Okay, that sounds weird.
Grace Kelly would be so proud................
Curious coincidence ping.
I wanna know how to properly pop a pimple....
I always use a sewing needle soaked in rubbing alcohol to weaken it first then gently remove the curd inside then wipe with alcohol then a littl dab of neosporin.
But most doctors says “don’t pop your pimples, just put some expensive prescription cream on it”....
It looks like a cute book. It’s hard to go wrong being tidily dressed, having good manners, and treating people kindly. White gloves and pearls will get you some novelty points!
Funny. My young kids can sit through old Hitchcock films and I swear the girls are just infatuated with how classy women dressed in the 50s.
I agree that craving acceptance, collective conformity to the group, judging others and oneself by peer reactions, status symbols and market values is not what this country should be about. But the white gloves and nylons must have been nice for a few years to at least make the ulcers, heart attacks and other psychosomatic tensions a little more palatable. :-)
Looking like a girl and acting like a lady never goes out of fashion.
Ah yes, girdles, the 50's version of a chastity belt! I'm betting that they (girdles) will not make headway against the thong. Sensible hats (w/ veils), white gloves, pearls, OK but "girdles"? why not a "burqa".
Regards,
GtG
“Teenager Maya Van Wagenen cleverly chronicled how she used tips from the decades-old “Betty Cornell’s Teen-age Popularity Guide’’ to gain an edge as a student new to Brownsville, Texas.”
An improvement on what they’ve been using nowadays, which seems to be the Kama Sutra.
Anyone, teen or not, adhering to American INFORMAL standards (and Americans have always been less formal than the rest of the world) of the 1950s will be a HUGE cut-above the contemporary (slob) “standards” of post the 1960s USA.
Self-esteem and human dignity are expressed in how we dress and comport ourselves around others. Clearly the social “revolution” of the ‘60s and since, have eroded and even destroyed our self-esteem and dignity....since no one seems to care how we come across to others on a regular basis.
Dressing well and (formerly) common courtesy—is actually a form of respect and even love for others. A spoiled, selfish, narcissistic generation cannot understand this.
No wonder this girl’s efforts have apparently worked. And she is probably very casual in her etiquette compared to actual 1950s standards.
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