Vintage Verve said:I've had a few "who are you dressed as?" comments and they feel kind of sheepish when I laugh and explain that I am dressed as myself:eusa_doh:
I have to agree I get a lot of that, it just makes me smile and I continue. I don't wear a lot of dresses in the fall and winter months, but if I am in pants I get "so are you a bridesmaid or something" that one always gives me a good laugh. I however usually get looks like "doesn't she look nice" and comments along those lines and only on a very rare occasion do I get the "what was she smoking when she got dressed today?" kind of looks. I mean 1940's clothes are pretty modern as far as historical clothes go, so people are more likely to just sort of accept it and think that I am a bit unusual and keep going. I just have a sense of humor about people's comments it usually makes it easier on everyone. And more often then no people are just curious. My boyfriend is in the Navy and I find that all of his friends girlfriends, fiances and wives are totally cool wtih my style, they get that it is just me and are fine with it and from time to time ask for fashion advice. However the older wives of like the commanding officers won't even make eye contact with me. I mean come on ladies I am 22 and young enough to be your daughter (in some cases). But I think they don't like that I make them realize that with only a little bit of extra effort you can look fabulous. One of my favortie comments came from my boyfriend I sent him a picture of a new hair style and he called me from Japan to tell me how great it looked on me, he is great about my vintage stuff. But the best comment ever came from an elderly man it was over the summer I had on a white short sleeved collared wrap dress (my mom calls it the WW2 nurse dress) with yellow wedges and my hair was done in a vintage style. This man came up to me gently touched my arm and said, in the sweetest and most honest way "You remind me of my wife during the war, you make me feel young again." that was the best feeling ever, and if I had any doubts about vintage that made them all go away.