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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry Marc, they may have originally been a man's style, but I was
wearing them in the '50's, and they were called winkle pickers then.
I am old enough to have been wearing so called fashion in the 50's. I
didn't wear them for long, or often, as they hurt my
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: the 20th century
At 15:40 23/09/2005, you wrote:
From: Cynthia J Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winkle pickers
From: Cynthia J Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winkle pickers.
???
A particular long toed style of mens shoe popular in the 50s.
Marc
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At 15:40 23/09/2005, you wrote:
From: Cynthia J Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winkle pickers.
???
A particular long toed style of mens shoe popular in the 50s.
Marc
And women's. They are currently to be seen in shoe shops in Europe as
a new fashion.
Suzi
winkle pickers.
A particular long toed style of mens shoe popular in the 50s.
Marc
And women's. They are currently to be seen in shoe shops in Europe as a
new fashion.
Suzi
Hmmm, my daughters have been wearing them here in Pennsylvania for almost
two years now. Nasty looking things.
From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winkle pickers.
???
A particular long toed style of mens shoe popular in the 50s.
And women's. They are currently to be seen in shoe shops in Europe as
a new fashion.
I could be mistaken, what with it being a fashion thing, but I -believe- the
original
At 20:32 23/09/2005, you wrote:
From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winkle pickers.
???
A particular long toed style of mens shoe popular in the 50s.
And women's. They are currently to be seen in shoe shops in Europe as
a new fashion.
I could be mistaken, what with it being a fashion thing,
T-shirts and jeans. After centuries of even peasant and workman's wear being
somewhat formal to our taste (think of barbers, printers, and butchers in
the late 1800s and early 1900s with white shirts, jackets, and ties), these
garments became nearly universal in the west, with all sorts of fancy
