Where did all the eccentrics go?

Jacob Rees-Mogg springs to mind. He is is known as the Hon. Member for the 18th century.

Is he the one with a posh voice,Lizzie ?

Oh dear, eccentric or demented?

I can assure you they live in Brighton!

Going out in curlers isn't new. In the 60s lots of the girls who worked in factories would go to work with their hair in rollers and a scarf tied round it
There are eccentrics of all ages around here. They don't surprise me
What I don't understand is how all the girls from about 11-18 seem to turn out absolutely immaculately even when they are just going to school.

I think the young still try to shock the older generation and they often do. It isn't eccentricity though. I'm thinking of all that face furniture especially the tongue piercings which can still make me feel sick to see.
Or wearing totally unsuitable attire for the weather.
In my town the youngsters seem to have a fashion of their own . It involves naked legs, both sexes, in all weathers and often bare midriffs and tattoos.

Back in the 60s I remember DM asking why we made ourselves look like corpses with black eyes and white faces.
That wasn't eccentricity was it - conformity.
I was at art school but luckily I can't find any photos!

Annab275 more surprised that any child was collected by car in the 60s.
I recall holiday makers in Spain back in the day strolling around the resort markets and cafes in a variety of beach wear though..

Think we are all just accepting of peoples quirks. We don't notice the differences cos there are fewer norms now and anything goes.

Apparently it’s now called lounge wear, apparently different to pj’s though I can’t see a difference I’m afraid .

I think we are more accepting of “different” people these days. And, certainly, with a much less rigid dress code than in m6 youth, what would be classed as eccentric then would probably pass by most people today.
Having said that, my mother was deeply eccentric (I’m pretty odd myself) but dressed fairly conventionally.

I think people like Rees Mogg are just "try hards".
It's just an affectation, not eccentricity.

There is a lovely lady in my town who makes her own stunning costumes that she quite happily wears when out and about - think of My Fair Lady and you will get the idea.
She has amazing Edwardian style hats and bonnets and I don't think that I have seen her in the same thing twice!
She always draws looks from people that haven't seen her before , but the look of absolute serenity as she is standing there waiting for her bus, just makes your day seem a little bit better !
There is also another lovely lady who is often seen around town, usually dressed in red and white, who loves to share her beliefs and the love of God with anyone that is happy to listen!
Not forgetting the man that is well known for arriving on his pushbike to direct the traffic, whether needed or not!

Lucca-??

DH bought me a a bright gold corduroy baggy trousers and jacket Lucy & Yak suit to celebrate our Golden Wedding.... I love corduroy and, at one point in the 60's had shoes, bag, skirt and shirt all in cord... so I bought an burnt orange version of the same ensemble, both of which I wear with startling colours such as purple and black. Many people have commented favourably... One waitress recognized the brand with great enthusiasm and we had a lovely chat about it.... I've always revelled in being eccentric - in several ways - and am unlikely to change now. To answer the OP's question....I'm in Orkney...with quite a few others of the same ilk....

All the 'eccentrics' are residing in the houses of parliament- they're the conservative party??

It used to be well known that if anyone behaved/dressed a 'bit batty' it was eccentric if they were posh, but if poor they were just plain batty.?

I loved how everyone dressed in the late 60s, early 70s. Sometimes I look at the photos of Marc Bolan and David Bowie and feel sad that young men no longer dress so flamboyantly. And if they do, they seem to have decided they must be trans. Shame really, I loved all that glamour, all those clothes from Granny Takes a Trip etc.

I feel the same.

absent

Some of us are still around.

Had to laugh!

Just in case you didn't get it....absent/still around ?

annab275

When I was at school in the sixties one of the mums collected her child wearing a bikini. She must have leapt off the sun lounger straight to the school although in those days parents just waited in their cars and it was up to the children to find them

I bet she was in good shape, though, annab. I would have got dressed and been late.

We live close to a traveller site and the women often go to the shop , Morrison’s or petrol station in pyjamas and dressing gowns plus slippers and heavily tangoed skin! They really don’t care !!! ??‍♀️

I wonder if jeans ripped at the knee were “eccentric” when they first appeared? It now seems like a uniform. Never saw the point of it really.

Agreed

I don't know that's its always dress which marks people out as eccentric, it is behaviour as well. Every family has an eccentric aunt I am told, and I am also told by my nieces that I am thar eccentric aunt.....