Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

[Lily Powers]

Today I was walking down the street shopping with my daughter and some teenage (early 20s?) boy yelled "Hey the 50s called and they want you back!"

Well, I guess we know where he was when the Village called and wanted their Idiot back.

 

[rue]

Well, I guess we know where he was when the Village called and wanted their Idiot back.

lol

Thank you Lily

I have to admit, at first I was not happy, but I put on a brave face for my daughter. I only came to my conclusion about how I should feel because I wanted her to turn it around in her head. She was so mad! Thanks to you guys and gals I really feel better about it. Laughter really is the best medicine

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

lol
I have to admit, at first I was not happy, but I put on a brave face for my daughter. I only came to my conclusion about how I should feel because I wanted her to turn it around in her head. She was so mad! Thanks to you guys and gals I really feel better about it. Laughter really is the best medicine

Look on the bright side. She probably could have given that punk an epic

-whupping. He's probably enough of a wimp.

 

[rue]

Look on the bright side. She probably could have given that punk an epic

-whupping.

lol You know.... I think she could have taken him, judging how mad she was.... not that I would let her

 

[Tatum]

Hehe, that's great... All the responses to that are stunning.

Gracie Lee and I got a funny one on Saturday. We were standing outside our favorite vintage shop, and three guys--let's call them hip-hop rap types--came down the sidewalk on their bicycles. Upon passing us, the last one shouts, "You girls look wonderful!"

 

[rue]

I'll bet that threw you! lol

 

[Miss sofia]

It would have thrown me!!

Rue - i'm sorry to hear about what happened to you with your daughter. It's a case of 'if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all'. But you know we all think you are a dreamboat and that's the main thing!

 

[Katinka von K.]

I seem to attract idiots at the moment. The other day I didn´t wear any vintage clothes but a beret, I wore my standard make up (see avatar) and vintage hair. But I also wore a shirt with a print I designed myself, inspired by old horror movie posters with a quite angry looking cat on it. There was this guy in the bus that felt the big need to stare at me and tell everyone in the bus (that´s what I think because he spoke really loud) what he saw on my shirt: "Oh, such an angry kitty..." "...ooooh, such sharp teeth..." and stuff like that. I only heard bits of it as I wore headphones but it was enough to pi** me off. I thought about commenting on his 80s mustache and his amazingly boring shirt as well but found that he wasn´t worth it in the end.
Then, yesterday, I wore turn-up jeans, chucks, a lurex sweater and a red bandana with ponytail and big roll in front and while we walked down the street some drunken idiot looked ot of his window, gave everyone an idea of what great sounds his body was able to produce and then shouted something I couldn´t understand at all. Later my man told me that he said "How can you walk around like that?" and maybe some other things, too. What a lovely neighbourhood we have.

My man btw. decided to call my lurex sweater "the Yetta". You know Yetta?

 

[wahine]

...
I thought about commenting ... but found that he wasn´t worth it in the end...

I think that's pretty much the only way to deal with such people - ignore them. They are dumb people and won't understand even the wittiest remark, so save the energy. You know that you look good, and that's what counts.

 

[C-dot]

Whenever I get the village idiot making the clever comment of the day to me, I grin and say patronizingly "Aren't you hilarious! " That always wipes the smile off their face, and if there's an audience, the laughs are now on my side.

Of course, if they're in any way inebriated, I just think to myself "there is yet another upstanding pillar of the community."

 

[rue]

It would have thrown me!!

Rue - i'm sorry to hear about what happened to you with your daughter. It's a case of 'if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all'. But you know we all think you are a dreamboat and that's the main thing!

You are too kind Miss!!

I think that's pretty much the only way to deal with such people - ignore them. They are dumb people and won't understand even the wittiest remark, so save the energy. You know that you look good, and that's what counts.

I wish I had the ability to do that

Whenever I get the village idiot making the clever comment of the day to me, I grin and say patronizingly "Aren't you hilarious! " That always wipes the smile off their face, and if there's an audience, the laughs are now on my side.

Love that!

 

[rue]

I seem to attract idiots at the moment. The other day I didn´t wear any vintage clothes but a beret, I wore my standard make up (see avatar) and vintage hair. But I also wore a shirt with a print I designed myself, inspired by old horror movie posters with a quite angry looking cat on it. There was this guy in the bus that felt the big need to stare at me and tell everyone in the bus (that´s what I think because he spoke really loud) what he saw on my shirt: "Oh, such an angry kitty..." "...ooooh, such sharp teeth..." and stuff like that. I only heard bits of it as I wore headphones but it was enough to pi** me off. I thought about commenting on his 80s mustache and his amazingly boring shirt as well but found that he wasn´t worth it in the end.
Then, yesterday, I wore turn-up jeans, chucks, a lurex sweater and a red bandana with ponytail and big roll in front and while we walked down the street some drunken idiot looked ot of his window, gave everyone an idea of what great sounds his body was able to produce and then shouted something I couldn´t understand at all. Later my man told me that he said "How can you walk around like that?" and maybe some other things, too. What a lovely neighbourhood we have.

My man btw. decided to call my lurex sweater "the Yetta". You know Yetta?

I'm sorry about those idiots. I don't know why anyone needs to say anything [huh]
I'm not sure if the staring is worse than the comments though. At least you know what they're thinking lol

 

[Tatum]

I was definitely thrown, in that the young man decided to shout out approval. After the fact, I turned to Gracie and said, "There's definitely one for [this thread]!"

Sorry a lot of you have been getting the idiots lately. I got one a few weeks ago, I don't think I brought it up as I wasn't wearing vintage at the time, but it involved a guy (saying gentleman would be stretching it, but he claimed to do Civil War reenactment which of course interested me) who was about ten years my junior trying to pick me up (I didn't have on my wedding set, as I had been stung in the hand the day before...what a nonsense excuse that would have sounded like, but hey, I AM a beekeeper). He made a few comments about the crowd in general, and I looked at him and said, "So basically, the reason you've singled me out is because I have on the longest skirt here and I am wearing granny sandals?" He replied, "Yes, you actually look sexier than all the other girls here that have on a lot less clothing."

I didn't really expect him to respond in that way, and I wasn't sure how to react. Hubby, meanwhile, was keeping his distance laughing and refusing to rescue me

 

[Effingham]

Laughter really is the best medicine

Followed closely by penicillin.

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

This weekend we got (my family and I) that we looked like a family of superheroes. I asked why well my husbands sideburns reminded him of wolverine and I had bought my oldest son (9) some green hairspray for fun so he has spiked up green hair and so he was the green lantern but he wasn't quite sure on the rest of us but we didn't look like average citizens.

 

[Effingham]

I am RetroMan! And this is my charming girl sidekick, BobbieSoxer!

 

[Black Dahlia]

I thought I should take it that way too




I like that one! I'll use it next time




You do NOT look like Betty Ford! lol

Phew...that's good! ha ha
X
BD

 

[MissHawthorne]

Now those are the comments I wish the boyfriend and I could get! When we're in Minneapolis, it's all polite and "My aren't you two good looking!" but in his town it's often rude or asking if we're in a play. Sigh.
I'd much rather be a superhero than an actor.

This weekend we got (my family and I) that we looked like a family of superheroes. I asked why well my husbands sideburns reminded him of wolverine and I had bought my oldest son (9) some green hairspray for fun so he has spiked up green hair and so he was the green lantern but he wasn't quite sure on the rest of us but we didn't look like average citizens.

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Now those are the comments I wish the boyfriend and I could get! When we're in Minneapolis, it's all polite and "My aren't you two good looking!" but in his town it's often rude or asking if we're in a play. Sigh.
I'd much rather be a superhero than an actor.

Well that is Minnesota nice for you they wait to say the mean stuff until your at least out of earshot.

 

[crazydaisy]

This one got me "institutionalized child" from my husband. Fair enough, I say