What are you wearing today??

[metropd]

she said I'd look more feminine (and attractive in men's eyes) in shorts and a tank top.... I just don't get it lol

Not in my eyes. keep Being yourself, not only will you look better but it is mentally healthy.

 

[metropd]

Clipper, your outfits are always very clean-lined and well fitting. The perfect 1940s/early 1950s look if you ask me!

Clipper, you look magnificent!

Thank you Alanc.

 

[Marty M.]

Crisp.......

There's my Buddy looking as crisp as new money. You're showing a lot of STYLE My friend. Bravo.
Marty Mathis

 

[Diamondback]

Not in my eyes. keep Being yourself, not only will you look better but it is mentally healthy.

Indeed. It takes real strength to be able to say "this is who and what I am, take me or leave me as you will; either way, I really don't care" and mean it, and that strength and the associated self-confidence are some of the most attractive qualities out there.

 

[jtcarrey]

Not in my eyes. keep Being yourself, not only will you look better but it is mentally healthy.

thanksy!

 

[jtcarrey]

Indeed. It takes real strength to be able to say "this is who and what I am, take me or leave me as you will; either way, I really don't care" and mean it, and that strength and the associated self-confidence are some of the most attractive qualities out there.

Thank you Diamond, I wish that worked with her but all I get from her is derogatory words thrown at me lol

 

[Diamondback]

fftopic: Of course, I should have also adjusted for the fact that I do have a distinctly unfair advantage: virtually all of my relatives are career or economic "dead ends", and I'm the only one with any shot left at "going anywhere"--and when someone is in that position and reaches the stage of "push me too hard, and I'm gone and you're all up the creek", it gives that person one heck of a lot of leverage to use in "attitude-adjustment." Alas, it can't be used very often, or it'll lose its "intimidation factor"...

Oh, BTW, learning to master the "in one ear and out the other" thing really helps, too. A favorite line I've used many times: "Clarify: Opinion, yours, relevance of."

 

[metropd]

There's my Buddy looking as crisp as new money. You're showing a lot of STYLE My friend. Bravo.
Marty Mathis

I learned from the Master^^^^!

 

[Jovan]

There's my Buddy looking as crisp as new money.

And just as hard to count because he keeps sticking together? :rage:

 

[Vintage Betty]

I *wish* I could wear vintage but anytime I do anything vintage (wear clothes, do my hair, makeup, or even listen to music) my mother gets upset with me and criticizes and condemns me how can I get her to accept this? it really sucks...

My mother used to do that to me all the time. Not only about that, but many other things. I finally told her" pick one thing to complain about" and I'm ignoring the rest. lol

As it stands, today I now hoard...er...own what appears to be one of the largest ladies suit collections on the Lounge from completely ignoring my mother's advice. I can't tell you how many times I am complimented on my suits and good fashion sense from ignoring her!

If she really gets on you too much, here's another tactic I used for some fun: I dressed really trashy or punk or whatever I knew my mother wouldn't like and really played it up. The next day I would revert back to vintage again and if she complained, I asked her if I looked better in yesterday's outfit instead. It's a very fun game (for you, anyway).

Good luck -

Vintage Betty

 

[jtcarrey]

fftopic: Of course, I should have also adjusted for the fact that I do have a distinctly unfair advantage: virtually all of my relatives are career or economic "dead ends", and I'm the only one with any shot left at "going anywhere"--and when someone is in that position and reaches the stage of "push me too hard, and I'm gone and you're all up the creek", it gives that person one heck of a lot of leverage to use in "attitude-adjustment." Alas, it can't be used very often, or it'll lose its "intimidation factor"...

Oh, BTW, learning to master the "in one ear and out the other" thing really helps, too. A favorite line I've used many times: "Clarify: Opinion, yours, relevance of."

wait what? haha j/k yea, I need to practice the in one ear and out the other thing with ALOT of things in my life... it's ridiculous really... sick of being told how to live

 

[jtcarrey]

My mother used to do that to me all the time. Not only about that, but many other things. I finally told her" pick one thing to complain about" and I'm ignoring the rest. lol

As it stands, today I now hoard...er...own what appears to be one of the largest ladies suit collections on the Lounge from completely ignoring my mother's advice. I can't tell you how many times I am complimented on my suits and good fashion sense from ignoring her!

If she really gets on you too much, here's another tactic I used for some fun: I dressed really trashy or punk or whatever I knew my mother wouldn't like and really played it up. The next day I would revert back to vintage again and if she complained, I asked her if I looked better in yesterday's outfit instead. It's a very fun game (for you, anyway).

Good luck -

Vintage Betty

yes, it's not only the vintage thing, it's pretty much everything in my life too that she has a say in... your little game sounds like fun, I was actually thinking of that too lol hmmm maybe I could get a job too while I'm at it, walking the streets at night in nothing.... not bad not bad... we'd see how much she likes that compared to my "grandma" looks...

 

[metropd]

btw metropd, you look adorable in your suit, how old are you? you look awfully young

 

[Marty M.]

And just as hard to count because he keeps sticking together? :rage:

lol lol :eusa_clap .
Marty Mathis

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Expected to hit the sixties today! Oh boy!

Brown nailhead SB 3B ventless suit
Paul Fredrick gold-with-white-stripes shirt with white eyelet collar, white French cuffs
Cape Cod brown/cream patterned tie
Gold collar bar with cubical ends
Vintage brass tie slide with mother-of-pearl sailboat
Red mini-carnation, right lapel
Vintage brown equestrian linen pocket square (horses's head), triangle fold (delicate)
Vintage carved wooden cufflinks

Brown leather dress belt with vertical groove lines
Lorus watch with tan band (right wrist)
Polished stainless steel link bracelet (left wrist)
Grey Flannel cologne
Brown ribbed OTC socks
AE Belmont spectator split-toe lace-ups, mahogany brown/white

Vintage Botany 500 tan tweed fedora with matching band, feather, blue jewel pin

Brylcreem to control unruly hair (a little dab'll do ya)
Vintage Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses

 

[StanleyVanBuren]

The only thing vintage about this is the tie, but still, here ya go:

 

[jtcarrey]

lol sorry, did I offend you? I just thought you looked young... maybe not

 

[Feraud]

lol sorry, did I offend you? I just thought you looked young... maybe not

He is 47.





Just kidding.

 

[Vintage Betty]

Me last week, dressed nicely for a meeting with the boss, which he cancelled 30 minutes before I was scheduled to meet with him :eusa_doh:

1940's jacket
1950's swing dress
1940's reproduction shoes

 

[Feraud]

Me last week, dressed nicely for a meeting with the boss, which he cancelled 30 minutes before I was scheduled to meet with him :eusa_doh:

It was his loss.