I'm not Clay, but you brought up a bunch of memories for me. I grew up in that
era but had conservative parents. I was never allowed a poodle skirt because
it was impractical.
Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a large felt
poodle.
Saddle Shoes -- shoes that
On May 2, 2009, at 13:25, Alice Howell wrote:
Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a
large felt poodle.
Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a
poodle? Why not some other dog?
Yours,
A bemused foreign student of freaky native customs
Tamara writes:
Poodle Skirt -- made of a full circle of felt and decorated with a
large felt poodle.
Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a
poodle? Why not some other dog?
Because it was cool!
Gawd! You sound like my parents!
I never had any cool stuff.
Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton ones.
Several layers of net petticoat underneath, sometimes with a hoop in the
lower hem. White sleeveless blouse with a turned up Peter Pan collar. Can;t
remember the shoes, but they weren't saddle shoes.
Cyclamen lipstick
I remember printed cotton circular skirts with scratchy net petticoats,
Helen Shapiro type boufont hairstyle, Dusty Springfield eye makeup and
*white* lipstick!
Brenda
On 2 May 2009, at 19:33, Jean Nathan wrote:
Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton
ones.
My poodle skirts never actually had poodles on them... and they were
certainly not made of felt, although the poodles on friend's skirts were
felt.
I think I might have been oblivious to the fashion world during the
period of the poodle skirt... until it was passe. (For that matter,
I'm
Dusty Springfield came along a little later... I'm thinking that there
were precious few female artists during these years, but one of them was
Connie Francis.
Clay
Jean Nathan wrote:
Don't remember felt circular skirts, but I do remember paisley cotton
ones. Several layers of net petticoat
In England we wore black wide elastic belts at that time that we called
waspie belts. They had a fastener that had 3 holes in the metal part and on
the other end there were 3 bumps of metal that caught inside the holes. I had
a felt circular skirt that was for ice skating. I actually bought it
On May 2, 2009, at 14:08, dmt11h...@aol.com (Devon) wrote:
Good grief! Why would anyone want a skirt made of felt? And why a
poodle? Why not some other dog?
Because it was cool!
Funny... I sold my parents on Cossack boots -- leather foot with
leather back and front stripes and upper band
