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Woman, 25, who's obsessed with WWII reveals she's stopped wearing modern clothes and admits she's spent more than $10,000 on her 1940s wardrobe from thrift stores
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 30, 2022 | Jo Tweedy

Posted on 03/31/2022 6:08:14 PM PDT by C19fan

A real estate agent has revealed how she's amassed a $10,000 vintage clothes collection - because she's obsessed with living like she's in the 1940s.

Gwendolyn Erin Patterson, 25, from Dallas, Texas, says she's so fixated with wearing wartime fashion that she now refuses to leave her house unless she's sporting glamorous attire from the Second World War era.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: fashion; vintage
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To: C19fan

Sexy

I’d rivet that harder than Rosie...


41 posted on 03/31/2022 7:05:02 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: thesearethetimes...

Lucille Ball wore THE trendiest and coolest clothes in I Love Lucy!


42 posted on 03/31/2022 7:05:03 PM PDT by albie
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To: facedown

Nice military vehicle.


43 posted on 03/31/2022 7:08:18 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Secret Agent Man

Oh God…just stop with your woman bashing!


44 posted on 03/31/2022 7:08:48 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: facedown

Looks great to me! I’d love to see this stuff back in fashion


45 posted on 03/31/2022 7:09:17 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: cyclotic

Mink stole. A mink wrap. Very popular


46 posted on 03/31/2022 7:11:13 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: facedown

I’m not a biogist. But that is most definitely a woman who is happy to be in her own skin and clothes!


47 posted on 03/31/2022 7:13:28 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Mr. K

My daughter took up swing dancing in early 2000’s in high school. She was all in on the WWII fashion too! Was easier and cheaper to find back then vs. today. Loved the looks she put together. Her Grandfather was a WWII war hero…B17 Radioman, Shot down over Switzerland caught as POW and then escaped …fought with free French until Allies liberated He was an amazing American hero.


48 posted on 03/31/2022 7:14:51 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: C19fan

That’s what celebrity women used to look like. Now they all look like slobs and sluts.


49 posted on 03/31/2022 7:15:26 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: C19fan

I like it. Nothing like God ordained femininity. I mean the Bible even says, God made woman for man. 1 Corinthians 11:9


50 posted on 03/31/2022 7:16:00 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: Captain Walker
So true. The Boomers are a bit of a mess.
51 posted on 03/31/2022 7:17:54 PM PDT by bella1 (DeSantis 2024)
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To: Retain Mike

She may have a dozen different garments and accessories for that one ensemble. 1250 items equates to roughly 100 changes of clothes!


52 posted on 03/31/2022 7:19:03 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

I bet she has at least a dozen pairs of gloves. Women appeared classy wearing gloves.


53 posted on 03/31/2022 7:21:26 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: BradyLS

Do not feed the Lions, either.


54 posted on 03/31/2022 7:22:24 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: C19fan
A Zoot Suit--Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (1942)
I want a brown gown with a zop top
With a hip slip, and a laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man.

I want a scat hat with a trim brim
And a zag bag with a rip zip
To look plenty hip
To see my Sunday fan.

I want to look keen so my dream will say,
"Ain't I the lucky feller!"
So keen that he'll scream,
"Baby's in Technicolor!"

I want a brown gown, zop top
With a hip slip, laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man.

Hep, man! Jim jam!

Zoot!


55 posted on 03/31/2022 7:22:43 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: C19fan
There are a bunch of her photos here:

https://www.instagram.com/thevintagerealtor/?hl=en

However, Instagram wants you to sign in.

56 posted on 03/31/2022 7:24:55 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: C19fan

Classy look!

I always liked seeing pictures of my mom and her friends in the 50s. Always dressed to the nines with hats and gloves. They looked gorgeous.

No wonder my mom would sigh and shake her head when my BFF and I were headed to the mall or somewhere in bell bottom jeans, desert boots and bandanas in our hair.


57 posted on 03/31/2022 7:27:20 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: C19fan
She needs to wear a Dewey/Bricker button.


58 posted on 03/31/2022 7:29:09 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I guess she can’t sew - which most women could do back then.

You can still buy patterns for most of those styles, both vintage patterns and retro ones.


59 posted on 03/31/2022 7:30:02 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: C19fan

10k on a hobby, over the lifetime of the hobby ain’t bad IMHO. I build and collect (which btw are 2 different things 😁) scale models. I have a few unbuilt ones that are valued well into the hundreds of dollars and I’ve been building for 40+ years. Good for her, she looks great.


60 posted on 03/31/2022 7:30:20 PM PDT by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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