Obsession with living in the past-now you can wear the past.

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By Bob Gedeon

My wife and I were watching an American movie called Father of the Bride. The main actor Steve Martin is trying to adjust to the fact that his little girl is now all grown up and ready to get married. It’s an old movie by today standards but what is fun to watch is his insistence that he can get into the tux he wore when he first got married. A few years of overeating hasn’t helped much. As the years have gone by Mr. Martin’s waistline expanded and so did mine. However I just don’t have the heart to throw away the old clothes I once wore when I dated my blushing bride.

If we were really honest with each other I think all of us would like to lose that mid drift someday and once again fit into the clothes of our youth. My wife remembers me dating her wearing my black cowboy boots, tight black jeans and white Polo shirt. Problem is the only thing that fits is my boots and that’s because you never hear people say; oh your feet have put on a few pounds, nor do you ever hear people say to one another; I think his feet look like they have gained a few inches around his toes”.

To feel young again, I put on that old cologne that I use to wear on our dates together. Funny thing about odors; cologne can bring up memories like old out of style clothes you once wore. Now to compensate for the fact that I can’t get into the clothes of my youth I have my wife dye my hair so I wouldn’t look like Snow White or Father Time on a hot summer day.

That is no different than women who continue to use creams, supplements and plastic surgery to look younger even if they feel they aren't working. It has been proven that as soon as women begin to succeed in looking younger, their anxiety lessens. But what if you could throw away the creams, supplements, and get rid of your plastic surgeon, and instead wear the clothes you once wore in your younger days. Wow, what a novel idea; looking younger by wearing the clothes of the past from the 1940’s on up. Now you can find those clothes; which leads me to a website that is just awesome. It is called Rustyzipper.com.

Launched in November 1995, RustyZipper.Com was the web's first vintage clothing store. In the past 14 years, they have outgrown the spare closet & now have a 5,500 sq foot warehouse full of amazing stuff. They have thousands (over 23,000 at last count) of one-of-a-kind vintage clothing items from the 1940's through 1980's, all available to view & order online. They also have a sister site known as Kingpoodle.com which has more than 5,000 vintage items from the '40s through the '80s, which features discount vintage clothing -- nothing over $10 -- from the same eras. Both are the brainchildren of clothing collectors who decided to channel their passion into virtual stores.

Maybe the fountain of youth lies in your bedroom closet and while you are waiting to lose those extra inches you can stroll down memory lane into a time tunnel of years that Rustyzipper can take you to. Enjoy the visit to their websites and you just might be singing Zippity do da, Zippity Day. You know all of this talk about weight and clothes has made me hungry. See you at the refrigerator and remind me to get some mothballs at the store, I wouldn’t want moths to eat all of my clothes from my youthful past.

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