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  1. Amy Jeanne

    The Biba Look

    I'm a costume-y type of gal, so I do appreciate high, fake eyebrows. I think they look good. Don't like 'em? Look the other way.
  2. Amy Jeanne

    The Biba Look

    Yes, that's true. Drawn on brows can sometimes look bad -- no doubt about that lol But seriously, my natural brows are blonde and sparse. My grandmother is the same way. I'm just SO UNHAIRY!! I've been drawing mine on for about 12 years now so I have it down to a science. Not all drawn-on...
  3. Amy Jeanne

    Question about movie distribution and viewing in "the day"

    Thanks Lizzie!! That answers a lot of loose questions I've had! As for the independant theatres, would those be your friendly neighbourhood theatre in Anytown, USA -- or were some of these theatres owned by the corporations? In my neighbourhood, for example, there was the Upsal Theatre and...
  4. Amy Jeanne

    The Biba Look

    Nothing wrong with shaved and drawn on eyebrows. I actually get a little annoyed when people say negative things about it. I don't HAVE eyebrows. I'm very blonde and what I do have isn't worth having so I draw them on. I look 100x better. I actually don't like thick, dark eyebrows, but if...
  5. Amy Jeanne

    Question about movie distribution and viewing in "the day"

    Of all the film books I've ever read there is just one thing that I never really got a clear answer on (or maybe I just don't understand it), but HOW ON EARTH were movie distributed in the 20s and 30s? To be clearer: Did they have just ONE print of a movie that traveled around the world? I...
  7. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    My other grandmother was born in 1901 and I never met her, but apparently she said that women who bobbed their hair were "sl*ts". lol. Here SHE is:
  8. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    Because I prefer female input and DON'T want it to turn into a "the past was/wasn't better because of XYZ" argument. That post isn't about this. I just want some girly-type ideas and questions to ask my grandma because I' most interested in the female point of view from back then (and now).
  9. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    Good questions LM. I didn't even think of asking her about stockings. I know her favourite radio programme was The Green Hornet, but I'd like to ask her more about radio and TV. She also told me once that her Aunt Lillian took her to New York City to see a television display. She told...
  10. Amy Jeanne

    Show us what you've made!

    I haz made a dress! From 1933. The pattern was missing the over-sleeve piece and I opted out of the chest bow -- not a good decoration for the large busted! lol I would have liked to have made it longer, but I was about a half a yard of material too short (don't you just hate that?)
  11. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    Our conversation was lighthearted and is only HER point of view from the town SHE lived. Some people here think the past was better and that is fine and others know full-well that some things were indeed better and some things were way worse. I didn't get too political with my grandmother...
  13. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    Alo, I want to compile some questions. If you gals have any suggestions I would love them. Especially girlie-type questions! Hehe!
  14. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    About 2 years ago my grandmother was held up at gunpoint IN BROAD DAYLIGHT by three 15 year old boys. She bascially told them to get stuffed and then laid it on her car horn. The wimps ran away. And the gun? A BB gun! They didn't get a thing from her except her wrath lol My grandmother is...
  15. Amy Jeanne

    Lola Lamour

    Oh I'd LOVE to see it and I would get a huge kick out of how awful and twisted it is. My husband is from England so he's told me all about that newspaper. I'm sure he'd be happy to "translate" for me what is going on. Haha!! I do adore the gals on it, especially Joanne. She just seems like...
  16. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    I went to visit my grandmother today and I finally asked her some questions I've been meanign to ask her for ages about life in the 1940s. She was born in 1929 so she was a teenager then. Also, she comes from a very tiny, working-class town so her answers are not representative of everyone and...
  17. Amy Jeanne

    Lola Lamour

    Boooo!!! Time Warp Wives is "Blocked" in my country. LAME. Also, I agree that Joanne Massey is a lovely name and prefer it over Lola Lamour, but whatev -- she's still fantastic.
  19. Amy Jeanne

    10 Weirdest Beauty Devices

    My husband said that one of his relatives worked in a watch factory and they painted them with a radioactive substance. He says they used to put it on their tounges and turn out the light.
  20. Amy Jeanne

    Best places to buy fabric online?

    jandofabrics.com The store is also amazing. They have EVERYTHING all in neat aisles, coordinated by theme and then colour. It's a neat freak seamstress's dream come true.
  21. Amy Jeanne

    10 Restaruants & Retailers We Miss

    Yep, I remember this! It was near the portrait studio. lol I also remember little lunch counters in local stores such as Bradlees, Dry Goods, and Two Guys. They were very SEVENTIES when I got old enough to realise them. Chi-Chi's was gross. Don't miss it. I do miss Tower Records...
  22. Amy Jeanne

    Where does vintage begin and end for you?

    I live in a building built in 1926 which actually has maintained almost all of it's original features (aside from things that NEED to be updated like stove, sink, fridge, and toilet.) Got pics on my FB. Add me, Rue, if you have one, too :)
  23. Amy Jeanne

    10 Weirdest Beauty Devices

    More weirdness: 1912 1912 1924 1928 1924. WHAT???!!!! 1934

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