https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 03:20:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444566 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:09:56 +0000 rachylou 1444566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree about clothing construction and shopping - but I have to tell you I can only wear denim with spandex in it. Otherwise, stomach cramps.</p> <p>Also, never in my whole life was I ever permitted to wear flip flops. Only exception, camp showers. And after the shower, I had to immediately change shoes.</p> <p>But this was before 1990. Waaaaaaaaay before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444504 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:44:36 +0000 kkards 1444504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hmmmmm, well this isn't quite how i remember it. i started working in the mid 80s, and i remember spending $30 or so a month on pantyhose, becauce they were required, and&nbsp;skirts/dresses were more of the everyday norm&nbsp;than pants, at least for work. they almost never fit well, were expensive, and i was always putting a finger thru them or snagging them on something. work clothing was always work clothing, and so you had to maintain 2 totally separate wardrobes. if a store was out of your size, well, they were out of your size, and so if you wore a fringe size, you were kind of stuck. and if i recalled, the fashion gods dicated a new skirt lenght every year!<br />not saying today is perfect and that i'm happy with everything fashion and shopping has to offer, but all in all, i find more plus than minus. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444483 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:43:08 +0000 Anonymous 1444483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so tired of jeans right now I don't particularly care one way or the other. I ordered a pair of denim ankle pants and a pair of looser fitting jeans that have a drawstring waist (for weekend wear). We'll see if those offer more comfort than what I've been wearing. Otherwise, I'll be totally done with jeans.</p> <p>I've pretty much made sure I'll get through Spring and Summer without jeans, thanks to the ankle pants I bought on clearance at J Jill. Best of all is that what I bought is office appropriate, as I work in a casual office and don't need to wear dressy trousers or anything like that. I can wear, and have worn, jeans to work; but lately I've wanted to step things up a notch or two and be a little dressier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444481 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:36:43 +0000 christieanne 1444481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am laughing to myself because I am longing for the days of an all cotton jean. They last longer as well. Mens denim is still spandex free thankfully.&nbsp;<br />I think the new fabrics have their place and utility for sure so I am open to change.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444472 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:24:02 +0000 Anonymous 1444472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you on that, particularly the part about sizes being consistent. Clothing lasted a lot longer back then, too.</p> <p>What I don't miss about those days was shopping for jeans. Being short, it was hard back when I was a teenager and wore junior sized clothing. All the jeans were 6 inches too long, and my mother had to hem them. There wasn't any such thing as short, regular and long. Everything was just long.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/once-upon-a-time#post-1444468 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:18:12 +0000 always trying 1444468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>we wore our levis or Calvins, wider leg or straight whatever the fashion gods dictated.&nbsp; they, once broken in, felt good, were cotton, and soft when worn a bit.&nbsp;Our shoes were almost always great, sometimes a little braking&nbsp; in was needed.&nbsp; we wore sensible heels,( 6 inch heels were unheard of )&nbsp; athletic shoes for the gym and jogging, cross trainers (white), flip flops, or such &nbsp;were worn almost everywhere we were going to walk all day like to Disneyland.&nbsp;Skirts and dress length was dictated by the fashion gods too, but then came mini skirts.&nbsp; These were generally a no no in the work place, and certainly not worn to church.&nbsp; </p> <p>We built our wardrobes around basics like A line skirts, or straight skirts (no such thing as pensil skirt (dumb word) , good white we called them shirts or blouses (no dump thing like button down. those were mens&nbsp; with button down collars), good pants or skirt suits, and blazers.&nbsp;&nbsp; If we had a special event we shopped in the special occasion department at the department store, and got great advise from the sales lady.&nbsp; </p> <p>Clothes mostly fit, were made with ease, darts, and other well made sewing techniques.&nbsp; NO SPANDEX, to make things fir everyone where we had lumps or bumps they stretch around them.&nbsp; They always look great on the models as they aren't real US.&nbsp; They have no excess boobage, bulges around various places so nothing has to stretch a little to fit--But we wonder why they look so bad???Sizes were pretty much correct.&nbsp; Now even with size labels everything is pretty much small, medium and large.&nbsp; If you don't fit that mold things are made to stretch enough to go over those places, so we are OK with that..But I moss the good old days!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>