What not to wear...

The fashions in the mid 50's were lovely - full circle skirts, sweaters and little sweater-scarves - I had a good bust and the styles suited me. I wish I had kept some of my dresses - they have come right back into fashion and I am now almost back to my weight when I was 17.
The worst thing were 'foundation garments'. We used to wear horrible roll-ons with suspenders - real passion killers!

Those roll-ons were still about in the early 60s, Greatnan (at least, in the N W of England! I remember I had a yellow one, but there was no question of it being a passion-killer - no one but me ever saw it! It did do quite a good job of holding in my tummy though .

Come to think of it, a long line panty girdle was probably almost as good as a chastity belt. They were horrible to wear. I think it is much better to rely on your muscles to hold things in!

I remember having a roll-on! It was purple, and I'd lusted over it after seeing it in the local drapery shop window. I can't remember how much it cost, but I 'paid it up' weekly. I was 15!

I remember Rollins. Horrible, uncomfortable things. Mine kept on rolling I places it shouldn't. My gran used to wear salmon pink corsets complete with whalebone stiffeners, laces up the backhand fasteners all down the front!

Oh, so did mine, jeni - and salmon pink bloomers!

Directoire knickers!

My mother, who was born in 1898, also wore the salmon pink corsets and also huge bras with very wide straps, from Ambrose Wilson. Now why can I remember that and not where I put things yesterday!

Wear what suits you and you feel comfortable in, Uggs love em.

Say NO to crocs !!!

The' angel next door' swears by them?

Whoops love my crocs,especially for gardening in the summer.

Not sure the men would agree they were passion killers!!!

I dont wear mine to get passionate in netgran,only gardening.

My gran wore those corsets too, but she got them "made to measure" by a Spirella lady. She also, apparently, took my mother there after she'd had me. It was important because otherwise you never got your figure back; you had to be held in!

So that's where I went wrong - no corsets!

How posh!
My granny told my mother and her sister," you'll regret not wearing corsets, my girls"
As she was 4ft 10 1/2? Tall and definitely broad on the beam!
She rather resembled queen Victoria, who she could remember!

My Granny (of the salmon pink corsets and bloomers!) never wore a bra in her life! It would seem she was only concerned with 'holding in', not 'holding up'!

And mine!

I loved wearing my croc's in the kitchen of our restaurant every night I would put them in the washing machine and there they were all clean and hygenic ready for the next day,they had micky mouse ear shapes cut out on the front of them they are so comfortable to wear.In the winter you can buy little fur socks to wear with them,I also love my ugg boots but must admit they do make your feet look a bit ducklike.

Love my Cross, I've got more than one pair! Wear them instead of slippers, SO confortable

Very comfy, are crocs. i managed to shrink a pair by putting them in the dishwasher!

I wear crocs too, mainly at home. It's too cold where I live to wander about, even indoors, with bare feet. If you have foot-shaped feet, unsquashed by years of tight shoe wearing, crocs are fabulous. Had to get some new trainers for DD the other day and bought some summer ones for myself – Merrell "Barefoots" – which will give me more grip on our mountain slope of a garden. I wore them with socks yesterday (I have cold feet!) but they can be worn without. They'd be good as dinghy shoes too. The great thing about them is that I can wriggle my toes happily. As a keen dancer who needed her toes for grip, I could never wear shoes that cramped them.

People who despise crocs are just jealous, I reckon, that those of us who wear them have undamaged feet [wink!]. Croc Snobs!

Actually, I have arthritis in my feet, which can be painful. Another reason not to cramp my still good-looking feet.

I quite agree! I can't wear flats anyway - never liked the look and now, with dodgy ankles after sprains and surgery, can only wear a modest heel High heels of my youth are distinctly dangerous though I do teeter around hanging on to husband!!

I too love my Crocs, though, unlike bagitha, it's because my feet are a mess! I wear them as much as possible, and, together with my desert boots (suede, but also in a lovely Liberty print) and my sheepskin bootie slippers, keep me comfortable.

Mind you, I did find, in Durban, a pair of Crocs sandals which are quite smart! So - sorted!

I want Crocs , but my insoles won't stay inside them without slipping and sliding around which is no good ! Anyone got any ideas of keeping them in place??