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    Show us your hair do's....

    My hair is literally four feet long and thick. I would love to come up with a vintage looking style that is not school marmish. Anyone have any ideas?
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    They look really classy. When I get a decent pic of mine, I'll post it. You got some nice friends!
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    Cloth Diapers?

    My father worked for a diaper service when I was a kid. I remember going down to the plant on saturdays while he serviced the giant washers and dryers they used. We used to climb into the dryers to pry off the melted plastic pants that people accidentally dumped into their diaper pails. I...
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    Dieting practices of women in the 1950s & '40s?

    I do believe some people still wore a form of corset in the 20s. MY grandmother talked of wearing one to get that 'flat' look that was so popular then. She had been very well endowed. I think the 'thin' image is one that we get from films of the era. Back then to get into movies, women had to...
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    I have a pair of windsor type. They are not made by windsor but they are round with the saddle nose and cable temples. They are WWII era from france. They don't fall off my face and they don't slide down and they're as light as a feather. I don't know why they don't make glasses like this...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hi all, I'm Dis. Like Etienne I'm wishing to age gracefully. I was told that I had my own sense of style before kids came along. It got kind of lost in maternity clothes and mothering. Now the kids are getting older and I have made the shocking discovery that I am not getting any younger. Can...
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    Got a new pair of glasses...

    Very classy! That style with the coating on the rims is called Zylo. I recently discovered that I wasn't going to get any younger and I'm old enough to be appalled at the face that looks back at me in the mirror. I decided to wear what I like regardless of popular fashion and vintage has...

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