Does vintage make you look.... *older*?

[Edward]

Fortunately, I've long considered youth highly overrated.

The longer ago my youth was, the more convinced I become that it must have been overrated. From what I can remember, anyhow.... lol

that = old to the stbMIL!

The woman sounds positively ghastly. I should hope you treat her comments with the contempt they so richly deserve.

Flat caps make a man look either like Gu, my husband's Welsh grandfather, or like he's out of Madness.

Hmmn. By preference, I'll opt for the 'Gu' look over Madness anyday.

 

[donCarlos]

I looked in the mirror today, wearing a burgundy sweater vest, white shirt and khakis and I really could only think of one think:

"I AM old! God, I I´m like seventy years old and that´s not good at all!"

 

[C-dot]

However I find these comments to be especially annoying, because my best friend looks extremely *young*! So the only 28 year old she spends time with regularly is petite, baby-faced and high of voice. She also does dress in a typical girlish fashion with straight longish hair! *This* 28 year old is often in tailored clothing, is tall and broad and has intricate hairdos so that = old to the stbMIL!

Just tell her "My dear Mrs. ____, I can only wish my vintage look would become me as much as the green eyed monster look becomes you." Besides, where is her legion of internet fans?

She sounds like a real treat - Wanna set her up with my FMIL?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I am always guessed to be about 25. I am 18. I am sure it is due to my dress, hairstyle, vintage manners, etc. Even my own folks chew me up and down for my vintage style and that I need to get with the times.

 

[jwalls]

Looking older is not really a problem. Getting older is much better than the other obvious choice.

 

[Diamondback]

Pretty much anything beats looking like, and carrying oneself like, a refugee from Lower Slobovia...

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Now playing: Bruce Broughton - Street Standoff
via FoxyTunes

 

[jamespowers]

Getting older is much better than the other obvious choice.

The alternative sure isn't very nice is it? Dirt or live. [huh]

 

[ws1]

I often get called an old man, or I've had one person say "you look like my grandad". In the case of former I just went along with it. In the case of the latter I replied that the person's grandad must have had a very good dress sense.

I have had the same experience since I was 17-20 years old. Now I´m around 50 and satisfied with being older. I have dressed in a classic way since I was around 17 yo. I have always suit, often 3-piece. I have never used sport-clothes, never jeans and so on. I always use hat, often bowler and I like to have a cane. I have more times then I can count got the question about age, comments about looking much older, looking like a grandfather and so on. I have just listened and never changed my way of dressing. I have never been interested in any kind of sport or another fysical activity and that probably helps.

 

[MariantheLibrarian]

Honestly, most of the people I know professionally already place me at 10-15 years younger than I am. Don't ask me why-- I don't see it-- unless it has something to do with not having wrinkles (oily skin) or grey hair (dye). So I guess if vintage ages me, it'll end up making me look my actual age!

 

[Yeps]

I have had plenty of people comment on my "old man clothes." It is kinda appropriate, my favorite sweater vest, which I wear quite often, was actually my grandfathers, and I picked up my habit of wearing only white shirts from him. However, people usually don't peg me any older than I am. Maybe a couple years, but I get guessed younger sometimes too. For the record, I am 21.

The only time I have been told I looked older was when I got back from spending a summer in Italy, and looking at photos, I did. It was rather nice actually, because I looked more my age afterwards than I did before.

I don't think it hurts things that I have a very slender frame. I still look as thought I haven't filled out yet (who knows, maybe I will someday, maybe not), which adds to youthfulness in my appearance. Or else maybe I am delusional and most people think that I am ten years older than I really am.

 

[rue]

Age is a state of mind. The only time I feel old is when I look in the mirror expecting to see myself at 25 and there's some old broad resembling my mom looking back at me

 

[Widebrim]

Age is a state of mind. The only time I feel old is when I look in the mirror expecting to see myself at 25 and there's some old broad resembling my mom looking back at me

I have a similar illusion, but...One thing's for sure, rue, and that is you are no old broad.

 

[rue]

I have a similar illusion, but...One thing's for sure, rue, and that is you are no old broad.

Only because you made me blush like a school girl widebrim
You're not too bad yourself mister..... understatement

 

[Widebrim]

I went to Guitar Center in Hollywood and the last time I was there 20 years ago it was filled with teens to thirty somethings all dressed as either rock stars or the rock t-shirt and jeans.

This time the place was filled with 40 to 60 somethings in rock t-shirts and jeans. I felt like they had never left GC.

This is an old post from you, John, but I couldn't help but give it a :eeek: :eusa_doh:lol. You could probably find a similar scene at Ameoba Music over on Hollywood Blvd...

 

[Widebrim]

You're not too bad yourself mister..... understatement

Coming from a valley girl, that's, like, a real compliment...

 

[rue]

Coming from a valley girl, that's, like, a real compliment...

Totally like for sure lol

 

[Harp]

Age is a state of mind. The only time I feel old is when I look in the mirror expecting to see myself at 25 and there's some old broad resembling my mom looking back at me

Heaven in thy creation did decree
That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell;
Whate'er thy thoughts or thy heart's workings be,
Thy looks should nothing thence but sweetness tell.

Shakespeare

 

[Big Man]

... some old broad resembling my mom looking back at me

Your Mom must be a really nice looking lady.

 

[Big Man]

Does vintage make you look older? Well, considering I was told today at Church that I looked like President William Howard Taft, I'd say yes.

Hell, President Taft has been dead a long, long time. [huh] :eeek: [huh]

 

[Widebrim]

Does vintage make you look older? Well, considering I was told today at Church that I looked like President William Howard Taft, I'd say yes.

Hell, President Taft has been dead a long, long time. [huh] :eeek: [huh]

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