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Looking to adopt modernized 1920's style.. Help please..

Turd Ferguson

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I have not worried about style at all until now(22 yrs old).. I've decided that I like the 1920's style with gatsby/newsboy hats, etc. I would like it modernized rather than walking around looking like an old movie character or something.. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
 

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Fwiw, it's a look/style that I admire a lot. That said, I don't think you can incorporate everything from that era into your current day wardrobe without the result looking like a costume. This is specially true because you're 22. Perhaps just start with a newsboy cap and slowly add an element at a time. I trust you'll know when you have reached the point of saturation.

On the other hand, my father could get away with wearing head to toe clothes from that period today (he doesn't) simply because he is an older gentleman who was actually around back then. In the end, it's just clothes, have fun with it.
 

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Good luck with that, I wish everyone would make a conscious effort to emulate some of many interesting looks that that interesting decade produced. It shouldn't really be all that difficult, as much of the 20's style is still with us in a relatively unchanged form.
Check out this digitized Apparel Arts from the 1934. I'd pick up a vintage watch from eBay as well, they're a steal, IMO. I'd also look into a period haircut and some old-school styling products. The cool thing IMO is that you could do this all subtly enough to barely raise an eyebrow if you do it well.
Have fun and post some picks.
 

mmhollis

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Anyone know where to get a good newsboy cap? Secondly, I always have come at a loss when it comes to shoes. What shoes would be good to wear for this look?
 

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The 1920s -- that decade is almost 100 years ago.

In 1925, do you think any young men decided they wanted to dress like it was 1840?

I do. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!

Seriously I think the idea is not bad but it's half-baked & with clothes it's always about the execution of the idea anyway. "In theory" it might work but you'll need to find and build around a few things that work in practice.

This is why the vintage wristwatch idea is a really good one. If you can't make a classic Hamilton work, you may never succeed with your homage to the ancients.
 

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Originally Posted by Dewey
The 1920s -- that decade is almost 100 years ago.

In 1925, do you think any young men decided they wanted to dress like it was 1840?


I think this retromania is a totally modern phenomenon. It is almost unprecedented in the history of men's wear. That said, the Aesthetic Movement of Oscar Wilde et al definitely anticipated things, but he did not take it to quite the extent that you see on the internet today. The internet certainly makes this sort of thing possible, whereas the slowness of the spread of independent information on dress may have hampered Oscar Wilde's historical revivalist ideas.

BTW the London Lounge has very good essays:

http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/forum/viewforum.php?f=32

For those of you I can tempt into looking at Edwardian fashion there is this thread:

http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/forum/...pic.php?t=8206
 

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