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    Agony column?

    I am so, so sorry for what you're going through. You must be so brave and strong to have found a way out of this mess and to keep going. Let me ask you something -- what do you most enjoy doing in life? What always gives you comfort? Do you have friends who are one hundred percent in your...
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    Nothing but Seamed Stockings

    Thanks! That is very helpful, as always. I assume my grandmother must have used rolled garters. I just cannot picture her wearing any kind of corset or other appliance. By sheerest coincidence (no pun) I received a 1942 needlework magazine in today's mail. Lo and behold, they showed a pattern...
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    in old movies they always dress up for dinner at home?

    Love this photo! Interesting -- so grandma (I assume?) has NOT removed her apron!
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    in old movies they always dress up for dinner at home?

    One of my favorite films for a depiction of various lower-to middle-to upper middle class life is Letter to Three Wives, released in 1949, that showed the lives and attitudes of married women. I'm not positive about how realistic it is, but the working-class portrayal seems fairly true to life...
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    The Middy Thread

    I asked my hairstylist to do a middy cut. She told me that with my curly hair & St. Louis's humid, hot weather, the layers wouldn't work. So she cut a beautiful "U" shape in back, and just graded the front hair to blend nicely with the side & back. There are no layers. The cut is wonderful...
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    Nothing but Seamed Stockings

    Reviving this thread to ask about summer stockings. To the best of your knowledge, is it true that ladies did not go bare-legged in the summer? I know there's a lot of talk about leg make-up during the war, but I see very few advertisements for that in the (many) 1930s and 1940s magazines I have...
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    What Are You Reading

    Just started Night Shift, by Maritta Wolf. I wanted to read it after seeing Ida Lupino in the film made from the book (The Man I love.) For anyone who wants the nitty gritty details of Golden Era life, this book is wonderful. She's a great writer.
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    The wonder of wedding bands

    My goodness, dear, you must be irresistible!
  10. St. Louis

    A Day in the Life of the NY Times, 1942

    Fascinating. I've never seen a photo of a linotype machine before. Startling to notice that it doesn't have a QWERTY keyboard. Those sleeveless shirts look as though they had been hacked with a pair of rusty nail scissors.
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    ... and "hanging up" a telephone. Technically, wouldn't you say that telephones haven't been "hung up" since wall units went out of fashion? I mean the old hank-crank ones, not the plastic ones found in kitchens until the late 90s.
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    What vintage won't you wear?

    Lizzie, I agree that late 30s to 40s shirt dresses are universally flattering. They're fitted through the body and usually have pleats or gores in the skirts. Most have sleeves as well, unless they're the later 40s cap sleeve style (much more flattering than modern cap sleeves b/c of the big...
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    What vintage won't you wear?

    I'm glad this thread was revived. I'm under the impression, reading the older responses, that many (most?) women here like to wear vintage styles from most eras, maybe because of the charm and appeal of vintage, rather than because they're trying to embody a particular era. Would you say that's...
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    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Should I open a bottle of wine?
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    Show us what you've made!

    Could you show a close-up of that applique? It's gorgeous!
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    Agony column?

    Here in St. Louis we have a "You Paid for It" TV news program that investigates consumer fraud & tries to resolve them. This is exactly the kind of story they would investigate. Do you have something like that where you live?
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    Old smells, that immeditately transport you back in time?

    Frankincense. To this day that fragrance immediately makes me feel holy. These days it's only used on the highest holy days like Christmas Midnight Mass, but I remember it as a weekly thing when I was a child.
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    Show us what you've made!

    Wow, this is beautiful! The work on the scallops is perfect. Who is the lucky little lady who gets to wear this?
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    That's true, Blue Train. I often notice that the older women in 40s movies often wear dresses nearly at ankle length, and their hair is always up and tightly controlled. Even when they're plain working women (not society dames) their dresses are quite a bit longer and their hair never loose. My...
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    About phone books: I have 1930s dial-phones in my house. I love them because they allow me to get off the phone when I want to end the call. My friends know that I can't lollygag on the couch while talking. I'm tethered to an uncomfortable hard chair and have to hold a heavy receiver up to my...
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    Film Noir Office

    I think you also need a trash-talking bottle blonde secretary with a heart of gold.

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