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katex

21-01-2007 15:46

Suffering for Fashion

Have learnt my lesson re. wearing items of clothing, etc., that make you suffer in silence, but the following brought back memories.

My grandaughter stayed with me last weekend and, think I have mentioned before is a bit of a Goth .. although the feminine type.

We went shopping down Blackburn, and she was wearing a longish black (of course) pencil skirt, laced up either side with satin ribbon. Couldn't understand why she wished to go down the lift from the 2nd floor on the car park .. explained that because of the skirt, could not step wide enough to get up/down stairs .. :D

Although she denied her 4 inch heels, black with skull and cross cutlasses on side were comfortable, couldn't help noticing the wobble now and then .. :D

The best was the new corset .. which cost a fortune !! (£200 +) Must admit she looked stunning, but after some sort of spaghetti dish in Frankie and Bennies, did not come as a surprise that she politely requested that we go soon, as needed me to loosen it in the car .. :D

These corsets are extremely popular now, and wonder if we are going to see a generation of liver damaged young ladies or faintings in the street as in Victorian days.

andrewb

21-01-2007 15:50

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I wear shoes that have had the material inside on the heel rubbed off to plastic, so very uncomfortable, because they look good :(

Silly converse :D

WillowTheWhisp

21-01-2007 16:19

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I put comfort first these days.

My eldest daughter is one to struggle with shoes that kill her feet because she likes the way they look though.

shakermaker

21-01-2007 16:24

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 371947)

These corsets are extremely popular now, and wonder if we are going to see a generation of liver damaged young ladies

I'm sure the increase in female binge drinking will take care of that katex!

katex

21-01-2007 16:24

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Just wondered if some items should come with Health warnings.. I have a few friends who are now suffering with bunions/hammer toes 'cause of the stilletoes we used to wear. Isn't there something about bra straps too .. pulling 'em up too tight ? :eek: And the waspy belts, gosh, they killed ... and blooming earrings that make yer lobes weep. Think I could go on and on. Not even mentioning thongs.

katex

21-01-2007 16:26

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Originally Posted by shakermaker (Post 371974)

I'm sure the increase in female binge drinking will take care of that katex!

Yeh, thought somebody might come back with that one, but maybe the new corsets will stop too much of the lager going down .:D

lancsdave

21-01-2007 16:38

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 371975)

But the problem is all those things won't happen to todays youth, just like things wouldn't happen to you that your parents did :D

panther

21-01-2007 16:48

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 371947)

where does you grandaughter shop for her clothes katex?
my daughter loves the gothic gear but never knew where to buy them:confused:

grego

21-01-2007 16:58

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Apart from silly shoes and boots that kill my feet I think the worse thing was going out without a coat in freezing temperatures! Ok after about an hour when you have your beer jacket on!:D

katex

21-01-2007 17:23

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Originally Posted by panther (Post 371996)

where does you grandaughter shop for her clothes katex?
my daughter loves the gothic gear but never knew where to buy them:confused:

Afflecks Palace in Manchester is the best in Lancs, she now goes somewhere in Leeds. There is a shop in the Arndale Blackburn called Hex ?? Small stock, but they had the skirt in the window she was wearing. Also Zodiac in the same Arndale and Zodiac (on the same block as Dorothy Perkins) in Burnley.

If you can make the journey to Man. well worth it .. she will love it.

panther

21-01-2007 18:13

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thanks for that! :)

mrskitty

21-01-2007 18:19

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Definatly afflecks palace-Goth heaven.

flashy

21-01-2007 19:04

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afflecks palace in manchester is wicked, they have some gorgeous clothes in there, thats if you can manage all those steps......

as for your grandaughter katex...pride must abide ;)

Ianto.W.

22-01-2007 13:13

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I get my 'gear' out of a mail order outfitter, who buys and sells new and almost new 'gear' I got an Oudermark suit and a pair of Grensen sze 10 shoes for 25 quid.I buy owt "bereavements strictly private". Exchange and Mart, he's bound to have some of that quirky stuff even Goths dont live forever, or do they?:D

cashman

22-01-2007 15:10

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know what you mean katex, lol all my toes are squashed and point inwards thanks to fashion (winklepickers) thank god for the advent of brothel creepers i thought at the time.;)

katex

22-01-2007 19:32

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 372515)

know what you mean katex, lol all my toes are squashed and point inwards thanks to fashion (winklepickers) thank god for the advent of brothel creepers i thought at the time.;)

Tee hee Cashman, glad to hear you men suffer whilst trying to strut about yer peacock feathers, however, whilst you were wearing the winkle pickers,I was suffering with the sugar starched net underskirts scratching the back of me legs ... :rolleyes:

As LancsDave says though .. think you are immune when you are young and don't consider the long term damage, do you ?

cashman

22-01-2007 19:39

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yep katex it aint just women.;)

Wynonie Harris

22-01-2007 22:11

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 372515)

thank god for the advent of brothel creepers i thought at the time.;)

I'll tell you something for nothing...these blue suede brothel creepers I got the other week are the comfiest shoes I've ever had. It's like walking on air!

Sorry for the thread wander...

katex

22-01-2007 22:14

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 372776)

I'll tell you something for nothing...these blue suede brothel creepers I got the other week are the comfiest shoes I've ever had. It's like walking on air!

Sorry for the thread wander...

Ah, but is it a little too late Wynonie .. :D

Wynonie Harris

22-01-2007 22:18

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Kate, it's never too late to rock 'n' roll...and anyway, you lot told me, don't worry about your age, just go for it...so I did!

katex

22-01-2007 22:22

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 372783)

Kate, it's never too late to rock 'n' roll...and anyway, you lot told me, don't worry about your age, just go for it...so I did!

No !! Only meant have your feet been damaged already and glad to see you have learnt sense .. didn't mean too late to have fun and dress as you wish x

Wynonie Harris

22-01-2007 22:27

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Oh, I see, sorry, Kate. Yeah, like Mr C, the old Beatle boots did tend to knacker my feet a bit in the 60's. Think that's why these creepers feel so nice! Bought from a shop just round the corner from Affleck's, too!

garinda

22-01-2007 22:28

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I have too many fashion faux pas to list, but here are just a few:-

The full length white coat with photographs of myself sewn on, with poetry in French painted on top to look like blood.

Old man's pyjamas complete with espadrilles, worn in the snow, which disintigrated the rope soles by the time I got to college.

Boot polish worm in the shape of sunglasses, that wouldn't wash off.

A tunic which had both foot long nipples and a phallus, with the word SEX painted on the front, made out of 50's curtains.

A sari, worn with Docs.

A suit knit on broomsticks, that looked likle seaweed.

A plastic pac-a-mac, painted with a swastika and a star of David.

This all period was crammed into a five year period, after which I discovered that it was much more fun to tell people what to wear, than to wear it myself.:D

Tinkerbelle

22-01-2007 22:31

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 372795)

A sari, worn with Docs.

LOL! That actually sounds pretty cool :D

katex

22-01-2007 22:33

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Do you realise I am trying to get to bed here, but you lot keep bringing me back !! :D

Garinda, they all seem pretty 'comfortable' to me .. LOL

cashman

22-01-2007 22:37

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forgot to mention the winklepickers not only crucified my feet,but when they rubbed they gave me very painful corns on my little toes,which became even more painful when i cut em off with a razor blade after copious amounts of bitter.:D

garinda

22-01-2007 22:41

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 372803)

I had a pair of those too. When they came in briefly with the New Wave thing.

My size 10's, double G fittings, forced into the most unnatural point imaginable.

I still have the bunions to prove it.:o

steeljack

22-01-2007 22:51

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kind of topical , a 15 year old lad tried to dye his hair and is head swelled up to football size
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/6287901.stm

my question is .......why would a 15 yr old lad want to dye his hair ? and why would the lads parents think it okay ?
he should be out playing football not dying his bloody hair .:confused:

ok , I've become my Grandad ;) :D

cashman

22-01-2007 22:59

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dont know any bloke of my era that dyed their hair? perhaps medallion men do? its a sign of the times i think.think dye does yer scalp no good,so that could be suffering for fashion?

garinda

22-01-2007 23:00

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 372815)

dont know any bloke of my era that dyed their hair? perhaps medallion men do? its a sign of the times i think.think dye does yer scalp no good,so that could be suffering for fashion?

Err.... Elvis! He was naturally dark blond.

The rot set in in 1956.;)

grannyclaret

22-01-2007 23:03

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 372817)

Err.... Elvis! He was naturally dark blond.

The rot set in in 1956.;)

oohh when he died his hair black ,he looked terific,,made us girls turn to jelly...:D

cashman

22-01-2007 23:04

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 372817)

Err.... Elvis! He was naturally dark blond.

The rot set in in 1956.;)

no rindy i didnt know him.:D

steeljack

22-01-2007 23:06

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 372817)

Err.... Elvis! He was naturally dark blond.

The rot set in in 1956.;)

so in all the photos taken during his time in the army he had dyed hair ? surely a breech of military regulations

garinda

22-01-2007 23:54

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 372823)

so in all the photos taken during his time in the army he had dyed hair ? surely a breech of military regulations

When they shaved his head when he went into the Army, it looked dark because it was so short. Check photos pre '55 to see I'm telling the truth. It was Col. Tom Parker who got him to first dye it black, and wanabes around the world followed.

Saved you a search. This is his natural dark blond hair, even though the Brylcreem has darkened it.

http://membres.lycos.fr/presleyelvis/elvis-blond.jpg

steeljack

23-01-2007 00:05

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thread wander ........Re Brylcreem, it used to be very popular as a massage lotion in the whorehouses along Patpong st in the late 70's , probably leftover surplus after the US pulled out of S.E.Asia after the fall of Saigon .....ah the good old days .
...or so they tell me .....:D :D :D

garinda

23-01-2007 00:10

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 372864)

Pulled out of where?:eek:

Oh, Saigon.:D

rag_dolly

30-01-2008 21:35

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I love my corsets and wear one everytime I go out :D - there not so uncomfortable when you are used to them - but its good to get them off at the end of the night

Bonnyboy

30-01-2008 21:54

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I thought I'd blacked out or summat 'til I realised that this thread was over a year old :D

rag_dolly

31-01-2008 17:13

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lol i realised that after I had posted - doh!

blazey

31-01-2008 21:26

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Originally Posted by rag_dolly (Post 524785)

lol i realised that after I had posted - doh!

I love how your picture in your avatar is the same as on your shop advert but you've added a cleavage. I should try that :D

garinda

31-01-2008 21:33

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Originally Posted by blazey (Post 524977)

I love how your picture in your avatar is the same as on your shop advert but you've added a cleavage. I should try that :D

Yuk. Warhol's cleavage would've been all saggy and pasty.:D

blazey

31-01-2008 21:36

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 524982)

Yuk. Warhol's cleavage would've been all saggy and pasty.:D

Obviously not warhols cleavage on my own chest... although I may be tempted to do that just to disgust you now.

rag_dolly

01-02-2008 20:59

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Originally Posted by blazey (Post 524977)

I love how your picture in your avatar is the same as on your shop advert but you've added a cleavage. I should try that :D

Haha - theres a lot to be said for doublesided tape and painting on a cleavage ;)

MargaretR

01-02-2008 21:12

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A Wonderbra always worked for me -do they still make them?

Lilly

01-02-2008 21:15

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Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 525545)

A Wonderbra always worked for me -do they still make them?

They certainly do, Margaret. :)

I wouldn't be without mine. :D

MargaretR

01-02-2008 21:18

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I get Triumph Doreen now - very supportive when they have travelled south, but not sexy :(

Lilly

01-02-2008 21:19

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Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 525551)

I get Triumph Doreen now - very supportive when they have travelled south, but not sexy :(

Doreen doesn't sound very sexy. :(

MargaretR

01-02-2008 21:21

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Originally Posted by Lilly (Post 525553)

Doreen doesn't sound very sexy. :(

It isn't - but it is Britains best seller - lifts them to where they once were :D

Bonnyboy

01-02-2008 21:24

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Originally Posted by Lilly (Post 525553)

Doreen doesn't sound very sexy. :(

The other half has just told me that it depends how you say the name Doreen, by the way, thats her name Doreen :D:D

Lilly

01-02-2008 21:26

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Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 525556)

It isn't - but it is Britains best seller - lifts them to where they once were :D

I've just googled this bra and found myself on a website showing Triumph bras. I had to laugh at the name Doreen in contrast to the others.

Romantic Desire

Angel Curves

Amourette

Dreamy Emotion

Doreen. :D:D

lindsay ormerod

02-02-2008 20:47

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Wonderbra does the trick for me too, though I have to say thankfully I still don't need much uplift, gravity has been kind thus far !:D

garinda

02-02-2008 23:18

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod (Post 525998)

Wonderbra does the trick for me too, though I have to say thankfully I still don't need much uplift, gravity has been kind thus far !:D

Yes, you still have a fine shelf, on which to place a pint..or three.:D

lindsay ormerod

02-02-2008 23:21

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Why thank you kind sir ! Nice of you to notice, not that I make an exhibition of the "shelf" !:rolleyes:

garinda

02-02-2008 23:22

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You're welcome.

Pity there's no room anymore, because of the ban, for an ashtray.:D

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