Originally posted by trayi52
ROFLOL, I remember those days too, tuxluvr, oh so well! I remember the cullottes, pedal pushers too. The music was so different too.

the girls wore can cans too, and for a time bloomers were instyle too!

Like you said the styles these young girls are wearing today, are the exact same thing I wore as a young girl! Checked pants! Now my oldest daughter comes in wearing stuff like that, and says ''mom, you hate my pants, don't you?'' and I say, '' yes I do''.

Give me a nice pair of jeans any day, but please not checks or whatever color is in style now, I am already tired of them and done wore that style. I think I'll make my own style up, as I go along!

Willie
LOL-I remember "pedal pushers" - I think the new wave term is "capri pants"....on any female over the age of twelve with a shape remotely resembling an adult female, these looked stupid then and look stupid now, Laura Petrie curse my name for saying so! I occasionally have a memory lapse and try these on, and all I can see is a middle aged chubby woman in pants that are too short......we used to call them "high water pants".

My mother told me about the days of "bloomers"....not sure what a "can can" is though...??

Remember when women's swimsuits had those horrible built-in bras? The bra cups were filled with some kind of foam rubber stuff that would, after a time and exposure to actual pool water, would dry and crumble, making the surface of the breast take on the shape and feel of a stale cornmeal muffin. (Mental note: breasts are not supposed to be "crunchy")

However, today's swimwear, I believe, is meant to only be worn near the pool, never actually to "swim" in. The absence of supporting fabric means it should be superglued in place unless you don't intend to make any movement more dramatic than shallow breathing, less our aging parts, having a mind of their own, find a way out of these flimsy constraints.

Saddle Oxford shoes were all the rage, although for the life of me, a woman "blessed" with huge feet at an early age, would want to wear shoes that looked like a cross between bowling shoes and a band uniform. There were also "penny loafers", poor boy shirts (I recall a similar term "poor boy sandwich"-suffice it to say if you ate to many poor boys you would not look good IN a poor boy)

I remember the advent of the "thong"....all I can say about this is that the designer just thought "underwear works its way up there anyway, let's just make it start out as a "wedgie"...

I stopped torturing myself years ago and abandoned the "fashion of the day"...I go for what makes my shape look presentable and comfortable.