What is your favorite retro look on a handsome man?

[ThesFlishThngs]

Dark waistcoat, crisp white shirt with sleeves rolled up (yes, I'm another forearm girl, without a doubt).

Well-tailored trousers with cuffs, and braces.

Tail coats and cutaways.

Hats at a jaunty angle, or pulled low and mysterious.

Hair slightly disheveled.

 

[Lotta Little]

I'm a sucker for a nicely-kept pair of leather shoes. Surprising how few men I see sporting anything other than athletic shoes. Chunky white running shoes make me want to run the other way!

 

[Foofoogal]

my honey does not do this but in my dream life it is always a nice cable sweater and corduroy pants with a nice pipe with a nice smelling tobacco. lol

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

I'm a sucker for a nicely-kept pair of leather shoes. Surprising how few men I see sporting anything other than athletic shoes. Chunky white running shoes make me want to run the other way!

Yes. Waiting in line at our Sunday brunch joint, I spied an older gentleman with a battered cowboy hat, pearl-snapped shirt, worn western belt - the whole authentic look that put me in mind of 90% of the men I remember from my small town childhood. I even whispered to my Mr. "look, a real cowboy; don't get many of those here in the city."
Then I looked down and what did I see on his feet but a pair of dorky white trainers.
Ruined the whole image, that did.

 

[Lenore]

my honey does not do this but in my dream life it is always a nice cable sweater and corduroy pants with a nice pipe with a nice smelling tobacco. lol

It's funny you say this. My husband, completely out of nowhere, has decided he wants to take up smoking a pipe. He's already got the cable sweater and cords.

 

[23SkidooWithYou]

This:

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Cynroux...I stopped dead on this first pic and didn't scroll any further to see that this was your husband. I was too busy trying to figure out what movie he was in!!!!

There's a picture of my Grandparents around somewhere. My Pop is wearing those high waisted "Hollywood" pants. (Is that the right term?) and one of those casual shirts with the flap on the two breast pockets. I just love it! (Oh, and his sleeves are rolled up to the elbow. Go figure!)

It's so much more than clothes that gets me though. My Pop held doors, never talked impolitely about women, always wore a suit/tie and HAT to Church, always brought the car around for my Gram and us so we didn't have to trudge to parking lots or stand in bad weather, bought us all corsages at Easter, you name it, he did it. I keep saying he's why I'm still single...they just don't make 'em like that anymore.

 

[cynroux]

Those Regency knee-britches remind me of another look I find rather appealing:

Pants a little baggier, but still a pleasing silhouette.

Oh those Boys of Summer.
Thanks for the reminder Lizzie!

 

[reetpleat]

Sweater vests. Especially worn tucked in with high-waisted '30s dress pants, and suspenders over them.

You mean like Urkel?

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rd+urkel&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&um=1

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

You mean like Urkel?

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rd+urkel&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&um=1

lol lol lol lol lol

 

[Kitty_Sheridan]

I like a uniform.......

This is my other half......

And I love that classic tennis look from the 30s, Jimmy stewart in white trousers and an open necked shirt.....

And men in 50s style jeans, slightly grubby....white t-shirt....as Kamikat said 'nom nom nom!'lol

 

[cynroux]

Cynroux...I stopped dead on this first pic and didn't scroll any further to see that this was your husband. I was too busy trying to figure out what movie he was in!!!!

There's a picture of my Grandparents around somewhere. My Pop is wearing those high waisted "Hollywood" pants. (Is that the right term?) and one of those casual shirts with the flap on the two breast pockets. I just love it! (Oh, and his sleeves are rolled up to the elbow. Go figure!)

It's so much more than clothes that gets me though. My Pop held doors, never talked impolitely about women, always wore a suit/tie and HAT to Church, always brought the car around for my Gram and us so we didn't have to trudge to parking lots or stand in bad weather, bought us all corsages at Easter, you name it, he did it. I keep saying he's why I'm still single...they just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Ahahaha! He has that look, that's for sure.
Your Pop sounds wonderful. If you find the pictures, please post them. And tell him they *do* still make guys like that, my hubby is proof. I still get kick out of the fact he'll always open the car door for me first. Polite never goes out of style.

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

I must be a sucker for a uniform too; here's the man I fell in love with, wearing his Royal Mail uniform.

 

[Inky]

Men in Uniform, the best!

I love Navy boys in dress blues. 13 buttons do it for me

I prefer a 40's look personally, but hubby loves the greaser/rockabilly so hey, it's vintage, he's happy, i'm happy.

Mostly for him it's rolled up dungarees and t-shirts and his leather jacket, though we have weened him toward shirts with actual buttons in the last year. He loves his George Cox brothel creepers and also his FOUR pairs of just oh so slightly different b/w chucks. and i thought i had too many of one kind of shoe!

But I like it best when he wears his zoot suit trousers or his wide legged 30's style pants, with a shirt, tie and suspenders and black and white shoes.

 

[SayCici]

My husband was getting dressed this morning, and standing in his unbuttoned dress shirt, undershirt, boxer briefs, and socks and garters he made the most delicious picture.

:cheers1:
There's no nodding emoticon so this will have to do.

A little older than retro, but Regency outfits on men? Yummy.

Mhmm, love this movie, and Ciarán Hinds in it!

 

[Miss Sis]

A sharp suit and brycreemed hair.

Oh, and men in proper black tie. Hey, I'm biased too.

 

[Berlin]

I love my boyfriend in his uniform look:

But also without:

And beside my boyfriend;
I love the look of Marlon Brando (In his younger years)

 

[cherry lips]

fftopic: O la la, I love your boyfriend too! lol

 

[Miss 1940's]

Oh my ideal is a tall Man with Blue eyes and is very warm and cuddly and also can dance well and has an old car...... also Has to know who Rosalind Russell is.

 

[Miss 1940's]

Two words: Service uniforms.

I'm biased (Obviously ^ ), but theres something about a man in GI's!

Oh Laura, Gee whiz In ww2 uniforms.. make me silly

 

[Miss Sis]

Berlin, the first pic of your boyfriend totally reminds me of my Dad!

He's Dutch and did National Service in the 50s. I have to scan a pic.