You may remember that I have mentioned before how much I love the fashions of the 1950’s. The full-skirted dresses, cinched in at the waist that really showed off a woman’s figure, or the slim-fitting pencil skirts that give an extra ‘wiggle’ in the walk. I always think how elegant those ladies looked, and I envied them their grace and poise.
I remember when I was at school, we had a pretty strict uniform policy, but I did get away with wearing a (grey of course) pencil skirt with a split up the back of it. Me being me, and not blessed with any sort of grace, used to always run up the stairs at school two at a time (oh I wish I could still do that) which inevitably resulted in me ripping the split open quite a bit more, so that it was almost open to the waist, thereby exposing my knickers.
I was unlucky enough to have one of the snottiest teachers walk up the stairs behind me one day, and in a loud voice (unfortunately she had rather a pronounced lisp) stated,
“That skirt looks more accidental than fashionable. I suggest you sew it up!”
Of course back in those days you did as you were told, and I duly sewed the skirt up – several times before it gave up the ghost and had to be chucked out!
That’s the beauty of fashion though. that is occasionally comes back around again, or in some cases never leaves us, just gets a bit of a modern makeover as my pencil skirt did in the 1980s when I was at school.
Modern fashions though are not nearly as glamorous as back in the 50’s. Looking at what the movie stars of the day used to wear (always a good indication of what was in fashion). it was nearly always something flattering, stylish, and sexy without being too overt. You only have to look at Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, or Elizabeth Taylor to name but a few to see the epitome of style and
Looking at what some of the younger ‘stars’ wear now, it is totally different. Who in their right mind would think that Kim Kardashian looked stylish and glamorous in that horrible shitty brown body stocking combo that her husband ‘designed’ for her. How about Lady Ga Ga and the infamous ‘meat dress.’
Somehow I can’t see the kids of future generations looking back at today’s fashions in 50 or 60 years time, reminiscing on how beautiful and glamourous they were – but I could be wrong!
Which do you prefer?
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