tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post3260811030197809558..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Ballet SecretsClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-77004207751951080462017-09-16T21:45:35.095+01:002017-09-16T21:45:35.095+01:00Oh very interesting, no-one else has mentioned tha...Oh very interesting, no-one else has mentioned that. I remember elasticated waists, but not the arrangement you describe.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19459297487110756062017-09-15T18:33:08.333+01:002017-09-15T18:33:08.333+01:00My daughter's school skirts have elastic with ...My daughter's school skirts have elastic with holes in at the waists so you can adjust as necessary for a skinny child.RosieHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58322749550872287422017-08-22T22:10:08.137+01:002017-08-22T22:10:08.137+01:00Thanks for comment, and yes there is plenty to say...Thanks for comment, and yes there is plenty to say about dancewear, it would make someone a lovely topic. Now I'm thinking - did they wear bras of any kind?<br />Nice story about Martha Graham.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-92112490707139776262017-08-22T22:09:05.322+01:002017-08-22T22:09:05.322+01:00Every household needs a copy! And not derailing at...Every household needs a copy! And not derailing at all - following on from Lissa's reminder I had to do a whole post on the Michael Green book, which you can find here https://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/mysteries-of-blogging-and-amdram.html<br />And apparently everyone loves that book...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78667112074171448052017-08-22T22:06:56.777+01:002017-08-22T22:06:56.777+01:00As if!As if!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30188858594810431952017-08-20T23:02:40.730+01:002017-08-20T23:02:40.730+01:00Oh, I'm so glad you didn't say "Gee, ...Oh, I'm so glad you didn't say "Gee, we didn't miss you at all." Hee.carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-89636161503717993532017-08-20T13:05:24.959+01:002017-08-20T13:05:24.959+01:00This is something I always wanted to know--I had o...This is something I always wanted to know--I had often read references to "gartering" dance hose, but couldn't visualize how they'd do it. I'd often think about it when I watch dancers in early movies--we seem to be seeing such a smooth line all the way up. <br /><br />Somebody needs to write the history of wearing dance wear!<br /><br />BTW, when I started wearing hose they still had seams, and were shaped wider at the calves and thighs--it was tricky to figure out your size, and many of us went around with wrinkles and bags behind our knees and around our tween-aged spindly ankles. No amount of tightness in the garters could smooth those ugly '50's "nylons" out. <br /> <br />Slightly off-topic, but I seem to remember a bio of Martha Graham describing one of her company's early dances. They wore long gowns of some newly-invented knit, and the voluminous skirts kept stretching because of their own weight, so every couple of performances they had to snip an inch off all of their hems. Susan Chapekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252791586632301650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90469812809047215602017-08-20T12:22:57.997+01:002017-08-20T12:22:57.997+01:00Not to derail this wonderful post, but Coarse Acti...Not to derail this wonderful post, but Coarse Acting is a favorite in our [theatrical] household. Susan Chapekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252791586632301650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41566447232876085612017-08-20T11:28:58.309+01:002017-08-20T11:28:58.309+01:00Phew - you're not allowed to go offline Paula!...Phew - you're not allowed to go offline Paula!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39175942222053057202017-08-20T11:28:09.336+01:002017-08-20T11:28:09.336+01:00Cherry: yes, I'd forgotten that about maternit...Cherry: yes, I'd forgotten that about maternity clothes. And yes, I can just remember. I can also remember reading in a girls' magazine some advice on Christmas presents. It said 'give your Mum some tights, save her from draughty old stockings'.<br />Paula, that's hilarious about the sweets, surely could be a good sitcom moment.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28135644926519133592017-08-20T11:26:04.871+01:002017-08-20T11:26:04.871+01:00No, it would show far too much...No, it would show far too much...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55285966666181969442017-08-20T00:00:13.331+01:002017-08-20T00:00:13.331+01:00Ha. Hi, Kathy!
Yep, I was very, very happy to giv...Ha. Hi, Kathy!<br /><br />Yep, I was very, very happy to give up garter belts and stockings for panty hose.<br /><br />P.S. I have was having serious ISP issues (finally kicked them to the curb, and now I'm catching up all at once).carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16627439341496440032017-08-19T23:58:25.083+01:002017-08-19T23:58:25.083+01:00Oh, the sweet might have worked in a cold climate,...Oh, the sweet might have worked in a cold climate, but here it would turn into a sticky mess. Ick.carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-50960785772715166732017-08-19T23:55:50.524+01:002017-08-19T23:55:50.524+01:00That's what I was thinking, too, but, you'...That's what I was thinking, too, but, you're right, you can't wear a garter belt under a tutu!carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39080522009202151372017-08-19T22:15:33.029+01:002017-08-19T22:15:33.029+01:00I remember the elastic with holes in it as being a...I remember the elastic with holes in it as being a way to adjust the waistband on maternity clothes. I'm about the same age as the other commentators - a brief flirtation with stockings and suspenders belts before the sixties mini fashions whisked them all away!Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592343486103147993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-13098765484651360642017-08-13T22:21:31.053+01:002017-08-13T22:21:31.053+01:00Wasn't just? I love it when the comments reall...Wasn't just? I love it when the comments really add to the post!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55111150315607668502017-08-13T18:05:52.908+01:002017-08-13T18:05:52.908+01:00Fascinating. I am glad I came back after all the c...Fascinating. I am glad I came back after all the comments. All very interesting. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30194366917289075922017-08-11T21:50:51.199+01:002017-08-11T21:50:51.199+01:00That's lovely - and what a great demonstratio...That's lovely - and what a great demonstration of the way memory works. I'm glad to have been part of reminding you!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75681697672698338502017-08-11T21:46:33.665+01:002017-08-11T21:46:33.665+01:00How nice - thanks, I will respond to your email.How nice - thanks, I will respond to your email.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37514696486964643852017-08-10T21:17:18.236+01:002017-08-10T21:17:18.236+01:00Isn't it fascinating how we can store away a m...Isn't it fascinating how we can store away a memory and take it out of storage decades later when something triggers it? The elastic with buttonholes must have confused me, I suppose, but as is so often the case with children, I never thought to actually ask what it was for. And I haven't thought about it for some 50 years - it wasn't a memory I was aware of having, as it were, until I started thinking of suspender belts and the use of coins, and suddenly I remembered the buttonhole elastic and had this epiphany realising what it must have been for. <br />Birgittanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41244576665101387872017-08-10T07:30:28.752+01:002017-08-10T07:30:28.752+01:00I'll email you her obituary and what I see abo...I'll email you her obituary and what I see about her. I just found an article about her by one of her former students. <br /><br />She was one of my favorite people, could still touch her toes and daily walk up and down her terrible staircase in Greenwich Village. She knew everyone in the neighborhood.<br /><br />I still miss her and she died 15 years ago at nearly 90.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37509243794977487002017-08-09T10:20:19.713+01:002017-08-09T10:20:19.713+01:00Oh that's a great detail thanks - a sweet some...Oh that's a great detail thanks - a sweet somehow better than an aspirin! I wonder if a farthing was the right size too?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49587139992685612022017-08-09T10:17:44.855+01:002017-08-09T10:17:44.855+01:00Oh I would love to hear more about your aunt and s...Oh I would love to hear more about your aunt and see a picture. What a fascinating life she must have led. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15945942773352928012017-08-09T10:17:13.147+01:002017-08-09T10:17:13.147+01:00Well - to some of us!Well - to some of us!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-50238362748902496002017-08-09T10:16:54.283+01:002017-08-09T10:16:54.283+01:00You made me laugh into my coffee this morning with...You made me laugh into my coffee this morning with this comment Kathy! it is a subject of endless interest... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com