tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7144171233899706660..comments2024-03-28T18:16:09.693+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Towards the End of the Morning by Michael FraynClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-81037548293925910212013-12-02T20:48:14.844+00:002013-12-02T20:48:14.844+00:00Yes this was more of a comment than a recommendati...Yes this was more of a comment than a recommendation. And we're all better off without girdles...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-10602677259682733032013-12-02T20:44:07.641+00:002013-12-02T20:44:07.641+00:00Thank goodness, this does not appeal to me. I neve...Thank goodness, this does not appeal to me. I never (well, hardly ever) get humor anyway. I actually wore a girdle when I was very young... and did not need to. Archaic. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41690118976989232422013-12-02T12:00:36.584+00:002013-12-02T12:00:36.584+00:00Thanks for making me laugh on an otherwise rubbish...Thanks for making me laugh on an otherwise rubbishy Monday morning at work........do I detect a hint of cynicism? 2020 indeed, I might have to delay it now to spite you!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-10899170215456697132013-12-02T11:58:01.487+00:002013-12-02T11:58:01.487+00:00I read Spies - will be interested to see what you ...I read Spies - will be interested to see what you make of it. When is that scheduled - round about 2020?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9202402121374354832013-12-02T09:25:36.025+00:002013-12-02T09:25:36.025+00:00Spies and A Landing on the Sun.
Humour is so hit ...Spies and A Landing on the Sun. <br />Humour is so hit and miss really, difficult to pull off and impossible to please everyone. Maybe I can read Spies for my as yet unset Espionage challange.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53522182115237308992013-12-02T09:17:58.371+00:002013-12-02T09:17:58.371+00:00Col, many people love him and find him very funny,...Col, many people love him and find him very funny, but he just doesn't do it for me. Which other ones do you have?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-10490523761941143292013-12-02T09:17:20.538+00:002013-12-02T09:17:20.538+00:00I know - the comparative freedom we have is amazin...I know - the comparative freedom we have is amazing. The people who wore girdles probably felt they had freedom compared with those who wore corsets and stays, I'm guessing. You couldn't lounge in a corset. No wonder old chairs and sofas don't look that comfortable - women certainly couldn't relax in themClothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14971286838282143402013-12-02T04:23:02.277+00:002013-12-02T04:23:02.277+00:00I can probably get through life without this one t...I can probably get through life without this one then Doesn't have me rushing headlong to the couple of Frayn books I do have though.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71910871095187939792013-12-02T02:14:21.166+00:002013-12-02T02:14:21.166+00:00Moira - There's a fine line isn't there be...Moira - There's a fine line isn't there between what is witty and what isn't. And I have to say, although your review is fantastic as always, the book doesn't interest me (other than of course as a period piece).<br /> And honestly, I can't imagine wearing one of those girdles... Funny how what 'counts' as 'must haves' for women's underclothes has changed so much. I think I find the evolution of those views as interesting as anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45102634544474557112013-12-01T17:04:24.434+00:002013-12-01T17:04:24.434+00:00I went back to stockings in the 70s, but you can&#...I went back to stockings in the 70s, but you can't get proper ones any more! And "they" now make tights and socks that fit tall people. Only took them 30 years.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55297747891685022362013-12-01T11:03:55.317+00:002013-12-01T11:03:55.317+00:00Yes indeed - thinking about this, and about Xmas, ...Yes indeed - thinking about this, and about Xmas, I was remembering in a magazine of the time (Jackie maybe?) advice on getting a present for your Mum: buy her tights and stop her wearing draughty old stockings. It is not a new thing that young people know better and more than their parents....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3296955658910174802013-12-01T10:53:05.719+00:002013-12-01T10:53:05.719+00:00Love their idea of "wild"! This was the ...Love their idea of "wild"! This was the moment when women were burning their bras (or buying very light ones for the "natural look"), and wearing tights instead of stockings, so they no longer needed girdles. The manufacturers of restrictive corsetry worried that soon no-one would buy their products - and lo, soon nobody did!Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com