What time period do you idealize?

[holymadness]

This is no major revelation, but I got to thinking that trying to evoke the feel of the past is at the root of much of our love for clothing, hence the emphasis placed on vintage items, art deco design, skinny ties, and the like. As for myself, I idealize the 60s and 70s, despite having no recollection of them. My influences are principally movies like The Apartment, The French Connection and Munich, but also TV shows like Mad Men. The 60s evoke a kind of minimalist formality expressed in straight lines, narrow silhouettes and simple colour schemes (predominantly grey, or maybe I just think that because so much of the film was in black & white).

The seventies strike me as more casual. Still the slim fits, but more earth-tones, and less suiting (or at least less that I care to remember).

So, am I idealizing something that doesn't exist, or only exists in film? Does it matter? What are your historical influences?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by holymadness

So, am I idealizing something that doesn't exist, or only exists in film? Does it matter? What are your historical influences?

I think our historical influences are going to be idealizations of what we see in media, unless they are eras in which we spent part of our adult life.

Also, get prepared for a hundred mental teenagers to say, "1960s James Bond."

 

[SoCal2NYC]

2020

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by RJman

Also, get prepared for a hundred mental teenagers to say, "1960s James Bond."

Am I more or less mature when I pipe in with 1965-66 John Steed?

I mean, I have narrowed it down to two years. Surely that counts for something.

 

[Prince of Paisley]

August, 1962, channelling France under Louis XIV.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Am I more or less mature when I pipe in with 1965-66 John Steed?

I mean, I have narrowed it down to two years. Surely that counts for something.

Much better than 67-68 Steed.

 

[Remember]

Victorian england upperclass. c'mon son, capes and canes, top hats on every corner

 

[Remember]

Actually scratch that entirely, parallel universe Steam Punk. Everything would be cool then.......

 

[Fuuma]

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Remember

Actually scratch that entirely, parallel universe Steam Punk. Everything would be cool then.......

You would enjoy The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.

 

[minus]

The idealized Late-Fifties/Early-Sixties and, probably oddly, the mid-1930s. The architecture, design and style of those eras really appeals to me.

 

[DocHolliday]

 

[holymadness]

Yes, Emma Peel was quite the looker.

Steampunk Louis XIV just about describes Labelking, I think.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by holymadness

Steampunk Louis XIV just about describes Labelking, I think.

Or a cross between John Inman and the Maharaja of Baroda, but we love him anyway.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by RJman

Also, get prepared for a hundred mental teenagers to say, "1960s James Bond."

May I refer you to my George Lazenby thread?


- B