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  1. ShoreRoadLady

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    Ooh, wonderful! I'm thrilled to see this, because I once made a crochet bag from instructions c. 1915, and it turned out almost exactly like this. Rest assured that the maker of that bag did a lot of work. :)
  2. ShoreRoadLady

    Show us your hair do's....

    Everyone's hair looks fabulous. :eusa_clap Adele, I particularly like the side front wave that you did. That always looks so difficult to pull off - was it?
  3. ShoreRoadLady

    Origin of the "Rope Shoulder"

    I've never heard of the term, but I could sure use a feature like that to keep my purse from sliding off! Very ingenious.
  4. ShoreRoadLady

    Will hemlines drop this year?

    I think you mean a bubble skirt, but I seem to remember the term puffball, too. I had some, when I was under age 10. They looked fabulous then - now, not so much! lol Longer skirt lengths (and not just maxi) are definitely back, especially in high fashion. For instance, Donna Karan's...
  5. ShoreRoadLady

    Le sigh...

    I have slightly wavy hair (depends on how much it's scrunched before air-drying), but it has a tough time holding a real curl when I use heat to set it. I haven't tried a genuine wet-set yet, but when I put my damp hair up into a bun, it will turn into waves when I pull it out at the end of the...
  7. ShoreRoadLady

    Show us your vintage patterns!

    They're all wonderful, but I especially love this one - the unique yoke, and the back inverted pleat. I've never seen a back pleat on a kimono-sleeved garment.
  8. ShoreRoadLady

    Stetson 1940: "The Nonchalance is Blocked In"

    That's better than today's comics. lol From his carefully studied, yet nonchalant grin, you can tell the gentleman in the brown hat really thinks he's made of awesome. :p
  9. ShoreRoadLady

    Marilyn Monroe to launch fashion line.

    I don't know. If done properly, I suppose it could be a good line, but T-shirts don't sound promising. I guess I object to using a long-dead celebrity's name to market someone else's vision of what that celebrity would wear today. Even a reproduction vintage line would be more acceptable...
  10. ShoreRoadLady

    Let's Retire These Movie/TV Plots!

    Alas, you're all too right, LizzieMaine. :( That's a good way of putting it. To be honest, that's one reason I appreciate movies like Spider-Man - advocating responsibility & maturity seems to be rare these days. Diamondback, thanks for the link.
  11. ShoreRoadLady

    Let's Retire These Movie/TV Plots!

    Ha! I love it! Did you draw this comic, or did you get it someplace? Inquiring minds want to know. :)
  13. ShoreRoadLady

    Let's Retire These Movie/TV Plots!

    That reminds me of my other pet plot peeve: Wealthy, proper, but rebellious girl meets carefree boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Boy teaches girl how to be less prissy and proper and encourages her to run away with him. (Titanic, Romeo & Juliet) They almost always have to kill off...
  14. ShoreRoadLady

    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    I would suggest taking it in to a sewing machine shop. Usually they'll look it over for no charge, and then let you know what's wrong and go from there. My machine was handed down from my grandmother, who hadn't used it in probably 10 years (at least). It just would not work smoothly, so I...
  15. ShoreRoadLady

    Wearing a wrist watch on the underside of your wrist

    I always placed the watch face on the outside. It looks much better that way, especially if the clasp/buckle is plain. But I'm clumsy, so I have to be careful not to bash it against things. Well, the pretty one, anyway. I have two watches. The first is the "pretty one", for work wear/dress...
  16. ShoreRoadLady

    Ladies Belts & Buckles: A Primer

    Wow, Vintage Betty - you've done a lot of work here. Thank you! :eusa_clap Accessories are some of the most difficult things for me to identify appropriately.
  17. ShoreRoadLady

    Need thoughts on Cigarette Girl Look

    What a cute dress! The "red, white & blue" color scheme is perfect.
  19. ShoreRoadLady

    Do you "Adopt" discarded Golden Era Items?

    Oh, yes. I can't say that I've bought too many Golden Era items thus far - I don't have the *room* for everything I want - but I definitely have a "stray cat" mentality when it comes to something that might be historical (however insignificant). In fact, this is my worst fear: There's a...
  20. ShoreRoadLady

    Stuff in your PURSE

    I have a medium-size purse with a top zipper, and my incentive to clean it out comes after I've taken 5 minutes to close the zipper in the checkout line because everything's bulging out. :eek: lol I have my staples in the purse, but the "messy" culprits are receipts, beauty products and...
  21. ShoreRoadLady

    Barbigirl - Injured In Auto Accident (Update: & On The Mend!)

    How horrible. She will definitely be in my prayers.
  22. ShoreRoadLady

    Beauty accidents...

    *ow ow ow*! What women suffer for beauty. And that's not even counting the painful stuff we do on purpose. :) When I was a teenager, I was blow-drying my hair one evening, finished up, and went to unplug the hair dryer. You know how beauty product plugs are sometimes, right - those weird...
  23. ShoreRoadLady

    Weird and Forgotten Movies

    "Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris", a 1992 TV movie starring Angela Lansbury. From IMDB: "Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but when she has enough, and takes a trip to Paris, she learns...

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