tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4594056412410378109..comments2024-03-28T17:57:24.552+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: My Friend Rose by Jane DuncanClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83585710648651847012013-08-29T14:17:51.276+01:002013-08-29T14:17:51.276+01:00Oh I *SO* want to read those books! 'Torchligh...Oh I *SO* want to read those books! 'Torchlight to Valhalla' is an intriguing tagline, while 'Strange are the ways of love' would have us all nodding our heads in thoughtful recognition of its truth. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88629025576575408242013-08-29T13:11:51.969+01:002013-08-29T13:11:51.969+01:00White shirts if you dare: http://pulpcovers.com/ta...White shirts if you dare: http://pulpcovers.com/tag/lesbians/ Not safe for work! But some wonderful art. (I like the idea of "boyfriend" clothes, but they don't seem to have caught on.)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-21218298061993483902013-08-28T20:00:53.665+01:002013-08-28T20:00:53.665+01:00Aha, interesting. I was thinking in the wrong dire...Aha, interesting. I was thinking in the wrong direction - loose, mannish ones I thought. A bit like 'boyfriend' shirts. And that's a word usage you should cover on your blog, all those boyfriend items of clothes which in fact have been carefully tailored to suit female figures: a lying clothes term.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32120277963027913442013-08-28T17:52:14.653+01:002013-08-28T17:52:14.653+01:00On pulp fiction covers of the 50s (there are lots ...On pulp fiction covers of the 50s (there are lots on the web), lesbians wore tight, white shirts.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15532391159265136802013-08-28T10:13:56.046+01:002013-08-28T10:13:56.046+01:00Thanks Susan! As I get older, I read books set in ...Thanks Susan! As I get older, I read books set in the time of my youth, and often think authors have got the feel and details wrong. Moral views from a previous era are probably very hard to get right.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14808296156697903462013-08-28T09:41:55.294+01:002013-08-28T09:41:55.294+01:00Wonderful photograph and the book sounds intriguin...Wonderful photograph and the book sounds intriguing. Given the speed of social change I wonder how a book written now about the 30s would differ from one written in the 60s.Susanhttp://www.alifeinbooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3251555930673139252013-08-27T11:18:15.921+01:002013-08-27T11:18:15.921+01:00I'm intrigued by the idea of that kind of offi...I'm intrigued by the idea of that kind of office outing - I don't think it would exist quite like that these days. There was a certain patronizing air of showing the lowly employees how the other half lives. I think there's a similar event in the Rona Jaffe book, The Best of Everything.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88576521296340524142013-08-27T03:26:32.367+01:002013-08-27T03:26:32.367+01:00Moira - What I love about your description here is...Moira - What I love about your description here is the swimsuits of the era - so different to today's, that's for sure. And it's fascinating to see that impression of what social life was like in the '30s. I think it'd be interesting t compare that to some work that was really written at the time. But I have to admit I'm stuck on that notion of hitting a child being portrayed as a successful, good thing to do...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com