tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post3510994864765802063..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 8 January 1955 "some news, some fashion and some bacon fat"50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-87660065148192473882014-03-27T08:01:55.544-07:002014-03-27T08:01:55.544-07:00Isn't if funny how you can forget yourself and...Isn't if funny how you can forget yourself and even the year? I was a few years ago living in a very quiet village with not much through traffic and was quite consumed with the 1940's and what that had to offer. Suddenly out of nowhere I heard an eerie sound ... that of an air raid siren. I was in the bedroom tidying at the time and froze. My eyes widened and instead of wondering where that siren was coming from, for a brief moment I wondered if I would fit under the bed and if I'd be safe there as we had no Anderson Shelter. Instead I got to my feet and ran to the window to investigate further. The sight of modern cars outside and modern clothing on next door's washing line quite threw me. I still have no idea where that siren was coming from!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238571735302117986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-1843774513719547332010-07-18T16:54:17.130-07:002010-07-18T16:54:17.130-07:00Yes, I remember something like a corset or merry w...Yes, I remember something like a corset or merry widow as something that was worn under a wedding or bridesmaid's gown.Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196747496651546918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-88227693455736020342009-01-09T17:49:00.000-08:002009-01-09T17:49:00.000-08:00It's like saying 'aunt flo is visiting', my friend...It's like saying 'aunt flo is visiting', my friends and I have said this jokingly for awhile, but I think it is now rather appropriate slang for your monthly 'visitor or curse'.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-44124953108691656442009-01-09T14:52:00.000-08:002009-01-09T14:52:00.000-08:00My mother told me the other day that when she was ...My mother told me the other day that when she was a little girl (in the '50s) hugging an aunt meant hugging a girdle. It made me laugh!Jitterbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876069477745318600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-36951673061305676062009-01-09T05:15:00.000-08:002009-01-09T05:15:00.000-08:00Wow, Jen, thanks for the info. I may be bugging yo...Wow, Jen, thanks for the info. I may be bugging you for more info in the future. I love fashion and not sure how that would see itself thru in 1955. I am actually really becoming more interested in my 'history', what lead up to where I am now 1955. As a childless couple, I also wonder if we would be frowned upon in our community. I think I would only wear the merry widow to more dressy occassions as well.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-87637409382910489062009-01-08T21:24:00.000-08:002009-01-08T21:24:00.000-08:00I started kindergaren in '55, and remember it well...I started kindergaren in '55, and remember it well: listening to the soaps on the radio when we ate lunch (campbell's soups and jello).<BR/>We didn't see many corsets or high fashion--these were young housewives with kids to raise on a limited post WW2 budget. But I do remember knealing before a row of mommies to measure all of their hem heights to see who was the most fashionable! Otherwise, they wore jeans and blouses most of the time, and hi-waisted girdles when the dress required (rather than merry widows: those were for weddings only). I loved the fashion magazines, and mostly the ads. I collect those magazines now--you should feel free to follow those crazy recipes in Ladies Home Journal or McCall's magazines, it's what we ate! (not alot of fresh veggies back then).<BR/>enjoy your year!<BR/>(ps, I currently live in a 1905 bungalow: no dishwasher or othe features--it's 1905 by default around here!)Jen Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371112170847037417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-53786531685289640062009-01-08T18:20:00.000-08:002009-01-08T18:20:00.000-08:00That is a definite for me, then. If my girdle has ...That is a definite for me, then. If my girdle has helped me already to eat less, a merry widow might be the diet aid for 1955. Thanks everyone for reading, commenting, and helping me. See you all tomorrow.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-13687951823278449342009-01-08T18:03:00.000-08:002009-01-08T18:03:00.000-08:00One thing that is great about the Warner's Merry W...One thing that is great about the Warner's Merry Widow is that you have a choice about how tightly to be hooked in. There are two parallel rows of eyes for the hooks. I would definitely suggest a looser hookup if you're going anywhere near bacon pancakes. Seriously, though, I do eat less when I wear a waist-cincher or a Merry Widow. They are definitely effective diet aids.VintageDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255656088773519750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-89135217110353073442009-01-08T17:51:00.000-08:002009-01-08T17:51:00.000-08:00Wow, thanks for all your comments, I am glad to se...Wow, thanks for all your comments, I am glad to see I am not the only one with a penchant for some bacon fat! I am going to look for a merry widow and/or a waist cincher. I need the look! When my year is done, I too shall love the freedom to choose from decades. It is really a modern thing to choose skirt lengths, it seems, as the women who picketed to have the new look not allowed, they could have just worn what they wanted, but I suppose it was just not an option. I sort of like, right now, that I need to stick to a certain time period. It gives me a structure I am not familiar with in the modern world. I will check out the bacon site too, yum. Tho, I will have to get an extra strength merry widow if I eat TOO much bacon.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58460751425683746652009-01-08T17:11:00.000-08:002009-01-08T17:11:00.000-08:00I also have a weakness for anything cooked with ba...I also have a weakness for anything cooked with bacon fat. I'll have to try them with pancakes.<BR/><BR/>As for your questions about the New Look. One of the things that's great about wearing vintage clothes is that we have the opportunity to switch decades and styles on a day-to-day basis. I love the New Look and have several dresses in that style, but I love to have the opportunity of wearing a dress with a shorter and less voluminous skirt when I feel like it. The corsets that women wore with these dresses are still available on Ebay. I have a Warner's Merry Widow from the New Look period and I love it. It does pinch, but it makes my waist as small as Scarlett O'Hara's. It does, however, give more than a Victorian style corset (I have worn one of those too). An authentic Merry Widow can be expensive, though. You can, however, achieve a somewhat similar effect with the waist-cincher that is still made by the Rago company. A New Look dress without one of these '50s style corsets just doesn't look right, in my opinion. I think, however, that the very little waist-cincher featured in your picture would not do the trick with most dresses of the period. You need something a little fuller.VintageDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255656088773519750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-55177864696705035252009-01-08T16:05:00.000-08:002009-01-08T16:05:00.000-08:00HAVE I GOT A LINK FOR YOU!! LOL!Here are 13 ways t...HAVE I GOT A LINK FOR YOU!! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Here are 13 ways to use BACON GREASE! The first 10 are from 1942.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy!<BR/><BR/>http://thingsyourgrandmotherknew.blogspot.com/2008/11/thirteen-uses-for-bacon-grease.htmlRoxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-82799197842513425242009-01-08T15:10:00.000-08:002009-01-08T15:10:00.000-08:00I do love words that paint a picturte. Bravo! Ba...I do love words that paint a picturte. Bravo! <BR/><BR/>Bacon fat IS divine, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>RoxanneRoxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68635039285700993122009-01-08T15:06:00.000-08:002009-01-08T15:06:00.000-08:00Loved your bacon fat story. And I totally agree w...Loved your bacon fat story. And I totally agree with Dior about the knee thing (at least with my knees!)Piroskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017669367794370150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-50671401842117673662009-01-08T12:34:00.000-08:002009-01-08T12:34:00.000-08:00A bad housewife like me, would have made the Husba...A bad housewife like me, would have made the Husband do all the dishes LOL !<BR/>Loved reading about your pancackes! sound yummy .<BR/>From sesga xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-7995405858158769872009-01-08T11:04:00.000-08:002009-01-08T11:04:00.000-08:00The part about you deciding to use bacon fat in yo...The part about you deciding to use bacon fat in your pancakes was hysterical!Hairball T. Hairballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406688058887590058noreply@blogger.com