing choices, or whatever.... if any woman is put off getting to know me by these outward displays of who I am and what I'm into, then that suits me. Rather that than wasting time on a bunch of dates (or even a relationship) only for her to turn out to be a drag.

[huh]

My esperience of moving from a small town to London was exactly the same as the Baron has had. Sure, I'm a peacock, sure I love to stand out. I'd never have gotten on the tube in full Dr Frank'n'Furter garb otherwise. But really, living somewhere where it isn't going to get you hassled is great (I once went out in a costume in Liverpool - we had coins thrown at us in broad daylight, and at night we were physically pushed around. Never going back there again!). Most of all, it's nice to leave the house dressed how you want and for it not to have to be a grand statement all the time.

 

[Feraud]

One thing i love about no longer being in Hicksville, IN, is that i no longer need to worry about people caring. Living again in a place where lifestyle choices are not over-scrutinised, looked down upon, leading to beatings, etc. is like a breath of fresh air. Land of the Free. Sheesh.

As a very vintage, and rather camp when i want to be, chap, i just get on with it. I've had far fewer problems here than there.

Eye Heart Londinium . . .

bk

Baron Kurtz have you been to NYC?
There are large swatches of this great city (and Brooklyn, Queens) where no one bats an eye at your style no matter what it is.
People wear three piece suits, sweatpants, tattoos, or jeans hanging off your butt and barely anyone takes issue with the next guy.
The word Liberal is used as a negative description by some so I will describe the city as being progressive in style and attitude.