tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post9182263499306443230..comments2024-03-12T16:21:39.709+13:00Comments on the velvettes - new zealand vintage clothing blog: On VintageGeorgia Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11802835174547914151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-25435026199771889762022-06-25T21:58:10.202+12:002022-06-25T21:58:10.202+12:00I liked your blog thanks for sharing thisI liked your blog thanks for sharing thisRosemary Quinnhttps://www.rosemaryquinn.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-75577564129611403662011-05-13T00:21:35.755+12:002011-05-13T00:21:35.755+12:00Great post, Georgia! I think that, especially in ...Great post, Georgia! I think that, especially in your first paragraphs, you articulated a lot of what I've been thinking, although in my post I couldn't really figure out where I was going either, torn between loving vintage and hating vintage affectations, especially in the blogging world. I also get aggravated by people who claim to "love to wear something with a past, and imagine its former owner." Because ultimately, that's imagining a stereotype, and the owner could have been anyone, happy or sad.<br /><br />The benefits of vintage are so undeniable and real that it's hard to argue against it sometimes, but I agree that there are absolutely a lot of critiques to be made of the way we wear it...Emily, Ruby Slipper Journeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071938485961109157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-22427474536926592262011-05-09T17:29:03.142+12:002011-05-09T17:29:03.142+12:00I know, I rarely find anything pre-70s in opshops ...I know, I rarely find anything pre-70s in opshops now. That's why it's so sad that some of the only shops that had decent vintage in ChCh have been ruined by the earthquake. <br />I do think it's okay that I wear vintage, most of the time, but sometimes I have moments of doubt where I think about all the horrible aspects of that period in time.<br />My BA is in philosophy and media and communication.Camelia Crinolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255747263262874628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-9879086315111499872011-05-09T17:06:49.822+12:002011-05-09T17:06:49.822+12:00I really loved this post, you said what I think mu...I really loved this post, you said what I think much better than I ever could!little jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396505404724436365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-81042985081189089562011-05-09T16:55:38.204+12:002011-05-09T16:55:38.204+12:00"Vintage fashion is so 'in' that Fore..."Vintage fashion is so 'in' that Forever 21 and Glassons have used the term to describe their latest ranges, cheap parodies of full-skirted dresses made in Chinese sweatshops."<br /><br />This enrages me so much. It is just an umbrella term for a trend. I think with people, particularly young people connected to the internet twenty four seven, the growth of cheap high street shops that people want to identify with something that marks them as 'different'. Nostalgia is a funny thing. One tends to gloss over the actualities of the era they 'identify' with. I like the 50s, I certainly wouldn't want to have lived with them. I can't believe the ignorance of the blogger that said as much. I mean, unless she'd like to have been a housewife, baking cakes day in day out. As for the 90s being 'vintage', i hate searching for vintage clothes on ebay and having the 600+ results polluted with 60% of clothing from the 80s and 90s. I feel with the rise of tumblr, people are becoming more conscious of whats trendy. And they're younger and younger too. They want to emulate street style blogs. So the skinny scandinavian girls that looks great in mom jeans (even if they are fug), they want to copy that, without any though to the specific cultural aspects of that era. I don't know if I am making any sense? Basically, I agree.Zoëhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196378514902183627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-5829122525525612592011-05-09T16:13:29.824+12:002011-05-09T16:13:29.824+12:00Camelia- I agree with what you said about opshops ...Camelia- I agree with what you said about opshops in ten years time. I also think about what vintage in general might be like then. It's hard enough to find decent vintage now, especially in sizes that accommodate my burgeoning bosom, and I hate to think of how much I'll struggle as pre-1970s clothing becomes harder and harder to come by. You can definitely wear vintage clothes without advocating the problematic facets of the era, but I feel some people and bloggers walk the line.<br /><br />Also, I don't think I've ever asked you, what's your major?Georgia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802835174547914151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-13388234257121915862011-05-09T16:00:55.946+12:002011-05-09T16:00:55.946+12:00I completely agree, and think you made incredibly,...I completely agree, and think you made incredibly, incredibly important points. I think there is a difference between enjoying the aesthetics - the dresses were glamourous, the glasses were outrageous, and james dean was a beautiful man - and recognizing that many of the morals and values have - well, should have, at least - long gone past. Plus, they only appear to be a simpler time because all we have are the mass media representations of it.Alexis Renaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958255601352487371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386850766587108493.post-86039418904365244402011-05-09T15:55:16.073+12:002011-05-09T15:55:16.073+12:00This was really interesting. I'm glad that som...This was really interesting. I'm glad that someone else feels the same as I do. At times I'm really conflicted about wearing vintage, especially older stuff from the 50s. <br />I feel like I may be inadvertantly glorifying an era where sexism, racism and homophobia were normal and accepted (moreso than today at least). I think it's problematic when people say they wish they were born in a different era. I would never wish to be oppressed in the way that women were in the past but I also don't want to contribute to the oppression of the people who make clothes in sweatshops. It's kind of a conundrum.<br />I tend to think of vintage as anything pre-70s. It's weird that clothes from my childhood in the 90s are considered vintage. I wonder what kind of stuff will be in the op-shops in 10 years time because the clothes today are such terrible quality.<br />Sorry for the super long comment but this is the kind of stuff I love to discuss. I think it comes from doing too many bachelor of arts papers.Camelia Crinolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255747263262874628noreply@blogger.com