A thread in the powder room got me thinking. One fine gentleman of the lounge felt that he might never meet a vintage partner, and felt that being so into vintage doomed him to be alone forever.
I got to thinking of a few of the guys I have known who are into vintage and parlayed it into an incredible appeal to women.
Certainly, it seemed to work better in San Francisco, LA or probably New York where woman are maybe a little hipper to that kind of thing. But I suspect that the guys I knew could have done it anywhere.
I would haveto say that their comfort with themselves and their style was pretty attractive. Certainly the style can be attractive to alot of women. Many women love the glamourous image of a a vintage movie and don't mind getting caught up in it.
When I lived in Seattle and always wore vintage and was the only guy in town who did. I mean thirties forties, not rockabilly. I was very comfortable with it and wnet everywhere. And while I was not exactly a lady killer, it never crossed my mind that it mattered.
In SF, I was popular in the scene, and that is almost all I did. But if I went somewhere else, I might be kind of uncomfortable or out of place. Unless we were a group of guys hitting the cool old places downtown that have certain vintage class, or maybe a slightly trendy (not punk rock for example) bar in the mission.
But I many times watched a certain Estrella brother pick up for lack of a better term, women who you would never guess would appreciate his style. That guy had the knack.
I knew a guy who was a bouncer at a punk club, knew all the rockabilly and punk and gear head crowd, but would sometimes go don to the bar in a thirties suit, homburg and his great old car. THe women loved it.
I won't mention any names, but I would guess that there are a few gentlemen of the lounge who get all the ladies attention they can handle. And in part becaue of their style, not in spite of it.
So, any thoughts?
Is it where you live? Is it all conficdance? Is it all about the right style. I think fifties single breasted might be a little less odd than thirties tight double breasted. Is it height. Oddly enough, I feel kind of funny sometimes in a vintage suit with big shoulders and such as I am 5'5". I sometimes feel if I were tall, it would look better and blend more.
Would love to hear from the women on their relationship to men who are not into vintage. I suppose it is a given on their feelings about men who are.
I got to thinking of a few of the guys I have known who are into vintage and parlayed it into an incredible appeal to women.
Certainly, it seemed to work better in San Francisco, LA or probably New York where woman are maybe a little hipper to that kind of thing. But I suspect that the guys I knew could have done it anywhere.
I would haveto say that their comfort with themselves and their style was pretty attractive. Certainly the style can be attractive to alot of women. Many women love the glamourous image of a a vintage movie and don't mind getting caught up in it.
When I lived in Seattle and always wore vintage and was the only guy in town who did. I mean thirties forties, not rockabilly. I was very comfortable with it and wnet everywhere. And while I was not exactly a lady killer, it never crossed my mind that it mattered.
In SF, I was popular in the scene, and that is almost all I did. But if I went somewhere else, I might be kind of uncomfortable or out of place. Unless we were a group of guys hitting the cool old places downtown that have certain vintage class, or maybe a slightly trendy (not punk rock for example) bar in the mission.
But I many times watched a certain Estrella brother pick up for lack of a better term, women who you would never guess would appreciate his style. That guy had the knack.
I knew a guy who was a bouncer at a punk club, knew all the rockabilly and punk and gear head crowd, but would sometimes go don to the bar in a thirties suit, homburg and his great old car. THe women loved it.
I won't mention any names, but I would guess that there are a few gentlemen of the lounge who get all the ladies attention they can handle. And in part becaue of their style, not in spite of it.
So, any thoughts?
Is it where you live? Is it all conficdance? Is it all about the right style. I think fifties single breasted might be a little less odd than thirties tight double breasted. Is it height. Oddly enough, I feel kind of funny sometimes in a vintage suit with big shoulders and such as I am 5'5". I sometimes feel if I were tall, it would look better and blend more.
Would love to hear from the women on their relationship to men who are not into vintage. I suppose it is a given on their feelings about men who are.