Far out! (An expression I learned watching The Flintstones) --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Land of Oz <lando...@netins.net> wrote: > but soon to be! > > I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own > Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam. > > I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was going > to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past of > clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full of > hippie phrasing like "my old man" "groovy" "fairly heavy cat" "funkiness" > "up-tightness" and even the f-bomb. > > I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old > tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp > rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was hilarious. > We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able to > correctly interpret such phrases as "he was a fairly heavy cat" lol! My > mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I had > admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed sheets, > and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the pant's > legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!) > > Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s? :-) > This book may prove to be a valuable reference! > > Denise B > Iowa > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
