https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:59:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-339959 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:52:07 +0000 Anonymous 339959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>50's and 60's...the Mad Men look. Very feminine and modest, curve friendly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-339954 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:41:02 +0000 rosee 339954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just had to add this link for those who are interested:</p> <p><a href="http://glamourdaze.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://glamourdaze.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Been playing on it for a few days, and there are lots of great posts -- including historical articles about wardrobe capsules. Lots of fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336526 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:53:37 +0000 Aziraphale 336526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops! Thanks for setting me straight, Anne. I just looked it up and one of the Georges, not Edward, was king at the time Pride and Prejudice was set! I guess I've had that one wrong in my head for my entire life! (I'm a little one-sided when it comes to education....heavy on the science, light on the humanities). </p> <p>I just looked up Edwardian fashion. Wow -- not what I thought at all! And not my favourite. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336519 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:44:27 +0000 rosee 336519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks again ladies -- great answers. I think I agree that I wouldn't do the corseted looks, unless it was a costume. But I like it when others do.</p> <p>@anne -- thank you for the name of the period, I thought that it predated both Victorian and Edwardian by about a century. I also like the dresses on the younger ladies of that period -- especially Anne Hathaway's character in "Becoming Jane".</p> <p>@lyn* -- oh, please be gentle with the psych patients, they have enough problems. ;P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336414 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:12:04 +0000 anne 336414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would have to say 1940's.<br /> Elisabeth - Pride and Prejudice is Regency not Edwardian - nearly a 100 years earlier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336150 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:24:51 +0000 Anonymous 336150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I had to pick it would be the 60's, especially Jacque Kennedy's wardrobe. I like elements from many eras. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336147 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:11:43 +0000 Niki Lea 336147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely the 1940s. Heels, skirts, pin curls, and red lips make me swoon. I would love to get dolled up like this for a photo shoot one day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336037 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:17:39 +0000 krishnidoux 336037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1920's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-336032 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:04:21 +0000 Di 336032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such great timing-- I just hemmed a vintage dress yesterday (50s), and have been thinking about how it's my very favorite fashion era. I love the slim bodices and full skirts, and I even love the bright red lipstick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335808 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:00:56 +0000 Elly 335808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooo . . . there are a lot of great eras out there. I am a fan of the lawn dresses from the turn of the century (up until about 1915) I have photo of one of my great grandmothers in her lawn wedding dress and like to dress up in reproductions from the era. I love the twenties, mostly because of another great grandmother and a picture of her flapper wedding dress from that era. One of my other great grandmothers was married in the 30s and my grandma was married in her dress. While it isn't quiet as gorgeous, there are some absolutely divine silhouettes from the 30s and 40s, especially in gowns. I much prefer men's fashion from the 40s and 50s though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335630 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:11:30 +0000 taylor 335630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>some styles from the 30's 40's 50's and 60's Everything else I have done at least 2 x already so the older glam stuff is the real deal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335581 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:15:20 +0000 san 335581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it all too but wouldn't wear the uncomfortable corseted looking things. The 60's go-go boots look is what I grew up with so naturally that is the closest to my heart. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335575 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:09:13 +0000 rosee 335575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I expected a diversity of answers as above. I really like to see what others like. And I have to agree with all of you too (I just like it all really).<br /> Anybody else? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335146 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:03:26 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 335146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>40's and 70's followed by early 60's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335125 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:40:05 +0000 lyn* 335125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know of people who dress "steampunk" who are at my grocery store often! I guess that's the Victorian era ... it looks awesome! I want goggles and top hats and black lace and corsets ... I wonder what the psych patietns would think! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335069 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:26:01 +0000 Anonymous 335069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kind of like it all in looks but I wouldn't want to wear some of the "bondage" styles.</p> <p>I have a cousin that always dresses vintage, and not only clothing but right done to the matching hair and make-up.</p> <p>The other night I watched a very cheesy Italian movie "Anyone can play" filmed in the 60s and I went nuts over the hair/make-up/clothing looks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-335032 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:35:01 +0000 Angie 335032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab question!</p> <p>Mod 60's. (Carnaby Street). </p> <p>Early 60's. (Audrey and Grace at their best).</p> <p>Early 70's. (Very glam. Studio 54)</p> <p>The 80's. Come on! That's my era </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-334899 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:38:47 +0000 Louise 334899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love victorian styles, the big bustle drsses, 1920's- flapper dresses and 1940's with the long pencil skirts and heels x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-334890 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:22:24 +0000 nancylee 334890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a 70's girl at heart. I love denim and tunic tops, boots and sandals. I also have a real fondness for the 1910-1920 period, when women started to lose the corseted look and wear simple, looser silhouettes and bohemian prints. </p> <p>Basically, I'm not a fan of overly "done," restrictive, or severe styles. So NOT a fan of the 50's or the early 60's Mad Men look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-334829 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:56:21 +0000 Barbara 334829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question, rosee.</p> <p>I love mod dresses and go-go boots from the 60s. I actually wore them when I was a young teen! </p> <p>I just bought a Vogue pattern for a 'Twiggy' dress! Now I need some Pucci-patterned fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-334825 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:49:54 +0000 Aziraphale 334825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love bits and pieces from many different eras. I remember watching Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth) in the 90s, and loving how the young women looked in their Edwardian costumes (although the look was not so great on the older ladies!). My own wedding dress had an Edwardian element to it -- it was a column-like empire-waisted dress that totally worked on my short, slim figure. </p> <p>I love the hats from the 20s and 30s, pretty much the entire "flapper" package from the 20s, the beautiful bias-cut evening gowns from the 30s, the short skirts with gogo boots from the 60s, and the flared jeans from the late 90s/early 2000s, just to name a few things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-vintage-era-styles-do-you-most-admire#post-334812 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:26:20 +0000 rosee 334812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like vintage clothing. The looks are distinct and the quality was often better than with modern versions, as many things were handmade.</p> <p>I like everything from Edwardian (turn of the previous century) to 1980s /1990s (though the 90s are not yet vintage). My favorite era is hard to define b/c I like so much from different eras, but I would have to say post-war 1940s -- when the fabric and material shortages were relaxed, and designs got more creative. The Christian Dior "New Look" with the wasp waists and flowy skirts would fit into this era (interestingly Coco Chanel was opposed to the New Look -- oooh the politics of fashion). </p>