Living in a 1940s timewarp

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 29 August 2013 | Martha De Lacey

[Lorianne]

A mother-of-three has completely shunned modern life in favour of 1940s glamour, ensuring her clothes, house, car, food, and even her friends match the style of the era.

Forensic psychiatric nurse Christine Edun, 55, who lives in Formby, Merseyside, has dedicated her whole life to emulating the style of the decade since she was a teenager, when she began spending hours scouring vintage markets looking for authentic pieces of clothing from the decade.

Christine loved the style of the fashion, the music and the films, and though her childhood obsession started with dresses and handbags, when she moved into her own home Christine started looking for 1940s style furniture, and now says her house is like a treasure trove for vintage goods.

'One of my favourite parts of dressing the way I do is the lingerie and nightwear, and I have even launched my own business selling beautiful underwear online called Femme Fatale.

'The vintage knickers, camis, corsets, stockings and suspenders are so feminine and they feel so beautiful under your clothes.

'The nightwear is also so beautiful. I have gorgeous silk dressing gowns that make me feel like an on-screen goddess!'

[wally_bert]

A favorite of mine for a long time.

[I still care]

Glen Gray is a fave of mine. If you spend time hunting on Amazon, they every so often have very good collections for very little money.

For instance, here are 18 Woody Herman songs strung together for only 89 cents.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BXZ77B6/ref=oh_d__o00_details_o00__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[calex59]

I’m all for it, if they will bring back American values of the ‘40s.

[SevenofNine]

It’s coming back my local PBS station PBS SO CAL going world premire the latest season of Foyle war

IT deal with Foyle help out BRIT GOVT during the late 1940s and early 1950 “Red Scare”

[MinuteGal]

For years, I went to church with hat and gloves. Before that it was mittens with a nickel in the thumb for the collection plate!

I love music of the forties. I remember darn near all the words.

Not too long ago there was a radio station in my area with Golden Oldies 24/7. It seems to have gone the way of the one remaining classical FM station in my central Gulf coast area.....gloom.

Leni

[Pollster1]

A major country today even has a totalitarian socialist leader who matches Germany’s leader from the 1940s, so they can relive that part of the experience too.

[Rodamala]

It's this whole thing where guys look like greasers and are all covered with tats and drive around in hot rods... and all the girls get Betty Page haircuts and are covered with tats and pose like pinup girls on the hot rods.

Clicky

[tomkat]

+1

[jmcenanly]

She just prefers the world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to that of Miley Cyrus and Alan Thicke. As a Forensic psychiatric nurse, she probably sees enough of the insanity of the early 21st century to make a commute back to the 1940’s desirable.

[svcw]

Greasers are the wrong era.
Never know any of them that had ink, but my gosh they had great cars.

[James C. Bennett]

She just prefers the world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to that of Miley Cyrus and Alan Thicke. As a Forensic psychiatric nurse, she probably sees enough of the insanity of the early 21st century to make a commute back to the 1940’s desirable.

I guess the extension of the above 'logic' would be for her to harken back to better, more principled times of the American Revolution and dress up in long skirts and powdered wigs.

She may be a forensic psych nurse, but that doesn't mean she isn't insane.

[MinuteGal]

Huh....?

Leni

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I was born in 1943 and I remember my mom dressing for church. A small stylish black hat held in place with “hat pins”, with a veil. Makeup as described herein. A suit (smart), nylons (w/ seams), heels (3” or so). Gloves and a small clutch hand bag. Perfume was always “Evening in Paris”. Dad wore a dark blue suit, black shoes and a dark blue Fedora.

I wore corduroy knickers, a dress shirt, socks to just below the knee and slip on loafers. I didn't get long pants (for church) until I had been confirmed into the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

I'll never forget the gloves. People didn't have much but they managed to look classy. Times have changed, not necessarily for the better. I think the USA peaked somewhere near the end of the 1950's decade and has been in decline ever since.

Regards,
GtG

PS I still like "Big Band" swing.

[tomkat]

(+1 means I agree with what you wrote)

[I still care]

Try Pandora. http://www.pandora.com/

I keep a good speaker system on my computer and don’t need a radio, etc.

Sending you a link to my personal station via email.

[MinuteGal]

Oh !

(LOL)

Leni

[truth_seeker]

‘The vintage knickers, camis, corsets, stockings and suspenders are so feminine and they feel so beautiful under your clothes.”

WELL, LET US SEE THEM !!!

[tomkat]

lol .. so now you can put down that skillet or whatever it was you were fixin' to launch at me ?

[MinuteGal]

That was new one on me......and I've only been here for over fifteen years!

Leni