In England we wore black wide elastic belts at that time that we called "waspie" belts. They had a fastener that had 3 holes in the metal part and on the other end there were 3 bumps of metal that caught inside the holes. I had a felt circular skirt that was for ice skating. I actually bought it in the childrens' department so it was nice and short. Fancy being able to get into a childs size waistband! Today I came across my wedding dress while I was clearing a closet out. I held it up and I think I could get my body in it if I lost half my size.
I remember making a circular cotton skirt at school in the late fifties and managed to catch the fabric in the sewing. It ended up with a hole where I tried to undo/cut the stitching. I put a large patch pocket over the hole and I think I got away with the subterfuge. I think the teacher was distracted that day as another girl sewed her finger under the machine needle. Thanks for the memories. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org --- On Sat, 5/2/09, Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> wrote: From: Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace To: dmt11h...@aol.com Cc: t...@rockbridge.net, lace-chat@arachne.com Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 3:28 PM My poodle skirts never actually had poodles on them... and they were certainly not made of felt, although the poodles on friend's skirts were felt. I think I might have been oblivious to the fashion world during the period of the poodle skirt... until it was passe. (For that matter, I'm still out of touch!!) But I definitely wore the full circle skirt with crinolines, bobby socks (pulled straight up, not folded), and saddle oxfords. Oh... and that black belt around the middle? I remember it was about 3 inches wide and made of black elastic. We wore the belt with the buckle (snap, hook... whatever) in the back. It was supposed to look cool too... but I remember that unless you stayed pretty still, the skirt slipped down or the blouse peeked out under the belt, and cool went right out the window. Think about it, Tamara... why would anyone want to wear something that looks like underwear and bare most of their mid-section? The "fashion" of youth does not follow rational rules. Clay dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: > Tamara writes: > > >> Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a large felt poodle. >> > > <<Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a poodle? Why not some other dog?>> > Because it was cool! > Gawd! You sound like my parents! > > I never had any cool stuff. > Everyone else had cool stuff. > > > > > > **************Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027) > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
