[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Women's Fashion
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:36:34 -0800 (PST)
I have no fashion sense, either. All the time I was
growing up, my mother, to whom how I looked was
important, took me shopping, and even when I was an
adult, she bought me clothes for Christmas and
birthdays. My favorite and only attire, unless I have
to get dressed up for a reason, is pants--I'm not the
jeans type--and a sweatshirt--which is why I love cold
weather. When it's hot, I have to wear blouses with my
pants, but they are plain--plain colors, plain
style--for those of you who are old enough, the kind
ship-and-shore used to make. Recently I've found that
the men's section in department stores are where I can
find the syles I like--simpe Oxford--or Penney's of
the Haband catalog.
If I have to buy something for a special occasion,
like when my duaghter got married a couple of years
ago, I take a friend with me who has more of a fashion
sense than I. smile
Oh--I take it back--the one time I did want to be
fashionable was when I was in high school. I *had* to
have circle skirts and badly wanted cashmere sweaters;
I was lucky enough to get one (they were very
expensive) for my birthday. I also *had* to have an
angora sweater--big mistake--it shed, but oh, did it
feel soft. And I wanted loafers, after having been
made to ear Oxfords or tie shoes for solong. Another
mistake--they stretched and felt too loose and
flip-flopped. And, agakn for those of you who might be
old enough to remember, and for those who are young
enough to laugh--shes with crepe soles were the
fashion, and I got a pair of those. Another
mistake--they began to squeak. I was a library asst.
during what would have been my study-hall period, and
whenever I went into the quiet study hall to give out
library slips, I sqeaked--embarrassing.
Cindy
--- Erin Baker Edgar <sprite156@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lora/Cindy,
> According to my mother anyway, I have terrible
> fashion sense as well. I
> suppose that, when I was younger, she dressed me
> rather conservatively and,
> because I'm blind, I tended not to observe/think
> about these things. So of
> course, now that I'm thirty and have been dressing
> this way for so long,
> conservative is what feels most comfortable.
> (Since we are on the subject
> of jeans, this would mean jeans that rest high on
> the waist rather than the
> hips and do not drag on the floor.) <smile>
>
> Regarding blending in with coworkers, I simply ask
> what type of clothing is
> appropriate and then go with that. (Business casual
> + nice blazer+nice
> blouse+cotton twill slacks; Suit + pants-suit--if I
> have to wear full-scale
> panty-hose, I get runs the size of Texas or Alaska,
> depending on my luck of
> the day.) <g>
>
> Erin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 1:28 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Women's Fashion
>
>
> > You'll be interested in a section of a book O'm
> > validating now, criss cross--written with great
> humor.
> > The girls want to wear jeans that are
> > fashionable--bell-bottom jeans that drag onthe
> > floor--but their mothers want them dressed in
> > something else that they think is more
> appropriate. So
> > the girls somehow bought the jeans and change
> behind a
> > rhdodenron bush into them before going to school.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Lora <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm inclined to go out and buy a new wardrobe,
> >> probably starting in January
> >> and taking a few months, since clothes are
> >> expensive. My problem is, I have
> >> terrible fashion sense. Of course, one of the
> best
> >> ways to tell what's
> >> fashionable and what's not is through
> observation.
> >> What are your coworkers
> >> wearing? What looks good? What doesn't? What
> is
> >> in style this season, and
> >> how does that change next season?
> >>
> >> I'm curious how others obtain these answers, and
> how
> >> you approach shopping
> >> for clothes, especially if you might have to do
> it
> >> alone.
> >>
> >> I'm happy to discuss this on list, but it's
> >> definitely far afield from
> >> books. If you want, we could set up a mailing
> list
> >> somewhere, if there's
> >> enough interest, so we don't spam other
> >> Booksharians.
> >>
> >> Feel free to contact me off list at
> >> loravara@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Lora
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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