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Waiddaminnit! 50’s fashion is some of the best, sexiest and most fun fashion ever. You need to look a little closer at what the 50’s gals wore. I was seriously dynamite in my mint green spaghetti strap summeer dress, with the mini-pleated full skirt and three, count them! Three crinolines, one yellow, one pink and one white. Worn, of course, with my mint green skimmers and white gloves. Had a little net hat-let with it, too. And yes, the purse was mint green. Fox News Babes are todays version of 50’s dress.

Thanks but I grew up in the 1950’s and I cringe at some of the things we wore as fashion. For example, I well remember hoops being in fashion for a very short period of time when I was either in high school or junior high. I can also remember how they popped up when a girl sat down! I have thought about trying to find some of the black and white shoes, whatever they were called. Really liked them! Oh, and how can anyone forget penny loafers or when flip flops came into fashion and hearing them plop down the halls. The teachers should have told us not to wear them. Oh, and girls did not wear pants to school but all of those crinolines. Can remember starching them heavily to make them stand out more. Boy, those were the days. I still have a formal I wore in high school. Does not fit anymore but at least I have it! I think 3 or 4 relatives wore it after I did but I did get it back. Wow, paid a whole $35 for it. Was pale blue with tiny lace ruffles all down the skirt and was strapless. Wonder what I should do with it. I love some of the music from back then, too. In fact, one of my favorite stations is bostonpete.com which has a dj playing old cowboy western music. Oh, remembered the shoes, saddle oxfords! Do they still make them?

You, too???

My favorite sundress was a pastel striped under dress, covered by a dark green jungle voile that allowed the colors from underneath to show through. Loads of crinolines and strappy sandals for an evening at the Muny Opera in Forest Park. A little summer evening bag, and I was good to go with a shawl for late in the evening when it grew cool. I felt like the Duchess of York. ;-)

I was seriously dynamite in my mint green spaghetti strap summeer dress, with the mini-pleated full skirt and three, count them! Three crinolines, one yellow, one pink and one white. Worn, of course, with my mint green skimmers and white gloves. Had a little net hat-let with it, too. And yes, the purse was mint green.

Sigh.

That takes me back to the excitement of receiving the Spring-Summer edition of the Sears Book, with a sunny day picture on the front of a smiling lady in a shirtwaist, available in an array of ice cream colors.

"Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer..."

You wuz da Bomb!