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Mary said:Great hair! You look so good in it!
I'm curious about the badge. It's been forever since I saw one. I associate badges with popmusic from the sixties up until today. Or are they part of other scenes. Do you know when they started to wear them?
Luke 42 said:Thank you very much There is actually a close-up over in the hair-do thread, if somebody's interested
I see badges pretty much actually, mostly on alternative/rock/whatever or mod types. But they're are widely spread in many so-called subcultures, I think. I've certainly seen more than one rock'n'roller with buttons/badges on their jackets.
As far as I know, those little badges have been around since at least the thirties (there is a thread on the lounge about them), often they were used in political campaigns.
By the way, that particular badge shows a cowgirl-pin-up
Mary said:You're such a handsome man. This is just beautiful! I love to see when someone uses one's whole potential. It touches my heart.
avedwards said:Pip, you really do pull off that brown suit well. It's reassuring that I'm not the only vintage dresser in the UK (I feel like I am sometimes).
But I have one question, why don't you wear a hat with it? It looks fine as it is, a hat might just add an unusual touch.
Slim Portly said:I had to go in for surgery today, and the doctors and nurses were wonderful. The let me keep my hat on until the last minute and then they let me put it right back on as soon as the procedure was over.
And so today: surgical gown, blue socks with textured soles, and my brown Dobbs Fifth Avenue.
Mary said:The thirties.. But then the must have been mostly political. I've never seen any badges with any popular artist from the forties. The idea makes me laugh. I must know more, I'll try to find that thread. (If you know where it is please link to it.)
Undoubtedly true, for the UK at any rate. Many young men had discarded the hat before the 2nd world war and by the mid-1950s hats were very much in decline - I never saw my father (died 1962) wear one, though my grandfather did - and believe that few born after 1930 were brought up to wear one.Pip said:...but hatless was more than common for those of my background and age during the time...this does seem very prevalent during the period of my particular interest...hats were very common and exceedingly popular...an all too common misconception to think that absolutely everybody wore them all the time.