Vintage Girls: More than just makeup and pretty clothes!
Welcome to my little den in the web!
In this blog I will share with you recipes, DIY craft projects, art/poetry/photography, personal reflections and how to live and look vintage on a budget. Which leads me to my first reflection...
Of those of us that claim we are vintage girls and pine for a romanticized lost era (more discussion on that later), how many can cook a roast dinner? How many have grown herbs or vegetables? How many have canned their own food? How many have sewn their own clothes or created a stuffed toy by hand? How many bake their own bread the old style way, hand kneading the dough?
This is not an attempt to sneer at girls who cannot or have not done these things, there is nothing wrong with choosing not to. It is simply a call for people to expand their view of what it means to be a vintage girl beyond makeup and brand name clothing, to give the same respect to the rockabilly mothers who are so devoted to their families they don't have time or money to dress up and do their makeup each day as one does to the beautiful rockabilly ladies that can boast tens of thousands of followers on Instagram and Facebook.
Vintage girls should (and I know they often do) support each other, encourage each other... not judge each other simply on looks. Young girls who seek out the vintage culture should find a level of feminism. Not the 'all men are evil' concept of feminism, but the idea that we are more than pretty clothes and makeup; let our skills and personality define us as much as our looks.
I encourage you all to look at the other vintage girls around you and find something to compliment them on that doesn't involve makeup or clothing.
Until next time!
Vintage Fox
Lots of good points here. It's easy to romanticize an era through clothing and forget about all the stuff that women actually did during those times.
ReplyDeleteHi Cassandra, absolutely!
DeleteAnd thank you for taking the time to read and contribute to this blog :)
Good luck with this blog! For me, being a vintage lover is about appreciating things other than pretty clothes too - architecture, art, film, literature and more. The more I learn, the more I fall in love! X
ReplyDeleteHi Porcelina, thank you! xx
DeleteSo true...we're about so much more than looks! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for your kind comment!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! I'm looking forward to reading more of your blog posts :)
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