Comments on: Fashion http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/07/18/fashion/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/07/18/fashion/#comment-501 grannymar Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=150#comment-501 ;) Primal, you are a friend for life. <br/><br/>I agree with you about the Continental Girls. It starts with their carriage, by that I mean the way they walk and move. I remember centuries ago Gay Byrne on the Late, Late Show on RTE, had a top Irish model of her day whose name escapes me, talking about the difference between fashion and style. She spoke as I did, about top fashion being wasted if it did not suit the wearer. She said that if you had good ‘carriage’ and presented yourself well, you would look well in a sack. Well you know what’s coming, Uncle Gaybo produced a sack and sent her off to get changed and prove her point.<br/><br/>The lovely lady did as bid. She had a slit for the neck and arm holes. The only adornment she added was a belt. She reappeared to a fanfare and looked a million dollars! ;) Primal, you are a friend for life.

I agree with you about the Continental Girls. It starts with their carriage, by that I mean the way they walk and move. I remember centuries ago Gay Byrne on the Late, Late Show on RTE, had a top Irish model of her day whose name escapes me, talking about the difference between fashion and style. She spoke as I did, about top fashion being wasted if it did not suit the wearer. She said that if you had good ‘carriage’ and presented yourself well, you would look well in a sack. Well you know what’s coming, Uncle Gaybo produced a sack and sent her off to get changed and prove her point.

The lovely lady did as bid. She had a slit for the neck and arm holes. The only adornment she added was a belt. She reappeared to a fanfare and looked a million dollars!

]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/07/18/fashion/#comment-493 Primal Sneeze Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=150#comment-493 Just sixty!?!? Shur you're only a flit of a girl.<br/><br/>I can't really talk of fashion being one of <i>those who dress because they have to</i> (and male), but allow me say that I am absolutely in awe of the Polish and Balkan girls I know/see/stare at, who can, with the aid of a €2 belt make a €10 pair of jeans look a million dollars. One of my friends even receives whistles in her cardigan. They have a gift for <i>dressing up</i> an outfit. Perhaps it comes from years of <i>making do</i>. Just sixty!?!? Shur you’re only a flit of a girl.

I can’t really talk of fashion being one of those who dress because they have to (and male), but allow me say that I am absolutely in awe of the Polish and Balkan girls I know/see/stare at, who can, with the aid of a €2 belt make a €10 pair of jeans look a million dollars. One of my friends even receives whistles in her cardigan. They have a gift for dressing up an outfit. Perhaps it comes from years of making do.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/07/18/fashion/#comment-492 Baino Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:39:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=150#comment-492 Ahh GrannyMar. I'm a blend of the whack on the stuff on the floor and re-enter the next morning (on the weekends of course) and the wear black to look slimmer but I have to say, the most compliments come when I wear a suit with a splash of colour. But . . as the mother of a 23 year old, there have been times when I've vetoed the dress code as slutty yet she assures me she's conservative by comparison. As do her male peers. Remember the shock our parents felt with the mini skirt and the wet-look boot? There's nothing new under the sun, just the way it's combined that changes. Ahh GrannyMar. I’m a blend of the whack on the stuff on the floor and re-enter the next morning (on the weekends of course) and the wear black to look slimmer but I have to say, the most compliments come when I wear a suit with a splash of colour. But . . as the mother of a 23 year old, there have been times when I’ve vetoed the dress code as slutty yet she assures me she’s conservative by comparison. As do her male peers. Remember the shock our parents felt with the mini skirt and the wet-look boot? There’s nothing new under the sun, just the way it’s combined that changes.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/07/18/fashion/#comment-491 Nancy Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=150#comment-491 One thing I love to do, Grannymar is "People Watch". It's my favorite sport. <br/>It's said that if a man is beautifully dressed in a fine suit with an attractive shirt and tie, it is almost impossible to describe his outfit to another person even a very short time later. It is because nothing he is wearing screams for attention. He is just nicely attired. Now if he is wearing green golf pants with a red polka dot and and a purple cap you can easily describe his outfit to another.<br/>I love to go to the seashore and sit on a bench on the boardwalk and watch the ladies go by. I look at some of them and think they do not have a mirror in their home or they would never go out in public dressed as they are. I picture them at home standing in front of their closet saying to themselves "Hmmmm... I think I will wear the bright blue knitted pants that are way too tight and the sheer white blouse that you can see all my undergarment straps through and I'll top that with a huge "knockoff" Burberry plaid bag and a pair of dirty green flip flops. Yeah! that's the ticket. I'll knock "em dead" One thing I love to do, Grannymar is “People Watch”. It’s my favorite sport.
It’s said that if a man is beautifully dressed in a fine suit with an attractive shirt and tie, it is almost impossible to describe his outfit to another person even a very short time later. It is because nothing he is wearing screams for attention. He is just nicely attired. Now if he is wearing green golf pants with a red polka dot and and a purple cap you can easily describe his outfit to another.
I love to go to the seashore and sit on a bench on the boardwalk and watch the ladies go by. I look at some of them and think they do not have a mirror in their home or they would never go out in public dressed as they are. I picture them at home standing in front of their closet saying to themselves “Hmmmm… I think I will wear the bright blue knitted pants that are way too tight and the sheer white blouse that you can see all my undergarment straps through and I’ll top that with a huge “knockoff” Burberry plaid bag and a pair of dirty green flip flops. Yeah! that’s the ticket. I’ll knock “em dead”

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