[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

What’s up with the 1940’s pompadours? And how do they get their hair to stand up like that?
Add the prairies dresses and they’re early rockabilly. Sure it looks a tad fetishistic, but it would be a welcome fad after all the years of over-exposed tart styles.
(I live in an area of PA with more than its share of seniors. If I went out dressed like that, the old duffers here would be charging up San Juan Hill for a glimpse of ankle.)

[sportutegrl]

Where I'm from, the UPC (United Pentecostal Church) would dress like that. They believed the Bible said that it was a sin to dress as a member of the opposite dress, so no pants or short hair for women. Is this so wrong?

The hair is not in a pompadour or fancy teased style, it is variations of a pile or twist of hair on the head, to get it off the neck and out of the way. Some UPC'ers told me that only their husbands were allowed to see their hair 'down'. Single girls would have hair down to their behind. It was not so very long ago when a woman would 'let her hair down' was considered shocking.

[Armedanddangerous]

someone else said to me, ‘wouldnt it be something if they were going commando under those granny dresses?”