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Hair help - what am I doing wrong???
My hair is VERY odd...it WAS quite curly,and the older I get,the straighter,ie:straight on top, curly at the ends. Ergo I am a slave to hair tools. Right now I have my hair up in rag rollers...but I love Conair pillow curlers. If I want to do a pageboy, I resort to my vintage(MY vintage, as in... -
The Vintage Fur Thread
Re: getting harassed for wearing vintage furs : it's a lot easier to attack old ladies in mink coats at the opera than it is Hells Angles at biker bars for wearing leathers.- Jools
- Post #331
- Forum: The Powder Room
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The Decline of the Well Put Together Lady
PJ;s in public, a trend that is pretty sad. I have a friend who has been known to pop out to the grocery store in a pair of plaid flannel pajamas with a long coat over them on the occasional Saturday morning. Hilariously enough, EVERY time she has done this she has run into my mother, who has...- Jools
- Post #132
- Forum: The Powder Room
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The Decline of the Well Put Together Lady
PJ;s in public, a trend that is pretty sad. I have a friend who has been known to pop out to the grocery store in a pair of plaid flannel pajamas with a long coat over them on the occasional Saturday morning. Hilariously enough, EVERY time she has done this she has run into my mother, who has...- Jools
- Post #131
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Help! Shoe Repair in Seattle!
Johnny's in Ballard. (Seattle neighborhood.) Dave Page does almost exclusively hiking boots. I've had Johnny's fix purses, and favorite shoes and boots that I thought were a lost cause. (BTW, I grew up in Douglas!)- Jools
- Post #6
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Everyday Bags
Vintage bags too small? REeallY? I have a few bags of my mom's from the 1950s the general size and shape of the Titanic. Remember "Rear Window", and Grace Kelly unpacking a negligee AND slippers from a tiny Mark Cross case/valise? Evening bags, that's another story. OTOH, most modern women...- Jools
- Post #100
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Elegance and vintage
I went to a wedding this summer- I wore a (non-vintage) silk suit, with a beautiful hat, and silk/lace shoes. The two girlfriends of the bride's sons (2nd wedding, the "boys" were in their twenties" wore dresses so tight, so low-cut, and so short, that they could only be described as...- Jools
- Post #29
- Forum: The Powder Room
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wearing vintage or inspired
I love vintage, but a lot of it is very fragile. I went to a fashion show tonight, wearing a beaded puce dress with a peplum, mink "fascinator" with a veil, black beaded purse with rhinestone clasps, and a full lenght mink- all authentic 1940s. However, I didn't wear a garter belt, or...- Jools
- Post #10
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Happy Birthday 'Nancy Mitford"
Infinitely better than the remake! Did you know that Nancy Mitford was one of Barbara Pym's favorite authors? (as well as mine- both of them.) Well, thank you, now I'm going to be up all night watching this! What a delight!- Jools
- Post #4
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Happy Birthday 'Nancy Mitford"
Ohmigod, it IS, with Judy Dench! I love you long time!- Jools
- Post #3
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Happy Birthday 'Nancy Mitford"
That looks like a clip from the ORIGINAL Thames TV "Love in a Cold Climate" show from 1980. Is it?- Jools
- Post #2
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.
Even back in my teens, a girl would NEVER ask a boy out, except for a "Tolo" dance, where it was the custom for the girls to ask the boys, OR "Ladies' choice" at a dance or roller skating. My mom also said it was considered trampy to check your makeup/powder your nose/reapply lipstick at the...- Jools
- Post #53
- Forum: The Home Front Woman
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What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.
My mom: A. Never went out without a hat and gloves. B. Nice girls don't smoke on the street.- Jools
- Post #24
- Forum: The Home Front Woman
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Show us your vintage patterns!
I just got a cool 1940s (I think it's 1940s) suit pattern; size 16. (which is quite different from a modern 16- it says "36" bust." "Double Breasted Suit- wide revers, slim skirt. You'll adore it- the elegant suit with flattering lines. Jacket has the new rounded hip look, sports long cuffed...- Jools
- Post #2,959
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Gentlemen, I need your assistance! WWII, South Pacific film clip.
Thank you all! I still have a lot of his war memorabilia, including a Japanese company flag and sword. I had to look up a lot of his stuff when I wrote his obit a couple years ago. I had to find his discharge papers to find out his unit- turns out that the article about him in Stars & Stripes... -
Gentlemen, I need your assistance! WWII, South Pacific film clip.
It might have been Victory at Sea. Thank you, gentlemen! IF anyone comes across any actual footage let me know, and I would me most grateful. -
Ladies, what scents do you like on your men?
Love Old Spice on men!- Jools
- Post #107
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Gentlemen, I need your assistance! WWII, South Pacific film clip.
Somewhere, in the vast number of WWII experts, perhaps someone can help me. There was a series shown in the 1960s/1970s, repeated in the 1980s called The World at War. (I am not entirely sure that this was the actual name of what I saw.) Basically, it was a series of newsreels about the war... -
unconventional earrings?
Are you 110% that they are EARRINGS? Not, perhaps, dress clips?- Jools
- Post #66
- Forum: The Powder Room
