Fashions You Wish Would Make a Comeback

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hey, “Dressed up” is what you make of it.

I’m not saying you have to wear a suit to feel cool. I have an old Indian Motorcycles t-shirt that I got for 4 Canadian bucks at a thrift store in St. Catharines, and it fits so well that I feel awesome in it.

If you feel good in what you’re wearing, by all means do it. But I do love the feel of a starched shirt, a silk tie, and a three-button suit. I love it just as much as the Dingo calf-high softtop cowboy boots I have with the chains wrapped around the ankles to make them snug.

Comfort creates confidence. Which is why I miss glam. Guys in mascara kicking ass. That’s confidence.

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Speaking as a girl, I’d like to be able to pluasably wear frock coats or tails, preferably with a top hat and a nice shirt. Or maybe a zoot suit…that would be very cool. I really like most of the elegant male fashions of yesteryear…even with my severe phobia of dressing up, I’d like to be able to at least try occasionally. Without getting funny looks for being a girl in guy wear.

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Tight, flared jeans for guys. I picked up an old faded pair from an op-shop a while ago, and i wear them at every opportunity. Only problem is the looks and names I get from people. Even some of my friends decided that i look like a ‘skank’ when i wear them. Oh and they give you a hell of a wedgie if you wear boxers :frowning:

my other love is my skinny ties (preferably leather) and my bright, synthetic shirts

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Well I’m still in my French armour circa 14th century phase <squeak> but if it’s got to be non-metal, how about RAF Pilot Officer circa 1940 ?

Or Officer Tropical Dress, Royal Navy, same era.
You could pull the Virgin Mary in that gear.
And mark me down for jodhpurs, riding boots, silk shirt and riding crop when jolly well orf duty.

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Ahh, men’s hats. Mr Blue owns two good fedoras, from one of the few remaining hatters in the Midwest. Guys, it’s a great way to attract females.

Shoes with Louis heels. Such a flattering shape on all leg types.

Ditto the vote for corsets–not everyday wear, certainly, but I have several (from Baroque to Edwardian in shape) and love wearing them. Hell, I go to geeky gamer conventions for an excuse to wear them. :smiley:

New Kingdom Egyptian clothing, for both men and women. Sexy and practical!

The previous incarnation of low-rise jeans, about a decade ago, when they dipped fetchingly in front but actually covered one’s behind. And didn’t create the dreaded butt cleavage, either.

Gloves, for evening wear at least. Nice kid gloves feel so good… And for men, too, preventing the ‘sweaty handprint on the waist’ effect.

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Fitted knee-breeches and frock coats. God, how I love a man in a frock coat. Front-fall opening, buckled under the knee, and over a pair of silk clocked stockings. Tailored frock coat with huge square cuffs and buttons all down the front. Embroidered waistcoats.

Tricorn hats for everyone! Plumes optional!

Trunk hose. (Those poofy short pants of Shakespeare’s day.) Pair of leather paned trunk hose, Spanish leather riding boots, open-necked linen shirt…gorgeous.

Stays. Not a corset, that was a later invention, and while certainly lovely, they are already somewhat common in certain circles. I’m talking about a pair of late-18th-century stays, boned vertically in back and horizontally in front. I want elbow sleeves and draped lace engageants on all my gowns.

I want floor-length cloaks with Kinsale hoods, ankle-length 19th century coachman’s cloaks with removable shoulder capes, side-fastening woolen mantles…warm, comfy, flattering, and can double as a blanket if you need a quick snooze.

Robes. Long, flowing, big-sleeved robes for men and women as were popular among prosperous merchants during Henry VIII’s day. So comfy! So stylish! So non-revealing!

The French hood.

Hobnail boots- tough, long-lasting, and no matter what you step in or over the boots are so damn big you’ll never know it.

Functional leather clothing. Not the motorcycle stuff, not the trendy leather “jeans”- practical, tough-wearing leather clothes that will last longer than you will.

The salwar kameez is possibly the most comfortable, flattering, and practical fashion in women’s clothing ever invented. The traditional Vietnamese ao dai also has much to recommend it.

Hakama-style trousers for all.

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Parka jackets. Mods wear them, they look cool.

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Yeah, but then Mods look good in anything.

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Girls in medieval outfits really get my mojo going.
I just want to go aound with an angel of death look going for me.

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Best of all, they’re men’s fashion in some places, such as Afghanistan. When my dad reported there once, he bought one to blend in more. Then he started wearing it around the house when he got home :slight_smile:

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I can live with that - Mr. Ed has a fabulous profile… :smiley:

Actually, my new hair looks almost exactly like this.

Same color too. (Actually mine’s a bit lighter.)

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Mine have already been mentioned.

Hooded Cloaks
My Mother bought one many years ago. I requisitioned it shortly afterward.

Hats
A few months ago, Bill Cosby was pictured on the cover of Readers Digest wearing the traditional cabbie’s hat. The fabric was an exact match with that of my hooded cloak. I must have one of those hats. Mixing the classical elegance of my cloak with the comic banality of such a cap would be a marvelous fashion statement.

Walking Sticks

They can be done in so many styles, from simply sanding and varnishing a branch to laquered wood topped with gold and ivory. Previous fashions had heads that included watches, compasses, snuff boxes and such. Today could be the birth of a new fasion-the retro walking stick with built in pda.

Staves

I first had the Hobbit read to me in preschool. I have wanted a Gandalf style staff since that day. But, there is so much more that can be done with a staff. One Halloween I made a four foot long translucent staff filled with blinking leds. The larger size of a staff allows the incorporation tyechnology not practical in a walking stick.
Finally

Etruscan/Cretan style bodices
:smiley:

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Well, to show where I’m stuck…
For guys, A pair of decent straight-leg jeans with boots, a button-down shirt and a blazer-type jacket. (Not to be confused with the Don Johnson pseudo-beard, Miami Vice look.)
Or something out of Sherlock Holmes.

For women, I’m still stuck in the 70’s and loved the flowing Indian print skirts with gauzy tops. Or straight leg jeans with work boots and a blazer. (Ok, I still dress like that…fairly often.) And I loved the Annie Hall look.
But also would get into the Sherlock Holmes era women’s fashion.
Or the old South look.