https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:50:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172191 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:08:06 +0000 MsMaven 1172191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was in the 9th grade when I received my first panty girdle--a hand-me-down from my aunt. &nbsp;I was 5'8" and weighed 110 pounds. &nbsp;I do remember the problem with the short skirts and the garters. &nbsp;You wore a girdle with a straight skirt and a garter belt with a full or A-line skirt. &nbsp;</p> <p>Yes indeed, Spanx and body shapers are just girdles with updated materials. &nbsp;And today&nbsp;they don't usually have garters attached. &nbsp;</p> <p>I also remember my first pair of pantyhose about 1971. &nbsp;I couldn't pull them up much beyond my crotch and they kept slipping down my hips. &nbsp;Don't remember when they began to make tall sizes. &nbsp;I also remember when nylon stockings didn't have stretch and would eventually pool and wrinkle around the ankles. &nbsp;Ah, progress. &nbsp;</p> <p>Pardon me while I go do some more crunches and squats. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172143 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:30:33 +0000 Jaime 1172143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't remember the book but agree spanx is just a modern girdle - and I am not sure there is anything wrong with that. I do like the idea that elegance is reserved for the elderly. Another reason to embrace age! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172106 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 02:34:55 +0000 Linda 1172106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, the memories!&nbsp; Yes, I think I had read that book at the time, I remember the posture thing (my Mom always harped on me about posture, though I was never as slouchy as my taller pals!).&nbsp; I adored Seventeen magazine.&nbsp; And I remember taking a modelling class at a local department store where we were taught how to walk a runway, and turn, and how to wear our white gloves and .... I remember girdles but was, for the most part, bone-skinny enough that I never needed to wear one.&nbsp; I DID wear garter belts and stockings though, and remember hating it when I wore a miniskirt and the edges of the stocking would keep peeking out!&nbsp; Ugh!&nbsp; So much of fashion has become so much more liberated and just more comfortable, today!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172066 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:46:22 +0000 Deborah 1172066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is hilarious!&nbsp; And no not PC! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172052 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:24:16 +0000 Caro in Oz 1172052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing.&nbsp;I didn't read it at the time either. &nbsp;I was reading English mags, I'm sure their "advice" would be just as dated. Just goes to show </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1172020 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:17:08 +0000 D'Ellen 1172020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What memories!&nbsp; I never read the book, but had a subscription to Seventeen magazine.&nbsp; In 1967 I was 16, and weighed about 110&nbsp;pounds.&nbsp; I obsessed about my tummy bulge.&nbsp; I wore a panty girdle to school&nbsp;every day!&nbsp; Of course I needed the garters to hold up my "stockings" (the preferred shade of which was cinnamon...you can imagine!).&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;garters were removable so I could&nbsp;even wear&nbsp;the girdle under&nbsp;under my "slacks" and jeans on the weekends.&nbsp; I think I even had a summer girdle that I wore under shorts!&nbsp; The sad thing is, I wasn't the odd one.&nbsp; All of my friends did the same thing.&nbsp;&nbsp;No, we&nbsp;hadn't heard of "women's lib"&nbsp;yet.&nbsp; :-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171843 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:09:30 +0000 rabbit 1171843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>garters and corsets are the furthest thing from staid and proper imaginable nowadays </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171806 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:37:54 +0000 deb 1171806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hated garters! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171783 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:57:49 +0000 MsMary 1171783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved the one about tugging at your skirt to hide your garters.&nbsp; How many of you youngun's even know what garters are?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171748 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:27:19 +0000 Elizabeth P 1171748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now we have spanx... have we really made progress?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171740 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:19:03 +0000 PamelaK 1171740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never read it but certainly grew up with those bon mots. How grand that girdles are no longer part of our fashion "requirements"!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171705 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:37:26 +0000 Glory 1171705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this share! Especially never underestimate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171693 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:21:57 +0000 April 1171693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hee hee -- I love the one about the girdle. &nbsp;My college roommate (nearly 20 years later than&nbsp;1967) actually had and wore a girdle. &nbsp;I thought it was hilarious that anyone who didn't have grandchildren would own such a thing, let alone wear it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171624 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:30:18 +0000 Eliza 1171624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha-ha, Deb. &nbsp;These are great.&nbsp;</p> <p>I would have killed for glasses that made my eyes smaller then. &nbsp;I am far-sighted and Coke-bottle, eye magnifying glasses were the only option. <br />Thank goodness for change.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-read-this#post-1171611 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:20:46 +0000 deb 1171611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><em><a href="http://intothegloss.com/2014/02/seventeen-magazine-advice/" rel="nofollow">The Seventeen Book of Fashion and Beauty</a> </em>from 1967? I did but really did not remember until I read this article. And yes, I followed their advise. Some of my favorites. </p> <ul> <li>"Meal at a friend’s house? Take a little of everything, but imagine you are a frail 19th century beauty and eat like a bird."</li> <li>"Never underestimate the importance of your girdle."</li> <li>"Are you nearsighted? If so, your glasses’ lenses are making your eyes look smaller." (I <b>hated</b> my glasses then)</li> <li>"Stand with your back against a wall. If your posture is close to perfect, your head, shoulders, and buttocks will be touching the wall."</li> <li>"Serious elegance is for the elderly; a strong element of fun enters into young chic."</li> </ul> </p> <p>&nbsp;I wonder what the next generation will think when they read the advise written now? </p>