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  1. Drappa

    Does your vintage wardrobe have to match your vintage house?

    I don't think I even understand the question. A family or couple in the 30s would have acquired a house then, if they were able to, and lived in it for several decades. So the same family would have lived in their 1930s (or earlier) built house in the 1950s, and I'm sure wouldn't have thought...
  2. Drappa

    Hanging your laundry on a clothesline

    We live in military housing and have two cement pillars provided in the garden for a clothesline. This "summer" has been far too wet to use it, however. I don't hang socks or underwear up outside as I'm just not that comfortable with neighbours on two sides seeing them. I only use the dryer...
  3. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    I still have to disagree with you Lolita Haze, but that's fine. I think personal responsibility can only go so far. Nobody said that people were merely complaining. As shown by those teenage girls demanding that magazines abolish photo shopping, their parents did apparently do their job well and...
  4. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Don't you believe in society also having a social responsibility to the people of all ages, genders, ethnicities etc. though? If we put ALL responsibility on the parents and say "society is like this, deal with it", we also absolve society. That would be akin to accepting crime as a given...
  5. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    If you see them like a performance critique and are able to take only the positives it may just mean that you are strong in yourself. I would guess that most teenage girls who read these don't have that strength yet, some never will, and many adult women also don't. Also, why does there need to...
  7. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    You are working on a few assumptions here that are not necessarily a given. Models are not simply "pretty people", in fact there are often much prettier people who could, for a variety of reasons, never be a model nowadays. Many people don't find the extremely thin models of today particularly...
  8. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    I've read it, and agree with you. It does seem to be somewhat Anglo-centric though.
  9. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    We could respond to what you said if you had a) actually ever read a Cosmo, b) understood the varied nuances of feminism in theory and practice and c) weren't so utterly confused about empowerment, feminism and ladettes (who are only a very small minority of women today anyway).
  10. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    So eloquently put!!! Thank you.
  11. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Indeed. Cosmo is nothing but another status quo rag encoraging women to be skinny, pretty, expensively dressed and submissive to men. You only need to read the cover on any given month with at least three articles on how to better please your man or be seen as less demanding or needy.
  13. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Exactly. It always boggles my mind that those who are offensive try to then determine at which point something becomes offensive. It's not about intent, either. If the offended party finds something rude it is up to them to decide which is acceptable, since the offender's sensibilities are...
  14. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    You don't need to be so melodramatic. Nobody said a man's opinion was worth less. There are however issues that affect mainly or exclusively women, so in that instance it is a moot point to tell them how useful or failed something is. I'd say as of recently, thanks to feminism, is it...
  15. Drappa

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    ^Why don't you let feminists themselves or indeed women and girls decide what the supposed "chief failure of feminism" has been? Still having people like you tell women how they should behave and think on a regular basis (and thinking that is morally superior, clever and helpful) is one of the...
  16. Drappa

    Vintage Inspired Home Linens ect.

    http://www.horrocksesfashions.co.uk/horrockses/bedlinen.asp
  17. Drappa

    The ones that got away

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290733989326?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648#ht_720wt_1165 I have liked this dress for a while, but always thought it too pricey. The auction started quite reasonable, but somehow ended for nearly £50 more than the dress currently sells on the...
  19. Drappa

    Do you think there could be a second Great Depression?

    I would happily hand over half my pay cheque in order to be guaranteed decent health care. Germans pay high fees for health insurance, but despite their constant complaining the care is quick and outstanding. Having lived in the UK for seven years now, I can confirm that it is indeed comparable...
  20. Drappa

    Sewing help, how to get thin straps right side out again.

    I have that tool, but haven't been able to use it correctly in the last few projects - it never seems to grip the fabric properly! I usually use a really sall safety pin, so you can feel the metal inside and push it to the other side, or just do it by hand, but that can take ages.
  21. Drappa

    Is chivalry dead?

    I considered, but had no reception on the boat and also didn't know how to explain the location if I had gotten through, as it was out of town along the banks of the canal. Not sure if anyone else did. Some of the big strapping men who walked past certainly could have handled it themselves. Had...
  22. Drappa

    Is chivalry dead?

    I would have said not quite yesterday, but today I am not sure. Whilst taking a boat trip on a canal today we went past three teenagers on the bank. One of the boys was on the floor, one was kicking him with all his might and the third one was filming it all on his phone. Several adult men...
  23. Drappa

    Favorite Repro 1930s dress makers?

    There's a great German dressmaker at http://www.vecona.de/index.php?page=collection (I believe she is the girlfriend of the Lounge's own Flat Foot Fooey) and I think there's some 30s clothes there as well.

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