I've been really interested in the history of Rome lately and I noticed something, I really like the way ladies did their hair up back then, plus the clothes seemed more comfy
Anyone else got a thing like that? Where they have a fondness for an aesthetic that no longer is widely used or likes a style of clothing/architecture/what have you that aint a thing no more?
Damn the minoans had it made. Just chillin with the girls, titties out and having a great time
The minoans were the ones where all men dressed like Kars from jojo part 2 right?
I reject modernity now, we must return to tradition
I think ancient minoans had better clothes than the romans
Was driving my friend home the other day after work and she told me that they used to rouge their titties. Sounds hot af ngl
I mean in the architectural realm making buildings look nice costs money they don't wanna spend. It's different from humans, in that you can't make a building feel insecure and buy your beauty products.
Yeah I appreciate a lot of older engineering because shit was made to last.
Aesthetics wise, old steel battleships (anything up to WWII era) look cool as fuck compared to modern ships and steam trains are objectively the best looking trains.
In purely aesthetic terms the 1890s to the 1910s, generally stuff was more ornate. Think something like this picture. But like not just architecture and things like that, but the less significant things as well. Like how a lamp or a pen or a phone looks. I think it's called the applied arts? The 30s are cool too though.
oof turn of the century shit is so cool, I wonder if it'd have the same mystique without the knowledge of what was coming. something about the boundless optimism getting crunched in ww1 is super narratively interesting
I have no idea why but I've always loved the WW1 aesthetic. The snappy uniforms, the silly helmets like the pickelhaube and the brodie helmet, the bizarrely chipper marching songs, and the general aesthetic of the time period has always just been so... pleasing to me in a way I can't explain
Pedestrian safety regulations unfortunately had a very large impact on the way cars can look, pop-up headlights being one of the most tragic victims 😔
man fuck pedestrian safety regulations, just like don't get hit by cars lol
modernist architecture is dope, 'postmodern' architecture is dog vomit
I wish regular cars came in colors other than white, black, dark blue, and silver. I want a bright orange hatchback or a purple sedan, goddamnit
I really love 40s and 50s women's fashion for some odd reason. Clothes were so much more well made and much more flattering. It's an extremely pretty and fun style. idk about the other elements of the time, interior design was so tacky lol, but some midcentury design is cool and I like the graphic design as well.
I have a similar passion for victorian fashion, specifically the 1890s, but sadly it's much less socially acceptable to wear in public lol. I love the hairstyles and the silhouettes of the time. give me a good petticoat and bustle and I'll be in love. The attention to detail and ornateness on older clothes is beautiful in a way we never see today. Basically I guess I wish clothes were more well made. Fast fashion has seriously killed any sort of art in people's everyday wardrobes.
I used to love 40s and 50s fashion, but then my ex cheated on me with some chick that literally had that as her aesthetic and I can't get over it ever since. Victorian and late 18-th century are better anyway
I like the way basically everything looked in the 1910-1930s era except cars. Cars looked dumb back then like they were obviously designed after horse carriages. Clothing and architecture was cool, everybody drank and smoked even though prohibition was a thing. Even now I love the interior of old homes from that era. They always have old radiators, arched doorways between living room and dining room, tall moulding, some will have curved walls since you can do that with plaster etc.
I honestly watch some TV shows and movies set in that period mostly just to look at the set design lol
The TV Poirot adaptation did a really great job on the 30s aesthetic and I rewatch them just for the architecture sometimes
Ye I dig that aesthetic too. EVer see Babylon Berlin? Really cool looking era
Yeah I love that show and talk about it a lot when it's mentioned.
I've been considering watching the Queens Gambit solely because it's the same set designer as Babylon Berlin, even if it's a different time period
Honestly I just miss the chunk and heft of analogue stuff. You could really feel it all in your hands. Not to mention the sound all the buttons and switches made. Chunk, click, thunk.
Idk about the rest of you but Soviet sailor and tanker uniforms went off. Actually like every Soviet uniform looked fucking cool but the navy especially
I've always loved the design of the early jet aircraft and the aesthetic associated with the nuclear age.
Not exactly ancient Rome, but any time I imagine a peaceful place, it has the architecture and aesthetic of an early 2000s sci-fi action/horror movie, like Resident Evil or Blade 2. Empty underground complexes, walls of of brushed steel and frosted glass, with mirrorlike floors of polished dark stone that shimmer under flourescent lights. Long and austere indoor greenhouses whose plants have grown wild in their neglect, with roots stretching across walkways and leaves that have begun to suffocate the grow lights. A vast and geometric central atrium, silent except for the soft trickle of a fountain, whose bright and spotless desolation lets me finally relax in a place that is comfortably, familiarly uncanny.
