tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post5240177855630394374..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Back to the Future Fashion?Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-70445865631654820942012-01-16T08:56:46.431-06:002012-01-16T08:56:46.431-06:00should be "trend"should be "trend"Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43787597287452653682012-01-16T08:56:06.550-06:002012-01-16T08:56:06.550-06:00Rossa ~~~ That's interesting! Maxi-dresses! ...Rossa ~~~ That's interesting! Maxi-dresses! I'd not have seen that coming, though I loved the look first time around. Shoulder pads - not so much - I used to rip them out before wearing anything with those attached.<br /><br />We're isolated from fashion of any kind here in small town deepest Oklahoma. We wear jeans, tee shirts, shirts, jackets - and occasionally trousers or shorts 90% of the time. Fashion doesn't exist here, except perhaps the fashion for tattoos. So my post had to be highly speculative; and due to the vast size of this country it's unlikely that any given fad or tend would hit nation-wide.<br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-73939851845352534692012-01-16T03:40:35.253-06:002012-01-16T03:40:35.253-06:00In the UK we're just coming out of the craze f...In the UK we're just coming out of the craze for the maxi dress but not sure where 2012 will take us. In fashion you can buy clothes from all past decades so apart from designer stuff there's no one look that is everywhere.<br /><br />There's a bit of a return to the shoulder pad era of the 80s though. Joan Collins and Stephanie Beacham are reprising their Dynasty/The Colbys days in an ad for Snickers, the peanut filled chocolate bar. (Can't remember what it's called in the US). <br /><br />With Dallas coming back on TV, if it is a success, maybe Dynasty will be next. So not just repeats on TV, remakes look like being a trend for the year.Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121831076599069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-42804910622218943722012-01-13T13:09:44.545-06:002012-01-13T13:09:44.545-06:00Diane L ~~ Hi! Yes! The girdle - I'd forgotte...Diane L ~~ Hi! Yes! The girdle - I'd forgotten that term. Another rerm, the "roll-on" came to mind as well. It was, I recall, the first non-boned foundation contraption available. there was great difficulty getting into the darned thing - easy to slip a disc on a cold morning! Still, I've managed to almost do that just putting on tights.<br /><br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-87312673353576218872012-01-13T09:34:49.058-06:002012-01-13T09:34:49.058-06:00Girdles . . . **shudder** I'm old enough to re...Girdles . . . **shudder** I'm old enough to remember wearing them occasionally in high school. My mother's favorite threat if I didn't stand up straight & hold my tummy in was I was going to have to wear a girdle. Horrible, horrible torture devices. I'm with you on wired undergarments. :-)Diane Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611404164493055394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-74603753919756925252012-01-13T08:28:21.136-06:002012-01-13T08:28:21.136-06:00Vanilla Rose ~~ Bones and wires drove me nuts- ca...Vanilla Rose ~~ Bones and wires drove me nuts- can't even stand the relatively gentle wired bra these days. Your friend is a brave woman! ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-59614400841781458492012-01-12T19:32:57.694-06:002012-01-12T19:32:57.694-06:00I think that both the corset top and the real &quo...I think that both the corset top and the real "boned" corset have their fans. A friend of mine is quite fond of the latter type, but assures me that metal "bones" are more comfortable than they sound. Of course, it would be much less fun being expected to wear them.Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79833874478917393542012-01-12T18:04:51.914-06:002012-01-12T18:04:51.914-06:00Vanilla Rose ~~~ Ah, you mean the tight bodice lac...Vanilla Rose ~~~ Ah, you mean the tight bodice laced top - it's a kind of corset, I guess. Yes. I've seen those in evening "dress-up" situations (on TV not in real life though).<br /><br />The corsets of real life, such as our parents/grandparents wore every day were something else entirely! YIKES! It was only the development of lycra, spandex and other types of elasticated nylon materials that brought slight improvement and did away with the need for bones and laces.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-11371029102375281272012-01-12T16:19:51.692-06:002012-01-12T16:19:51.692-06:00Corsets are quite fashionable, along with other bu...Corsets are quite fashionable, along with other burlesque type items.Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.com