I have already been to a "hippie" themed party/dance, at my son's school about 8 years ago! Sharon C.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Land of Oz Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:39 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume... but soon to be! I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam. I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was going to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past of clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full of hippie phrasing like "my old man" "groovy" "fairly heavy cat" "funkiness" "up-tightness" and even the f-bomb. I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was hilarious. We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able to correctly interpret such phrases as "he was a fairly heavy cat" lol! My mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I had admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed sheets, and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the pant's legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!) Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s? :-) This book may prove to be a valuable reference! Denise B Iowa _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
