tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post2663775540937057193..comments2024-03-25T13:25:19.911-05:00Comments on My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: A and P Supermarkets/Grocery Store Rant (1940s)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-39079207180522825132012-04-17T04:05:15.207-05:002012-04-17T04:05:15.207-05:00I might not fix hair and makeup to perfection just...I might not fix hair and makeup to perfection just for grocery shopping, but I don't go our underdressed ever. I don't really own any sloppy clothes that isn't nightwear and I wouldn't dream of going out in those.<br /><br />I absolutely love the pictures you have found and I think you looked very neat and nice!Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380497568603304818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-61064798873629883892012-04-16T19:55:40.547-05:002012-04-16T19:55:40.547-05:00You look beautiful in your vintage apparel and cou...You look beautiful in your vintage apparel and could grace the A&P ads alongside the other shoppers, of course you would have your Forstmann's wool coat on too! This brings to mind when I was lucky enough to catch a rebroadcast of the original tv pilot for "Let's Make a Deal" with Monty Hall. It was before the zany costumes were part of the script. Every single male and female was dressed in a suit or dress. Every one of them! This must have been the early 1960's. I would really like to see that episode again. Now.Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352425223803741970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-34285758264773414782012-04-16T18:28:42.871-05:002012-04-16T18:28:42.871-05:00Aww, you look gorgeous!! That blouse is adorable. ...Aww, you look gorgeous!! That blouse is adorable. And love all those '40s folk at the A&P!! I concur, it's a shame no one seems to dress up anymore; I don't wish to judge anyone for wearing sweats and nightclothes around town (goodness knows I'm the "freak" here in my red lipstick and obsolete fashions) but I do wish people still -enjoyed- the act of getting all gussied up. Everyone has to wear clothes, so why not use them as a means of personal expression?!<br /><br />But a lot of folks I know seem to consider their rather shoddy apparel some sort of act of free expression, like they're sticking it to the man in their totally radical flannel pajama bottoms, haha. Kinda like what Dolly said; it's just laziness and conformity disguised as postmodernist thinking. (And of course, in an ironic twist, those rebels in sweatpants are often the same ones who sneer at anyone who actually shows a little originality in the way they dress, sigh.)<br /><br />Then again, I find casual wear so much less appealing these days; I really wouldn't mind seeing ladies at the grocery store parading around in '50s peignoirs and Daniel Greens, haha.Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955329474063496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-71793463110109376832012-04-16T17:03:55.896-05:002012-04-16T17:03:55.896-05:00i totally agree with you! whatever happned to at l...i totally agree with you! whatever happned to at least trying to look decent when appering in public?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940320260094301593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-56381207540779096272012-04-16T17:02:07.577-05:002012-04-16T17:02:07.577-05:00Tesco actually BANNED jim-jams in their stores a w...Tesco actually BANNED jim-jams in their stores a while back! Seriously. They put signs on the door that stated you'd be escorted out if you were under-dressed in what they referred to as 'nightwear'! Good on them. After that, they were my store of choice!<br />People got lazy in the late '60s when ACTUAL fashion became a thing of the past. Post-modern fashion is an anything goes kind of thing and it lets people be couch potatoes when it comes to their gear. At least some of us respect ourselves and fashion enough to give a damn!<br />You looked UBER fab, BTW! Love that top!!Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-60080337780122723332012-04-16T16:50:20.197-05:002012-04-16T16:50:20.197-05:00Ha, we could learn something from those older ladi...Ha, we could learn something from those older ladies, for sure. I remember in college just being ASTONISHED at people walking around all day literally in their pajama bottoms (sometimes tucked in to Uggs!) or tiny shorts that were obviously meant for the gym... I'm not always at my Sunday best but I definitely make a concerted effort to be presentable outside the house! Like you said, it's a matter of respect for yourself and other people.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-77576483650243677512012-04-16T16:43:51.677-05:002012-04-16T16:43:51.677-05:00Thank you for the compliment! And that is a really...Thank you for the compliment! And that is a really good point, actually... that most older people either dress pin-neat (lipstick, "hair did", etc) or sloppy, sloppy, don't even care sloppy, this is my matching old person track suit. We'll have to investigate!!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-27226185374801399042012-04-16T16:17:49.879-05:002012-04-16T16:17:49.879-05:00When I do run into the store in work out clothes a...When I do run into the store in work out clothes and no make up, that's when I see people I haven't seen for ages and they're probably thinking Wow what a slob but then they're wearing jeans. Shrug.<br /><br />I often wonder though and never thought to ask any of the older ladies I know if they would have still dressed in suits and dresses to go to the store if there had been an alternative. The reason I wonder is that these same ladies are now wandering around in sweat suits and jeans and not dresses like they were in the 40s/50s<br /><br />You look adorable by the way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-76458006030432012512012-04-16T13:34:25.459-05:002012-04-16T13:34:25.459-05:00And when you think about how short of a time span ...And when you think about how short of a time span it took for people to go from that to the "Juicy" written across their butts generation, it's mind boggling. I DO wish that people dressed up like that still. I have a theory about how people treat each other with less respect and manners these days because most people look like they just rolled out of bed. If we look like we have no respect for ourselves, nobody is going to respect us. Even if our look mirrors their own.<br /><br />I remember going to the The Golden Age of Couture show at the Frist and seeing people milling around in cut-off shorts and t-shirts. And dirty Ugg boots and flip-flops. It seemed really strange. And then I saw a group of senior ladies who had come together as a group and they were dressed to the nines!Eartha Kitschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189308677139650882noreply@blogger.com