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A HISTORY OF THE GIRDLE
« on: January 06, 2009, 12:25:35 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were historical in the sense of the girdle, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently trying to purchase some girdles.
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 12:26:59 AM »

And the word of the day is: AVENACEOUS!
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 12:27:48 AM »

Welcome four GUESTS.
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« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2009, 12:59:47 AM »

And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to BrettySpaghetti, who seems to have disappeared forever.
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2009, 01:20:13 AM »

And the word of the day is: AVENACEOUS!

I have a good idea what today's SONG OF THE DAY is going to be!!!!   :)
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2009, 01:21:02 AM »

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR BRETTYSPAGHETTI!!!!!!
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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2009, 01:25:35 AM »

A HISTORY OF THE GIRDLE


courtesy of Wikipedia:

Historically and in anthropology, the girdle can be a scanty belt-shaped textile for men and/or women, worn on its own, not holding a larger garment in place, and less revealing than the loin-cloth, as was used by Minoan pugilists.

Constructed of elasticized fabric and sometimes fastened with hook and eye closures, the modern girdle is designed to enhance a woman's figure. Most open-bottom girdles extend from the waist to the upper thighs. In the 1960s, these models fell from favor and were to a great extent replaced by the panty girdle. The panty girdle resembles a tight pair of athletic shorts. Both models of girdles usually include suspender clips to hold up stockings.

Girdles were considered essential garments by many women from approximately 1910 to the late 1960s. They created a rigid, controlled figure that was seen as eminently respectable and modest. They were also crucial to the couturier Christian Dior's 1947 New Look, which featured a voluminous skirt and a narrow, nipped-in waistline, also known as a wasp waist.

 
Later in the 1960s, the girdle was generally supplanted by pantyhose. Pantyhose replaced girdles for many women who had used the girdle essentially as a means of holding up sheer nylon stockings. Those who want more control purchase "control top" pantyhose. Many women forgo wearing girdles, stockings, and pantyhose entirely.

Girdles and "body shapers" are still sold to women who want to shape their figure with a garment. Some of these garments incorporate a brassiere and thus become functionally equivalent to a corset. However, they do not incorporate boning and hence do not produce the constricted waistline characteristic of Victorian-era corsets.

[more HERE if you're really interested!!!!]
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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2009, 01:34:49 AM »

And a propos today's WOD, from today's New York Times!

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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2009, 04:23:10 AM »

And the word of the day is: AVENACEOUS!

And The Song Of The Day Is: MAIRZY DOTES
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2009, 04:57:06 AM »

I nice McDonalds McGirdle sandwish would be good about now. 

But I think it'll be Special K cereal with milk again.  (I think i'll let myself have whole milk, though!  And maybe a few raisins.)
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« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2009, 04:57:59 AM »

Raisins, what happened to them?  Raisins today.
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« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2009, 04:58:24 AM »

(almost a Sondheim reference)
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« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2009, 04:59:58 AM »

But I'll probably mess up the diet I started with ice cream later today.  but at least I'li start off the day feeling like I'm doing something for myself.  :)
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« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2009, 05:10:37 AM »

I nice McDonalds McGirdle sandwish would be good about now. 

But I think it'll be Special K cereal with milk again.  (I think i'll let myself have whole milk, though!  And maybe a few raisins.)

Not quite awake when we wrote this, eh, Fred?    :)
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2009, 05:11:50 AM »

I'm feeling ever so much better...I think.  Not any coughing overnight, and only a minimal bit of goop production.

Not much sleep, though.  Those danged new pillows are the culprits, I  fear.

Sigh.
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« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2009, 05:21:07 AM »

My favorite Fox musical of the 1930s-40s is ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE. 

It has some great songs.

I AM a fan of Alice Faye...and I love Al Jolson.

I don't recall if the outtake is on this DVD or not, but there was a cut scene in this film that featues the old burlesque team of Weber and Fields.  It was one of their very few appearances in a sound film.

I also like THE DOLLY SISTERS, ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND and TIN PAN ALLEY (not available on DVD).

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« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2009, 05:24:35 AM »

I'm waiting for the shuttle to arrive to whisk us to the airport, then a plane to whisk us to Austin.

"Whisk" is a much more colorful word than "drive" or "fly," don't you think?

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« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2009, 05:37:46 AM »

Methinks that I took my NyQuil nightcap a wee bit later than I should as I still feel like I could sleep for about another hour or two.  But somehow I manged to drag myself out of bed and showered and breakfasted and across the bridge and I'm now seated at my desk.
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« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2009, 05:37:48 AM »

Most people don't realize that Mr. Sondheim's first draft was "What Do We Do? We Whisk!"
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« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2009, 05:46:52 AM »

I was going to tell BK that girdles are now Body Shapers but Singdaw beat me to the punch - why am I not suprised?
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« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2009, 05:47:24 AM »

I think I am finally out of the tunnel I am feeling stronger today
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« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2009, 05:48:03 AM »

FEEL BETTER VIBES for Dan (the Man) and RLP
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« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2009, 05:48:44 AM »

I too am unenlightened as to what an Elite YELP is..... ???


but kudos to BK since he seems pleased  :)
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« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2009, 05:49:32 AM »

I'm not much of a fan of the Fox musicals.  They're just a little too fuddy-duddy for my tastes and too many of them seem to be set in that same turn of the century New York City/Delmonico's/Lily Langtry setting.  I will admit that I admire the costumes and scenery in a lot of the movies--but for the most part they are rarely photographed with any ingenuity.  The one exception I can think of is THE GANG'S ALL HERE, but then with that one you have Busby Burkeley.
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« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2009, 05:49:59 AM »

So anyway......it's Tuesday.

I for one enjoyed the TWISTED NERVE/BRIDE WORE BLACK cd very much last evening.  I think my favorite track is the Twisted Nerve Jazz track, although all of those tracks from the film made me remember some of those scenes.  I have only seen THE BRIDE WORE BLACK once, I bought it after I knew the CD was coming.  That music, too, is quite intriguing. 

Lots of fun to have TWISTED NERVE.....great source music that I am going to share with the director of THE MARK OF CAIN....and I hope she decides to use it for scene changes!
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« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2009, 05:52:42 AM »

FEEL BETTER VIBES for Dan (the Man) and RLP

Aw, DR Vixmom, I will feel better, only because you are wishing it.

And I'm glad you're feeling better, too!  :)
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« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2009, 05:53:32 AM »

Fox Musicals.....hmmmmm.....

I do like The Gang's All Here, and of course all of the Shirley Temple movies.....  But if we're talking pre-1950, I will say THE GIRL NEXT DOOR and MOON OVER MIAMI and THE DOLLY SISTERS are some of my favorites.

I have not seen ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE...but I think I remember reading that a lot of the story/script was changed when Ms Brice got news of it.....
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« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2009, 05:54:39 AM »

nice McDonalds McGirdle sandwich

The "control top" is edible.      :P
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« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2009, 05:55:16 AM »

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« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2009, 05:56:44 AM »

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