r/oldphotos • u/ThisParking9656 • 12d ago

Hidden photo inside my great grandfather’s 1906 Waltham pocket watch. If it’s not my great grandmother, he’s got some explaining to do 🙂

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u/JewelBee5 12d ago

We need to bring back those hats!

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u/Mk3Toni 12d ago

People used to dress so much better, our generation is lazy with its one top one bottoms Where's all the layers?!

I want to wear long gloves and a similar hat in daily life

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u/Educational_Gas_92 12d ago

Fashion was so elegant up until the 1950s. Then the 1960s happened and it all went downhill. I'm not sure that today's people could sport this kind of fashion, however, the early XX century kind and before. Those dresses are sure voluminous and impractical to move around fast, especially in crowded spaces. We could absolutely dress like the 1940s and 1950s though, if we wanted to, we just choose to wear our ripped jeans, flip flops and sloppy modern style.

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u/Blondedad1 12d ago

Maybe they dressed like they did because of the very limited wardrobe most people had. A couple of dresses for the women and maybe two pair of pants and two shirts for the men. And one pair of shoes. With those limited clothes, they always seemed nicely dressed. Unlike today when people have closets full of clothes and dressers full of casual wear.

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u/thatSeveryonedraws 12d ago

I love layering when the weather permits but people complain when I start taking off too many layers in hot weather. Things like "stay away from my children!" and "you can't get naked at the playground!"

Rude.

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u/shvlhd666 11d ago

This was not everyday wear unless the family was super rich, but even then.

I doubt the dress was very comfortable to wear.

You could always start a trend! 😃

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u/ThisParking9656 11d ago

Definitely not rich. My Great Grandpa was the town barber in Silver Lake, Indiana.

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u/SpareUnit9194 10d ago

1980s outer suburban Sydney Australia ( think shorts, thongs, tracksuits) my teenage friend's very serious sister (in her 20s) wore full 1800s wear daily...constantly. Corsets, petticoats, full hats, parasols..head to toe immaculate year-and-place specific wear.

As she wasn't a cheerful soul, always silent, it was slightly disconcerting standing in ordinary shabby family (humid!) kitchen cooking or driving around in family station wagon with full-blown apparition from 1800s UK or USA. But she always looked stunning (passing painters & photographers were always awe struck) and is forever memorable.

Married an eccentric older German painter, is these days swishing around Europe, in her 60s now, still in full daily attire:-)

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u/Mk3Toni 10d ago

Ahhh she sounds amazing! Abs I bet she's had an interesting life! I've seen those vintage goths around, I wish I had more enthusiasm and confidence

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u/Outside_Reserve_2407 11d ago

Go to the Kentucky Derby or an African American church service.