swinggal
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I'm not a big fan of this skirt. Reminds me of the prints on 70s maxi dresses. Or maybe Pippi Longstocking?
Ugg...aweful!
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The Golden Era's *ugliest* clothes
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Ugg...aweful!
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I think my mother has that pot holder! And in the same fabric pattern she has the 70's answer to a snuggie, which is kind of like a short and odd sleeping bag for half a person.
Puzzicato
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That's really interesting, thank you! I've also looked at those Sears ads and thought it must have been the new chic thing.
Land-O-LakesGal
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Hey sheep lady I think I remember my older sister having one of those too it snapped up the front and had a bad patchwork print like the pot holder skirt (only not as bright)
Lauren
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I think the 70s ruined a lot of things that originated in the "golden era". lol!
Amy Jeanne
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I used to have a pattern picture saved of a maxi-dress from the 1930s. It was DEF a 1930s pattern, but it was drawn like it came from the 70s -- much like that skirt. I think it may have been drawn with paisleys on it. It was a time traveller pattern.
NancyLouise
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All I can see in that skirt is hippie patchwork pants
LizzieMaine
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That's one way to use up the fabric remnants.
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YES!!! That is the 1970's snuggie! (Not that I own a snuggie, but I'm not sure what else it would be called, except weird freakish sleeping bag). I still have my mother's, although I've never been able to figure out how to use it effectively.
HadleyH
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Fascinated, repelled, hypnotized all in the same breath
Drappa
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Are you sure that isn't a re-purposed toilet roll cover? Maybe whoever put this on the head got confused...
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Drappa, that's the thing... i can not assure you of anything lol
I'm hungry, so all my inner eye sees right now is this
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The bust has kool-aid lip! lol
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HadleyH
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Lol Lady Day!
it has, and what puzzles me the most: the piece projecting from the front of the cap! that twisted visor like artifact? ... :eeek: I can't understand the motivation for that!
W4ASZ
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Fascinated, repelled, hypnotized all in the same breath
I was on my way to another thread.
There's a Medusa thing going on here. :eeek:
ThePowderKeg
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I'm not sure which bothers me more, the fact that the jacket looks backwards or the shark fin coming out of her head.
Although both pale in comparison to the toilet paper cover/merengue/Medusa atrocity above. Good lord.
Amy Jeanne
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A little before "Golden Era" (1918), but still ugly. Ugly "bubble pants." Didn't these make a comeback in the 1980s? lol
Lauren
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Love this. So WWI home front. Pretty adventurous for 1918! There was a pattern I missed out on that was for one of these outfits.
Would I wear it today? Heck no. lol But to a WWI era event, with pleasure
I found some pretty horrific things in a catalog last night. I'll have to scan them in later today
Would I wear it today? Heck no. lol But to a WWI era event, with pleasure
I found some pretty horrific things in a catalog last night. I'll have to scan them in later today
OMG! The first garment I ever sewed was overalls very similar to the checkered pair, in green floral quilting cotton. UGH! I thought I was so cool. I wore it with a matching floppy hat, a la Blossom.A little before "Golden Era" (1918), but still ugly. Ugly "bubble pants." Didn't these make a comeback in the 1980s? lol
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