Because they are a fashion statement, but I find that the pants that are worn more for elegance and utility, the ones that are worn on special occasions, like prom or other galas, tend to be a bit more conservative. Most people look forward to having something to wear the whole day long. What kind […]
You might think that the color yellow is what we know as the iconic colors of the 70s. Not so, and I am quite surprised to see a book by some of Canada’s most celebrated design pioneers, William Segal and Paul Strand, that takes a look back at the 70s and 80s with a very […]
“It was very important to me that she was very empowered,” Jameela says. “She represented the type of woman who could go out in public, without making a statement and still be seen as respectable.” In the 1960s, when Jameela was growing up in West Pakistan, there were no such things as the “fashion week” […]
The colors of the 1920s were primarily red, yellow and green. The color of a 1920s-era automobile might have been black, yellow or white. What colors were red in 1920s? Red was widely represented in the popular culture of the 1920s. Many colors were represented in the popular culture of the 1920s and were popular […]
I wear dresses and skirts that I have purchased from a thrift store, some of them have been in my parents attic or closet or I find them on ebay. It may look a little bit dated since I’m an early 20th century woman, but I like it. I’ve also added jewelry to my wardrobe […]
They were mainly utilitarian: a wide-brimmed hat. And there was a strong case that a moustache was something to be desired, especially in men’s lives, but this was never enough to be a manly beard in the middle of the 20th century. The mustache is no longer required as a manly beard. Now here’s a […]
A petting party is a party sponsored by an adult in a pet’s bedroom. The host will invite one or more guests, usually in small groups of 3, into a room that has a door and a bed. After a couple of minutes of chatting about the weather, the host will go to the window, […]
We’re still talking about it. Here’s a great example of the style that started it all.” —Randi Weston on the origins of the flapper dress “When it was first introduced, a woman with a high armpit was seen as a freak, as the person who couldn’t run, which was a lot of people!” —John Tesh […]
What were the motivations behind this change? I spent most of my life teaching flappers to fly. I loved that they were not afraid, that they used all the skills that modern pilots had learned in the cockpit. They used the wind, they used their body. And I loved that they did not give in […]
“What’s this?” said the man, looking on his mobile phone. “I had to put the toilet on the floor but nothing’s got stuck!” “I can fix it,” the man replied. “I work at the hotel, but the staff won’t come in here.” “What a lot of the staff are doing isn’t what you do at […]