Yes, apparently we have one. This is of course a gross generalisation but there is some truth in it.
I hope I know how to best dress myself in a casual manner and if I was younger and had money to spend on clothing, with today's importance on fashion, I expect I would spend time and money on 'the right look'. But I don't.
Black hair and bright or dark red lipstick is a Melbourne look. In the gay circles I used to move in, this colour was called ****sucker red. I actually just shrugged my shoulders. I don't know why.
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We do get snow, up in 'dem 'dere hills but the trees look very un-Australian, though her look is Melbourne.
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This photo is probably quite realistic.
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And this one.
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Getting towards eshay, but eshay has become a style as much as it was ever an identity.
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Boys' night out.
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Cool look and a great casual style.
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This dude is very Melbourne.
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Oh dear. I feel it must be quite time consuming to get the right "look" these days. Thank goodness I am now far too old and saggy to be noticed.
ReplyDeleteI get that JayCee but I know you still care about personal appearance.
DeleteThere's no point in acquiring 'the look' because, as sure as eggs is eggs (or x is x, makes no sense either way!) 'the look' will have changed as soon as you have caught up. I never tried - half my problem, really;-)
ReplyDeleteJB, it is a quite futile pursuit that most grow out of as they age.
DeleteYeah Melbourne loves colour black. I only buy cheapest clothes on sale in K Mart
ReplyDeleteAnd now you need a new pair of shorts Roentare. Back to K Mart.
DeleteOh dear. Except for the boys' night out, where they look lovely, all the others look daggy.
ReplyDeleteI cannot agree Hels. Men in suits with bow ties kind of look a bit daggy to me.
DeleteI have to agree with JayCee. High school bullies targeted me for not having the right labels on my attire. Whatever... Than you for sharing this interesting insight.
ReplyDeleteDarla, I hear that is a thing, but it wasn't when I was at school. Our age difference shows.
DeleteI like the Melbourne look. Everything looks better with good shoes.
ReplyDeleteThe way Sydneysiders dress is so much trashier
Kylie, blogger John Gray of Wales says the best insult he can up with for a woman is look them up and down and then say, 'cheap shoes'.
DeleteIt's a great line but somehow I think it's lost on the recipients!
DeleteIn the authentic or real Melbourne which is of course in Derbyshire, England, "The Melbourne Look" includes wellington boots, flyhole unzipped, shirt hanging out, flat cap and a grizzly unshaven chin. You would fit in well Andrew.
ReplyDeleteYP, it is a bit American, but can I add a piece of straw sticking out the side of my mouth?
DeleteCertainly. Looking good is often about the small details.
DeleteFun post. They pretty much have the 'city' look going. In my little corner of the world, it's a bit more casual, but most of the folks in the pictures would fit right into Philly.
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Sandra, just a vague thought has been in my head is that there is some kind of mental connection between Melbourne and Philly.
DeleteThey would all fit in well here in Toronto too. What is it about big cities and black clothes?
ReplyDeletePat, Toronto is probably similar to Melbourne in that the extensive use of black clothing is confined to certain parts of town. I think NYC was pretty big on black too.
DeleteI was never a slave to fashion, apart from the Mary Quant era where we were ahead of North America in adopting the minis and the micro minis. What liberation! And then on to hot pants. I did have an obsession with shoes at one point though, tbh. All colours and styles and teetering stilettoes with a mini with black hose. Demz were the dayz.
ReplyDeleteI would have like the Melbourne look. Now I don't give a rat's a...
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WWW, I bet you were a fine specimen in hot pants. Where did out young years go? The best older people can hope for is to look classy and well turned out, but what a bother and it costs so much.
DeleteI never tried to emulate any "look", mostly because I don't care about fashion, I care about comfort. "my" looks these days is plain and frumpy. Usually clean though sometimes I get up and throw on yesterday's clothes and call it good enough.
ReplyDeleteRiver, I wear shirts for three days and jeans for two months without washing. It is not laziness but a deliberate choice. I don't think I smell or look dirty.
DeleteI do like that big red and black scarf/wrap on the woman in picture 4
ReplyDeleteYes, that woman in with the scarf has a real Melbourne winter look.
DeleteOlder I got I look for comfort over fashion.
ReplyDeleteI think we all do Dora.
DeleteLove the red lipstick. The clothes look normal to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's me again, Margaret with the above comment!
DeleteMargaret, something about that shade of red lipstick really speaks to me.
DeleteThe grays in my hair would clash with those clothes.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I thought you were thirty. Now my fantasising is spoilt.
DeleteWhat a load of pampered posers. And I thought the Melbourne look was exemplified by Neighbours.
ReplyDeleteNeighbours, the greatest lie ever told to British people. Well, I think it is. I've never watched it.
DeleteI did buy a couple of fashionable light coats for this winter, but mostly it is jeans and comfortable shirts.
ReplyDeleteTP, sensible clothing.
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