Recent content by USO Gal

wow The gowns are gorgeous... the prices - EEEKKK! But a nice place to dream.

I think it was Batavia. This year I think we are going to try and put together a USO dance Saturday night at Batavia... early stages now but I would really love if that could happen. My avatar is Frances Langford she was part of Bob Hope's troop in WWII so pretty much everywhere he went to...

I am just starting... I have just gotten into re-enacting USO. I love your picture in your avatar! Where did you get that great armband? In fact it was an event I attended that D-Day-Doll was at that got me interested. I figure I will slowly branch out from there... WAC, Army Nurse, Red...

I actually have that! Granted curly hair isn't popular now... but it suits vintage looks quite well. However, I am a big girl. I am working on that but for now it's repro only for me for clothes. Funny thing, a friend asked why I was being so good on weight watchers... and I hated to...

Why I reenact... I work for the modern day USO and I re-enact WWII USO occasionally. I re-enact for a few reasons. I love the USO. Seriously, LOVE IT. The best things I have ever done in my life I have done working the USO. Serving the men and women of our armed forces is my passion...

Great idea! What a fun idea! My nieces and nephews did this for school with bears. The bears were supposed to be handed from person to person and travel the world until they came hoe at the end of the school year. I handed off the bears to some USO visitors and they went to Iraq and...

Thanks for posting these they are great! I particularly love the snood tips. My naturally curly hair doesn't respond well to pin curls. And I am generally hair challenged - so Sonnods are my lifesaver.

I think part of the reason that the thought of sewing gives me hives is the fact that I learned how to sew and did a lot of it until high school with my mothers (and her mother's before her) Singer from circa 1925. It was a beast. I can now appreciate it for some things... but I would never...

I am right there with you. I am not so much of a dainty girl... I wear a 7.5 hat size (at least) and have basically found that 40s tilt hats are the way to go. They were designed more to sit on top of the head rather than wrap around it (if that makes sense). I also have a couple of...

Hello all! I have been lurking here for a while and finally got around to logging in and introducing myself. I have always liked the look and feel of bygone eras and when a friend introduced me to WWII reenacting I was hooked! I work at the modern day USO part time, and reenact WWII USO...

I have always wanted straight hair until I started vintage... now I am glad that I have natural fingerwaves (more or less). Now granted, mostly what I am going for is a 40s look and that doesn't always help. However, this thread made me very happy with my hair. As someone with thick curly...

The best lipstick I have found is 'Revlon Red' which I borrowed from a friend at a reenacting event. Since then I have been hunting high and low to find it. Now another friend has Clinique vintage red and I have to say I am a bit jealous of it. I recently lost my best tube of Red lipstick...