Jerry Garcia’s vintage top hat, c.1969.
Let’s celebrate the freedom to sport our own individual style.
OverDressedforLife wishes one and all a happy and safe Independence Day!
Posts Tagged ‘Fourth of July’
The Fourth of July: Celebrate Style Independence
Posted in Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged Fourth of July, holiday style, individual style, Jerry Garcia's top hat, top hats, vintage fashion on July 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Fourth of July Greetings: Vintage Style
Posted in Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged American flag, Fourth of July, July 4th, July 4th celebrations, women in hats on July 4, 2018| 2 Comments »
Thank you to my Chicago pen pal, Cynthia, for sending me this fabulous vintage card.
Fashionable Quote of the Week by Yankee Doodle
Posted in Events, Fashion, Uncategorized, Vintage, tagged dandy, fashionable quotes, Fourth of July, Macaroni, Yankee Doodle Dandy on July 4, 2017| 2 Comments »
This is a re-post from 2014.
Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a pony. He stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy …
– British nursery rhyme, circa 1750.
Actually, it’s a lot more than that. This is part of a little ditty the Brits sung around the American colonials to insult them. There’s a lot of history to this song and many different versions but the use of the word “macaroni” is specific.
A Macaroni.
In England during the mid-1700s there was a certain type of gentleman commonly and disdainfully referred to as a Macaroni. These young fellas were influenced by their European travels, particularly Italy, and they were known for overdoing the fop look – super high wigs, face makeup, tightly cut trousers and jackets, bows on their garters, etc.
So, singing the Yankee Doodle song was a double dis – the Yanks were Macaronies and they didn’t even do that right. Ha!
Happy Fourth of July, dear readers.
Keep it fashionable in your red, white, and blue … and keep it safe, too.
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