Re poodle skirts, mine had music notes in felt appliquéd around the base,
the net underskirts were starched so that the skirt stood out that far it
was difficult to sit down without the front of the skirt rising up and
hitting you in the face, the elastic belt we called a waspie and it was
pulled
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.
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
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Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: poodle skirts - moved from Lace
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Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 3:28 PM
My poodle skirts never actually had poodles on them... and they were
certainly
not made of felt, although the poodles
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
