Posted on 11/19/2016 1:37:56 PM PST by RummyChick
..She has for one, shown serious dedication to that most fashion of affectations: the shoulder robe (the art of balancing your coat on your shoulders, which offers a more nuanced, high level approach to putting on an outerwear garment rather than the pedestrian act of simply putting your arms through the sleeves). Her efforts here are accomplished. On stage in Iowa, after introducing her husband as “the best master negotiator” she stepped back from the lectern, flicked that perfect blow-dry delicately over her shoulder, and all without her bright red coat budging an inch. That’s not just rigid tailoring and a sturdy shoulder-pad; that’s professional....
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I forgot about capes! I live in Phoenix and don’t even own a real coat. I’m easily confused, lol.
And almost NO child had asthma nor a peanut allergy back then.
I love capes, but most are just too full too wear. There used to be a company in New England that made lovely wool and cashmere ones, including a ‘slenderized’ version, cut down so it wasn’t so full. I wish they were still in business.
I had one when I was a little girl in the late 1960s, after my father’s ship had been to Korea. I don’t remember about the fit, haven’t tried one since then!
I think a lot of American women are just too ‘booby’ for it to fit and look right ;-)
Bless you; keep it up!
A few things have come back without a noticeable change. I wore crew neck sweaters in college and my daughter’s generation wore them in high school 18 years later.
Doubt if we’ll ever see felt poodle skirts or circle skirts with a ton of crinolines under them. That would be considered “dressing up” to wear something like that now - something most people don’t do.
I also remember women not being permitted to wear slacks or shorts of any kind to work in the office and always wore heels, stockings, a girdle, a slip and a suit or dress. If that happened now, most women would not have anything to wear.
Thank you. “How hard is it?” I always ask, to wear a shirt and blouse? It’s more comfortable than pants, in my opinion, and you look tidy and dignified instead of slovenly.
It’s true that different body shapes make a difference. Costuming for reenactors is a fascinating challenge, because people are such different shapes and sizes now.
However, Korean women traditionally nursed their babies, and that makes one bosomy, other things being equal.
What a disheveled mess she is in the blue dress with what appears to be 2 sweaters on top of it.
We couldn’t wear pants to school, until the early ‘seventies. That’s when dress really started breaking down.
It’s been a long time since I worked in an environment where it would really be appropriate to ‘dress up’; and I honestly don’t miss it much. I like being comfortable, and can’t believe that as a young person I wore stockings, garter belt, girdle, and all that stuff.
But I like to see people looking neat and stylish, it’s another art to admire; and especially if they’re representing me on a world stage.
When I was bitty, my grandma had a raincoat that was a cape. I used to LOVE wearing it, to play dress-up in, pretending that I was a “SUPER HERO”. :-)
That cardigan is supposed to look like that but when the pics first came out we thought she hadn’t buttoned it right
she should change her workout so she can get some calves.
I remember washing my white gloves by hand. I was a little girl and I had a selection of white cotton gloves.
Even the little kids look confused...
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