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    If you knew tomorrow was your last day on earth, what would be your last movie?

    Geoff - It's all relative. If 29 people read your question, 29 people could all interpret it differently. That's the beauty (and aggrevation) of open forums like this. I meant nothing personal by my response, I just answered it honestly. But if I were to watch a movie, i think it would be...
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    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    I've seen vintage bullet bra pads that are conical shaped to stuff your bullet bra with on eBay. I don't know if anyone sells new ones. Perhaps one of the other ladies here knows. I don't buy vintage bras ever because they never fit me, so I'm out of the loop on this one.
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    Dita Von Teese

    Ha! So true...
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    The ones that got away

    If it makes you feel better, these aren't bakelite. They're probably lucite. Bakelite was never was made in a pearlized color. It would have always been a solid color or transparent. Plus, bakelite fell out of fashion by the 1950s when these glasses would have been made. Lucite was the new...
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    vintage raincoats

    I found a picture of the Brox sisters in Hollywood Revue of 1929 and while it's one big rain coat that all three of them are in, it does appear to be transparent.
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    vintage raincoats

    If you watch Hollywood Revue of 1929, when Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) performs Singin' in the Rain, I think all the chorus girls are wearing transparent raincoats. I could be wrong though, it's been years since I've seen this movie and it's never been released on video as far as I know...
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    Dita Von Teese

    Please don't forget that these Playboy cover photos are *highly* touched up. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the photo was manipulated to make her waist look even smaller. The headline does say "the return of fetish" after all.
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    Pocketwatches

    Besides being made for keepsakes to loved ones, these were also made as mourning jewelry. The hair was clipped from a deceased loved one. I have a really intricate mourning brooch woven from hair. It's a bow shape on top of a beaded shape that I can only describe as looking like the tip of a...
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    Cooking with Spry?

    Spry was a vegetable shortening that had a popular advertising campaign in the 30s, 40s & 50s with a character called Aunt Jenny. She was a "loveable and plain" Aunt Bea sort of creation that older ladies were supposed to be able to relate to. Spry used Aunt Jenny in ads and promotional...
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    Skin problems from stomach problems :(

    I find a lot of soap (especially those with acne treatments in them) to be too harsh for my skin, but I find the Jason brand tea tree oil body wash to work well. The tea tree oil helps to treat acne, but the soap is still gentle on my skin. Plus it's organic and Lauryl/Laureth Sulfates free...
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    Show us your hair do's....

    That's what I thought. Something with a wire in it that she can bend into that U-shape. Kind of like those bendy hair curlers.
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    Can you help me date this item??

    I agree. Just looking at the pin on the back of the brooch tells me that it's probably not from the 20s. More than likely, a 20s brooch wouldn't have a locking clasp for the pin.
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    Snobbery in the Lounge?

    lol Yes, we can agree! lol
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    Snobbery in the Lounge?

    I can't stand wasting my time squabbling over silly things that teenagers normally cause drama over. I don't want to be involved, I think it's a waste of time and energy. We all have enough drama in our *real* lives, we don't need to compound it by making more. I'll just end my response by...
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    Snobbery in the Lounge?

    I answered the movie question honestly and without making any personal digs at anyone. I fail to see how I was being snobbish. I barely even post messages, let alone know any of the fellow posters well enough to be a snob towards them or not. This is such a waste of time, I'm done.
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    If you knew tomorrow was your last day on earth, what would be your last movie?

    I answered the question honestly, didn't I? :rolleyes: So the point is to answer the question dishonestly? I meant no offense, that's just how I would answer that question.
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    If you knew tomorrow was your last day on earth, what would be your last movie?

    If I had one day left, I wouldn't want to waste time watching a movie!
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    Nothing but Seamed Stockings

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    Keeping White Clothes White

    I've never had a problem with white cottons, just the colored things. I've hand washed delicate vintage linens, hand-made doilies and table runners in it without a problem. I really do think oxyclean makes a weird chemical reaction with some of the chemicals in various fabrics and dyes, so you...
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    Keeping White Clothes White

    I wouldn't use it on vintage rayons and acetates. I washed a vintage rayon gaberdine western shirt and an acetate tea timer in oxyclean and it made the fabric just fall apart and disintergrate. It also made the gold metallic paint in the tea timer turn green. It think that something in the...
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