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The Guild 10-7-2004 Retailers embrace the poncho, betting the trend will last into fall
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| 8-24-2004
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Posted on 10/07/2004 3:27:41 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
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A string of pearls wouldn't even make these glorified horse blankets wearable!
Is Fall over yet?
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs; mountaineer; Timeout; ClancyJ; BlessedAmerican; daisyscarlett; Rheo; ...
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posted on
10/07/2004 3:28:26 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al-Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: BigWaveBetty
Hey! Proud to confess I've never owned a poncho on my life!
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:02:26 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(Proud, card-carrying member of JAMMIE NATION)
To: BigWaveBetty
Good Morning Sweetie. I made a poncho to wear for warmth when I was preggers the first time,,, back in 1968. I've always associated them with maternity wear.
It isn't only the ponchos. There are lots and lots of really 'bad' things on the racks this year. Thank God for Talbots. And I must say, even Talbots is drifting away from truely classic stuff.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:04:26 AM PDT
by
Iowa Granny
(Proud to be associated with pajama wearing news gatherers)
To: BigWaveBetty
Fun essay! thanks. I remember the ponchos. prolly still have some in bag/box in attic.
they are easy but not too glamorous.. (but that one wispy one which is more style than warmth looks okay to me.. or is it the pretty model?)
They do also cover some "body flaws" .. if you know what I mean? Remember the TV ad a few decades ago showing three attractive teens walking on the beach. Two were in skimpy bathing suits & one was wearing a sweat shirt.
Ad asked, do you know why the middle girl was wearing a sweatshirt? of course it was some diet aid product. She didn't look HEAVY per se.. but probably was packing a bit more than the slender model types next to her.
The ponchos struck me the same way
I adored Ronald Reagan. Just looked over some of the pix from his funeral in DC... and came across this in morning email ..want to share as most are so appropriate:
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Reagan-isms
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." - Ronald Reagan
"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan
"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan
"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." - Ronald Reagan
"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."- Ronald Reagan
"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan
"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." - Ronald Reagan
"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me. even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting." - Ronald Reagan
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan
"Some people live an entire
lifetime and wonder if they have
made a difference in the world.
Marines don't have that problem." Ronald Reagan 1983
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:10:53 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Orange is Kerry's color. RED + YELLOW = ORANGE. Nuf said?)
To: BigWaveBetty
How do you come up with such great thread ideas?
Ponchos, who ever would have believed that they would make a comeback?
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:14:13 AM PDT
by
Hillary's Lovely Legs
("I had my picture taken with Mussolini. He was upside down of course")
To: BigWaveBetty
Ah! What could be more chic than to wear your afghan in public.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:17:24 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: BigWaveBetty
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Can the tam-o-shanter be far behind??? |
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:17:30 AM PDT
by
Fintan
(Oh...Am I supposed to read the article???)
To: Fintan
Heh! Ya need a kilt to go with the tam.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:21:06 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: Endeavor
Was it you a couple of threads back who asked why Kerry is always wearing the same tie? If so, tighten your tinfoil hat!
THE NECKTIE JOHN KERRY WEARS during the next two presidential debates might be a secret semaphore revealing where his loyalty lies. During much of the campaign Kerry has worn neckties whose pattern, suggests New York journalist Joan Swirsky, is like a secret signal of support to the Muslim world.
Why else would the richest man in the Senate a man whose pricey wardrobe is laid out for him daily by his personal valet wear only one necktie during almost all of his public appearances? asked Swirsky in a September 20 column. And that necktie albeit not in a thin muslin or coarse cotton but probably woven from the finest silk a replica in its pink and white pattern of the Arabs favorite headdress, the kefiyyah.
An examination of campaign photographs shows Kerry wearing several neckties with pink or red patterns resembling the familiar kefiyah Arab male headdress. By itself, this could be dismissed as mere coincidence having no signal significance.
Perhaps Kerry merely likes pink, and in his family his powerful wife Teresa wears the male-color blues. And Kerry has always demonstrated an affinity for reds.
John Kerrys campaign, however, has quietly built bridges to Muslim voters, Muslim money and a hidden connection with the Ayatollahs of Iran that should concern everyone who supports Israel and is uncertain what policies a President Kerry might adopt in the Middle East. More
After looking through about 100 pages of pictures to test this story, it seems he wears blue half the time and red/pink the other half. What do you think, is Kerry sending subliminal messages to Arab's with his kefiyah patterned ties?
Example of the kefiyah tie?
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:35:27 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: Iowa Granny
It's nice to see you all bright and bushy this Thursday morning!
I made a poncho to wear for warmth when I was preggers the first time,,, back in 1968.
Perfectly acceptable when preggars! If you look at the story, it talks about how great they are for hiding this or that. I imagine if one is not preggars that could be very depressing!
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:40:34 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: BigWaveBetty
Those ponchos would look really nice if accessorized with an Urban Sombrero from Peterman's. :-)
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:44:25 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("We will crush Al Qaeda"....Silky Pony)
To: Timeout
I too am a proud owner of not a single poncho! But I will confess in 8th grade I had a full length brown wool CAPE with fur trim on the hood. The blood still rushes to my cheeks when I think about it.
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:46:08 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: DollyCali
All really terrific Reagan quotes and a wonderful to start the day! Nothing will remove the huge smile I'm sporting today after reading those. Thanks DollyCali! :-)
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:50:00 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: Iowa Granny
Good grief. I'm glad this thread was posted because I didn't even know ponchos are in. I must go get one. I like them. I used to have a gray wool one. Wish I still had it.
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Oh please, my threads always pale in comparison to yours.
Ponchos, who ever would have believed that they would make a comeback?
Whoda thunk ANYTHING from the '70's would make a come back? They must've hit the bottom of their idea barrel and it was empty!
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posted on
10/07/2004 4:53:45 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
We all know that fashion "ins" have nothing to do with what looks good or what people want.
It has to do with what is NOT IN OUR CLOSETS so we will go spend money on ugly clothes so we will look "in" and so that in next year or so we will have a bunch of things that are NO LONGER IN.
My mom when I was younger always told me not to worry about fashion, but to wear what I like, feels right etc. She was a bold, flamboyant dresser.
As a teen, I laughed at her. As a grandma, I now know she is right. I too am a bold dresser & follow what I like & feels right
BTW.. I do like capes/ have a few..
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:05:56 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Orange is Kerry's color. RED + YELLOW = ORANGE. Nuf said?)
To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Welcome to the Guild.
How are things going? Life is beyond hectic here.
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:06:10 AM PDT
by
Iowa Granny
(Proud to be associated with pajama wearing news gatherers)
To: Carolina
Ah! What could be more chic than to wear your afghan in public. Why you and your baby doll wearing matching pink velvet ponchos w/fuzzy balls of course!
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:06:43 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
To: Fintan
Can the tam-o-shanter be far behind??? Sweet mercy man, are you trying to give me nightmares?!
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posted on
10/07/2004 5:19:28 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(KEdwards vowed to hunt down al Qaeda wherever it is, unless wherever's in Iraq.)
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