September 21, 2012
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Remember The Poodle Skirt???
~WHEN DRESSES WERE DRESSES AND ONLY WOMEN WORE THEM~During my lifetime, which has been 9.6 dog years, I have seen fashion morph from one extreme to another. I can still remember the ‘Poodle’ skirt of the fifties, which was a very plain fashion with little or no variations, but looked great when dancing. One great attribute was when the girl spun around and gravity lifted the helm, there was a display of feminine accouterments that mesmerized all us young teens! Thigh high stockings with seams, octopus styled garter belts and white cotton knickers up to the waist. It was rapture in motion.
During the 60’s, the ‘mini’ skirt took to the streets and dance clubs. Most schools and even a few municipalities restricted the fashion, which made the females even more determine. In time, they were everywhere. Pantyhose had come to the rescue and colored panties were now a requirement.
Into the 70’s, the hippies dominated fashion with their eclectic fashion sense or non-sense, and to be honest, my memory of the 70’s is still very vague except that I woke one morning during the early 80’s and had a closet full of bell bottom ‘leisure’ suits.
During the 80’s, polyester and spandex contaminated fashion. Clothes became more ‘bland’ and women now marched into the business world wearing pantsuits and false nails. Men took to wearing sterile looking polo shirts with a pansy looking crocodile logo.
During the 90’s and well into the 21st century, fashion and taste simply became optional. Most people now wear what they want. The youth continues to dress only to piss off adults and old farts like me dress like golf course rejects. You might see someone in a poodle skirt now, but most likely they’re a drag queen….or, if they’re wearing a short mini shirt, then they could be a hooker. Young men still dress to impress women, just as women still dress to aggravate other women. I’ve now learned that fashion has no beginning or end, just the moment. I don’t totally understand the concept, I just pay the credit card bills.
Charlie
THE NEW “FHOTO” SKIRTS
Comments (7)
Clothes are weird.
@runisom48 - Naked is sane.
For once you have something on here before my time-poodle skirts. I have clothes from the 60″s put away in my closet and I see the styles come back every 10 years or so.
@Grannys_Place - Still waiting for ‘zoot suits’ to come back.
Hey I had one of those poodle skirts and a poodle hair cut to go with it! Ah…the good ole days.
Hi, I was browsing blogs and saw this, just had to pop in and say over here in the UK you also see Poodle Skirts on Rock and Roll Dancers, there are a lot of folk that meet up and dress up to the Rock and Roll that requires Poodle Skirts (or looking like something out of the show Happy Days) and you’ll be pleased to know many of them are young!
Of course, poodle skirts also had
poodles, or appliqués of poodles to be more exact. The appliqués could
be made from felt or a variety of other fabrics such as chenille. Some
were more dimensional, using other materials for the dog’s fluffy hair
and for the tail.