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  1. Alice Blue

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Nadezhda Popova, one of the female Russian WWII bomber pilots known as the "Night Witches." Popova flew 852 missions. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/world/europe/nadezhda-popova-ww-ii-night-witch-dies-at-91.html...
  2. Alice Blue

    Writing / logos on clothing.

    My, that's a large crocodile. Prior to seeing this I thought that a small embroidered logo was traditional, but that large logos such as the giant Ralph Lauren polo logos were a vulgar modern invention. I wonder if this was a riff on school or club insignia on sports blazers?
  3. Alice Blue

    Show Us Your Purchases....GUYS !

    So Close to Greatness: The Biography of William C. Bullitt. Congratulations on the suit!
  4. Alice Blue

    Oh, the Stigma of an Astigmatism. . .

    Those are attractive specs. I also have Kate Spade cateye frames: the Roberta model. I have quite a round face and find that completely rimless glasses or the round forties style specs aren't flattering at all. When I got these I was quite satisfied to make merely a nodding reference to...
  5. Alice Blue

    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    I'm making some culottes, which got me wondering about the 40's playsuits with culottes and skirts. Was the skirt worn *over* the culottes? (The pattern cover illustrations below make me think that it was.) In that case, did the skirt attach somehow? Simplicity 2013, 1947 Simplicity 1020...
  7. Alice Blue

    Womens WWII uniforms?

    Slate recently published a packing list issued to Army nurses during WWII: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/05/21/women_at_war_packing_advice_for_wwii_army_nurses_headed_for_europe.html
  8. Alice Blue

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Ken Burns' 1985 documentary on Huey Long. It dawned on me as I was reading It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis that the baddie is a nasty caricature of Long.
  9. Alice Blue

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    White gloves. I actually had a pair as a little girl but don´t recall wearing them anywhere.
  10. Alice Blue

    Living a Ration Book Life

    The current turn this discussion has taken has caused me to get out one of my favorite books again: Forties Fashion, From Siren Suits to the New Look by Jonathan Walford. This book has broad international coverage, and gives you a sense of government restrictions and material shortages in many...
  11. Alice Blue

    Show me the ropes?

    Hi boondogglejane, welcome to the Lounge. It might be worth taking a look at this FAQ: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/FAQ.html . It's also worth reading the stickies at the top of the Powder Room forum. If you want to introduce yourself, there is an Introduction thread in the Observation...
  13. Alice Blue

    What Are You Reading

    It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis. He wrote it in 1935, and the premise is a takeover of the United States by homespun American fascists.
  14. Alice Blue

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    I love this young lady. The slim belted dress (or blouse and skirt?) makes me think 1930s, although I'm not sure about the young lady's hairstyle, the man's trousers or the cars and what date they might indicate. Hmm, the photo is not appearing - the link at Flickr is...
  15. Alice Blue

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    Hello FF, I see the move to more casual dress and grooming standards as a gradual transition rather than an abrupt crash of some sort. I am also old enough to remember the patent sense of relief that my elders felt at the relaxation of what had been a fairly rigid dress code. When I was a kid...
  16. Alice Blue

    Etiquette of attending WWII events in vintage?

    Thanks for the advice, fellas. Naturally, the Battleship Cove event is the same weekend as a vintage car and plane show in MA. (The "first edition" of the Great New England Wings and Wheels will have static planes. It is a replacement for the previous military air show which fell prey to...
  17. Alice Blue

    Etiquette of attending WWII events in vintage?

    Later this summer there will be a "World War II weekend" at Battleship Cove in Fall River Massachusetts. According to the description below, there will be living history people present. I am not a member of any reenactment group but was thinking it might be fun to attend in a summer dress made...
  19. Alice Blue

    Giant 40's catalog, I take requests!

    I'd be interested in (non-underwear) women's clothing. I wonder if "Slipovers, koftor, jumpers" refers to men's sweaters only?
  20. Alice Blue

    What are you listening to?

    Since I'm leaving for music camp tomorrow, I'm listening to a camp song that came out 50 years ago this summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0
  21. Alice Blue

    Ad: the "soul" of the Leica M-Monochrome

    "It’s not often an ad gets recognized as a phenomenal piece of cinematography, but that’s what has happened for the short film ‘Alma’ (translated: “soul”) produced by Sentimental Filme for the release of the Leica M-Monochrome at the Leica Store in São Paulo. Not associated with Leica Camera AG...
  22. Alice Blue

    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    According to A World Undone, a history of WWI by G.J. Meyer, the German food supply also failed because they did not deploy women into agricultural labor as was done in Britain and the US. My grandparents grew up in Sweden during WWI and complained later about having nothing to eat but...
  23. Alice Blue

    Harry Truman's Shoe Collection

    I wonder if this picture in the article was taken at the Little White House in Key West? It's worth a visit if you're in KW.

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