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04-04-2013, 05:08 AM

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stitchinwitch

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If some ambitious seamstress would want, I really think that they could turn that into a business, making a line of practical dresses from the style of that period!Hey - I would be your first customer, a sundress with a bolero! Remember that style???

04-04-2013, 06:27 AM

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solstice3

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Like some of the styles but also like the 40's

04-04-2013, 07:07 AM

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Morag

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Originally Posted by LenaBeena

We shop at thrift stores for our school plays. The girls love wearing "girly Grandma dresses" as they call dresses with full skirts and belted waist. Saw on TV this morning that full and pleated skirts are coming back especially in spring coats.

I seen three boxes of used 60's, 70's dress/ladies/childrens patterns in our local Salvation Army store just the other day...good to see women look like women

04-04-2013, 07:26 AM

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shasta5718

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There is one here in Salt Lake and some of the clothes are really neat and it's fun just to go look. Prices are very reasonable. Don't Remember name, but it,s about 9th south and state street.

04-04-2013, 08:32 AM

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tessagin

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If my tops are too long (like tunics) then I look really short. But I do like my bottom covered.

04-04-2013, 09:42 AM

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oleganny

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I was married in the late 50s & made myself a lot of shirtwaist dresses to wear around the house. We called them housedresses - lol. I had a couple of patterns that each had different neckline & sleeve options - so I could make them so no two looked alike. Now I wear sweats most of the time - lol.

04-04-2013, 10:46 AM

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Wintersewer

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I would definitely shop there. I think I, and most women, look much nicer in dresses and skirts. I don't understand why women have abandoned dresses and skirts. Have mirrors gone away too?? I have a small farm so spend most of my life in jeans, esp. in the winter. Soon I'll be getting out my jumpers and big aprons....except for when I'm on my horse or my bike.

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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

'Just wondering, if there was a dress shop in your town that only carried those dresses in the style of the 50's and 60's, would you shop there? If you saw the movie, "Corrina, Corrina", Whoopie was wearing the style. Those dresses made a woman look like a woman, were feminine, cute, and no boobs were hanging out!! What are your thoughts?

04-04-2013, 10:49 AM

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Wintersewer

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Show me a picture of that!

" I do have to giggle a bit when the so-called conservative Christian women go around hanging out."

04-04-2013, 11:11 AM

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mumzer

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I love all the old clothes but think I would like to back a few years. I like the ones that are almost floor length. Can't find any places to buy them today.

04-05-2013, 11:19 AM

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JoanneS

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Originally Posted by quiltstringz

Ok that was a good one! Started my day out with a laugh. I don't think I would go for 50s or 60s dresses but then I can't remember the last time I had a dress on. I do agree that I would love to find long tunic style shirts.

You have to shop in Thrift stores to find them! I do!