tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post4865784091088374090..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 29 September 1956 “A 50’s Gal Remembers Her Youth”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-10879830572793287182010-10-02T07:24:45.939-07:002010-10-02T07:24:45.939-07:00I remember those very 30's skirts in the 80...I remember those very 30's skirts in the 80's. The long lean cut to below the new and then a few kick pleats. I had an adorable soft grey woolen skirt with a two-tones pink plaid and it had a very thin waistband (natural waist of course this was pre low rise) and it fell to below my knee but was cut to flare on the bottom a bit and in the back, at kick-pleat location, it had multiple little pleats. I remember how much fun it was to wear as you could feel the little 'kick' of the full pleat at the back of your legs. I was talking with someone who went to HS in the late 90's early 2000 and how basically 'lazy dressing' was their style. Jeans and t-shirts with writing was basically what most of them wore. Even if a fashion is later seen as bad at least in its time is IS fashion, today we really do seem to have a NO fashion, but simply a bland uniform of jeans and jersy/tshirt tops. NO imagination other than what it might say across a shirt or bottom. It's too bad, as I recalled taking the time to match my bracelets to my knee or ankle socks and nail polish. It might sound hideous today, but it was thought out and planned and other young people around me were also doing the same. Today if a young teen wants to look nice they are lauged at or some how not 'cool'. I never understood the desire to be the 'cool' one. Honestly, they always turn out to be the individuals with the least form of self-worth or kindness, it seems. Yet, this is what we emulate? And now, of course, mothers and grandmothers CARE about if they are cool or not. Where are all the GROWNUPS!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-53709854447001241722010-10-02T05:34:00.317-07:002010-10-02T05:34:00.317-07:00I would love to find patterns like those. When i w...I would love to find patterns like those. When i was younger I had few dresses like it .The early 80's redid the 40's and 30's look .People loved it, I got lots of complements. My mother would ask me to wear those dresses.Now I am much older have don't have the slim figure ,but the long lines and flow would help slim someone down. Thanks for sharing.Mrs Tailleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138028646568363127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-21291122943977309242010-10-01T15:54:23.343-07:002010-10-01T15:54:23.343-07:00Sanne-Have a great weekend!
Gingerella-That would ...Sanne-Have a great weekend!<br />Gingerella-That would be fun, 30s gal! Sometimes I think about being 40's gal, but not sure about constant rationing and faux air raids, that might be hard to pull off.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-71268308950214774002010-10-01T12:30:46.154-07:002010-10-01T12:30:46.154-07:00I'd have to say the 30's is the era I'...I'd have to say the 30's is the era I'm attracted to the most, aesthetically, in my love of vintage. The music, movies, fashion and makeup, art deco styles, all wonderfully modern and old fashioned at the same time. If I followed in your footsteps I'd have to be 30's gal!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-86836162707367704592010-09-30T23:55:26.325-07:002010-09-30T23:55:26.325-07:00Lovely post, very nice.
Have a lovely weekend, bot...Lovely post, very nice.<br />Have a lovely weekend, both of you. :)SANNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973437247117000140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-755541098874869692010-09-30T12:12:33.248-07:002010-09-30T12:12:33.248-07:00I listen to a lot of the radio programs fromt he 3...I listen to a lot of the radio programs fromt he 30's, 40's, and 50's on Internet archive. Mary Lee Taylor is a lot of fun. :) <br /><br />And how neat that in the 30's people were dying their hair unusual colors. Those of us who were teens of the 90's did not invent it! ;) LOL!!Amy Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-32023301982932186392010-09-30T10:33:50.349-07:002010-09-30T10:33:50.349-07:00Fibber McGee and Molly!!!! That's my favorite ...Fibber McGee and Molly!!!! That's my favorite radio show.<br /><br />There's also a little known movie gem from 1931 called Parlor, Bedroom and Bath. It stars Mary Wickes and Buster Keaton. It is one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen in all my life. There's one phrase in it that my group of friends quotes all the time. "My darling. I love you madly. I cannot live without you. You must never leave me." Said in typical monotone Buster Keaton fashion and there's moves that go with it. He says it Mary Wickes character. Great little movie!Rachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-20553751729125058452010-09-30T10:11:25.761-07:002010-09-30T10:11:25.761-07:00I have a picture of my hubby`s grandma who was abo...I have a picture of my hubby`s grandma who was about 20 in the 1930<s She looks adorable in her blouse and long cool skirt.<br /><br />The longer skirts were in style in the early 1990`s, I had several dresses that were long and looked quite retro.<br /><br />I had to say that my fav things about the 30`s was the long dress styles that were not only modest but very feminine. I imagine how comfortable they would have been on a long hot summer`s eve.<br /><br />I also grew up watching reruns on Sunday mornings of the Little Rascals (which I believe were taped in the thirties)......it`s a truly innocent time that I would wish to experience for myself :)<br /><br />Also seeing Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance on the big screen would be magical.<br /><br />Mom in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-58089186257239820772010-09-29T13:58:12.720-07:002010-09-29T13:58:12.720-07:00I find the between the wars period endlessly fasci...I find the between the wars period endlessly fascinating. I love the fashions and the lovely knitwear, I love the ordinary around the house clothes, those beautiful housedresses. I have a number of favourite British films and TV shows set in the 1930s particularly the late 1930s which I love. The British do those period dramas so well, wonderful costumes and sets. I have to rush off to get everyone up for breakfast so I will just share a few: Cold Comfort Farm, The Cazalets,This Happy Breed which was made in 1944 about a family in the 20 years between WWI and WWII. I have also read a couple of fascinating books about life in Melbourne during the Depression, one about a working class suburb and the other a very middle class suburb. My Dad was living in the working class suburb that was examined during the time. He was born in 1927. So inter4esting.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659929017085133209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-87670515156502454152010-09-29T13:44:53.602-07:002010-09-29T13:44:53.602-07:00TWUS here: What a creative post! I love the fashio...TWUS here: What a creative post! I love the fashions of the 1930's.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.com