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Vintage Shapewear - Fifties Fashion Needs a Fifties Silhouette
Fifties and sixties shapewear is in the news again, partly as a result of the TV series Mad Men. Actresses don the original sixties pull-on girdles to achieve those shapely figures women enjoyed flaunting all through the fifties until the call came for them to 'burn their bras' and become liberated! Now those fashions are back with a vengeance. Some people collect vintage shapewear purely for... (posted by Debbie 3 years 16 days ago.)
Fifties and sixties shapewear is in the news again, partly as a result of the TV series Mad Men. Actresses don the original sixties pull-on girdles to achieve those shapely figures women enjoyed flaunting all through the fifties until the call came for them to 'burn their bras' and become liberated! Now those fashions are back with a vengeance. Some people collect vintage shapewear purely for... (posted by Debbie 3 years 16 days ago.)
Outsize Lingerie - Helpful Guide To Online Shopping
Feeling positive has a lot to do with knowing you look good. However, just because you're not the skinniest minnie does not mean that you don't want to make the best of yourself. Yes, the local mall and high street may now have a far more plentiful range of attractive styles for the plus sized woman, but how about lingerie? With the internet, if you are a plus size, you've now got a whole world of... (posted by Debbie 3 years 23 days ago.)
Feeling positive has a lot to do with knowing you look good. However, just because you're not the skinniest minnie does not mean that you don't want to make the best of yourself. Yes, the local mall and high street may now have a far more plentiful range of attractive styles for the plus sized woman, but how about lingerie? With the internet, if you are a plus size, you've now got a whole world of... (posted by Debbie 3 years 23 days ago.)
Vintage Spectacles - What You Need To Know
Fashion in spectacles frames change every year, although you need to look more long-term to spot this. Tiny oval eye frames in vogue in the early 20th century, re-emerging in the 1990s. Originally they were small because lenses were ground from quartz and as it was difficult to obtain suitable pieces of quartz crystal big enough, spectacle lenses had to be kept small! Lens Materials Quartz lenses were also quite... (posted by Debbie 3 years 24 days ago.)
Fashion in spectacles frames change every year, although you need to look more long-term to spot this. Tiny oval eye frames in vogue in the early 20th century, re-emerging in the 1990s. Originally they were small because lenses were ground from quartz and as it was difficult to obtain suitable pieces of quartz crystal big enough, spectacle lenses had to be kept small! Lens Materials Quartz lenses were also quite... (posted by Debbie 3 years 24 days ago.)
Burlesque - Its Style, Its Costumes and History
Suddenly burlesque and pinup fashions are all over the Internet. The original burlesque designs with their risqué overtones have become the fun fashion, being adapted and adopted by rockabilly. Almost every city now hosts regular burlesque events where not just the performers, but the audience gets to dress the part as well. Origins of burlesque - lingerie on show! The word burlesque probably derives... (posted by Debbie 3 years 25 days ago.)
Suddenly burlesque and pinup fashions are all over the Internet. The original burlesque designs with their risqué overtones have become the fun fashion, being adapted and adopted by rockabilly. Almost every city now hosts regular burlesque events where not just the performers, but the audience gets to dress the part as well. Origins of burlesque - lingerie on show! The word burlesque probably derives... (posted by Debbie 3 years 25 days ago.)
Womens' Panties Online - a Guide To Buying Silky Panties
Buying panties has never been easier - there are literally thousands of lingerie and panty sites online, making it a pleasure to browse, comparing panty styles from site to site. In the UK panties used to be known as knickers but this term is now being less used - the term panties somehow has more 'sexy' connotations as opposed to the more 'sensible' overtones implied by the term 'knickers'. The... (posted by Debbie 3 years 25 days ago.)
Buying panties has never been easier - there are literally thousands of lingerie and panty sites online, making it a pleasure to browse, comparing panty styles from site to site. In the UK panties used to be known as knickers but this term is now being less used - the term panties somehow has more 'sexy' connotations as opposed to the more 'sensible' overtones implied by the term 'knickers'. The... (posted by Debbie 3 years 25 days ago.)
Instant Slimmer - the Corset Is Back
So many things today are described as retro from clothing to sound equipment, cars to furnishings. Retro comes from the Latin term for 'backwards'. Here we will be discussing retro lingerie, or more precisely retro shapewear. Much of the following discussion relates to the fifties sleek,chic girdles, but it equally applies to today's girdles modelled on the original designs. The war years were years of... (posted by Debbie 3 years 29 days ago.)
So many things today are described as retro from clothing to sound equipment, cars to furnishings. Retro comes from the Latin term for 'backwards'. Here we will be discussing retro lingerie, or more precisely retro shapewear. Much of the following discussion relates to the fifties sleek,chic girdles, but it equally applies to today's girdles modelled on the original designs. The war years were years of... (posted by Debbie 3 years 29 days ago.)
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