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OT why I'm a pack rat
But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes
for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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OT why I'm a pack rat
I was changing diapers a lot of the 80's. I haven't a clue what was
going on otherwise then. My dd teases me about that a lot. Sounds like you are both going to have fun with the whole thing. Taria KJ wrote: But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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Howdy!
Headbands! That cute little strip of sparkly elastic to grip your forehead. Show up that punked hair-do (spiky and gelled). Trashy, torn clothes ala that slutty Madonna look. Big earrings, lots of cheap jewelry. One black glove w/ sparklies on it. Ragmop/Sandy--remembering how few of us were quilting in the 1980s and how difficult it was to find real cotton fabric ;-) On 8/14/06 5:37 PM, in article IW6Eg.897624$084.250237@attbi_s22, "KJ" wrote: But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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Oh my! Did you actually WEAR that stuff back then? vbg
Donna "KJ" wrote in message news:IW6Eg.897624$084.250237@attbi_s22... But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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OT why I'm a pack rat
dare I say it: big baggy coveralls in a not quite neon colour worn with a
super wide belt (thank goodness there are no photo's of me in one!!!) big square scarves with glittery woven squares wrapped around the neck with the point on the front and the two ends dangling on the front too (no knots) harem pants -- Jessamy In The Netherlands Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply. www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:03:42 GMT, Sandy Ellison
wrote: Howdy! Headbands! That cute little strip of sparkly elastic to grip your forehead. Show up that punked hair-do (spiky and gelled). Trashy, torn clothes ala that slutty Madonna look. Big earrings, lots of cheap jewelry. One black glove w/ sparklies on it. Ragmop/Sandy--remembering how few of us were quilting in the 1980s and how difficult it was to find real cotton fabric ;-) That spiral perm look, or crimped hair would work too. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere |
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OT why I'm a pack rat
Not everyone did. I didn't! I've never
liked a flashy look. I don't care what others wear, I don't like that look for myself. (Though lately I've been getting a wee bit more flamboyant. I have a few shirts with sequins or trim.) Looking at old eighties photos, I see I generally wore casual slacks, turtleneck shirts, corduroy gathered skirts, blouses. I do have some pictures where I have a floppy little bow at the neck of a suit blouse. I had quite a collection of those! I started quilting in about 1987, and then I generally wore tee shirts and shorts, or turtle necks khakis, or jeans. No more bows ... they'd get caught in the SM!! LOL PAT Donna973 wrote: Oh my! Did you actually WEAR that stuff back then? vbg |
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You wouldn't BELIEVE the glitzy stuff we made! AND wore! The sparklier the
better! Of course, when we came back to Iowa on vacation it didn't quite fit in, but at the time I just figured they were behind times.....now, I think perhaps they had better taste!! Though I did sell some items when I came back, come to think of it. I never had the crimped/curly hair, but I did have DD get a perm...and she was in early grade school! Oh dear.....the things we did. KJ "Donna973" wrote in message . .. Oh my! Did you actually WEAR that stuff back then? vbg Donna "KJ" wrote in message news:IW6Eg.897624$084.250237@attbi_s22... But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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1980s OT why I'm a pack rat
Howdy!
Less glitz, more punk, for me. Back then in the "skinny '80s" I had my head shaved in one patch over my left ear. Just because. ;-P Perms were for the later '80s, when Big Hair came back into Vogue, esp. in Tx. where we've always done Big Hair. Obviously much of the local population hasn't yet let go of the Big Hair, squiggly perms, or that rooster tail swathe of hair over the forehead. Yikes! The '80s live on. And on. ... Yeah, we wore it, all of it, but I never saw the need for leg warmers in this part of Tx. g Shoulder pads. Looked like women were going out to the football field in high heels and full make-up with those shoulder pads. Meanwhile, my mom was embroidering quilt tops and sending them to me to Finish. The boys wore out their Granny quilts; I still have the red & white cats quilt in good shape. Ragmop/Sandy--not sorry to have left the 1980s ;-) On 8/15/06 8:06 AM, in article 4FjEg.899490$084.884786@attbi_s22, "KJ" wrote: You wouldn't BELIEVE the glitzy stuff we made! AND wore! The sparklier the better! Of course, when we came back to Iowa on vacation it didn't quite fit in, but at the time I just figured they were behind times.....now, I think perhaps they had better taste!! Though I did sell some items when I came back, come to think of it. I never had the crimped/curly hair, but I did have DD get a perm...and she was in early grade school! Oh dear.....the things we did. KJ "Donna973" wrote in message . .. Oh my! Did you actually WEAR that stuff back then? vbg Donna "KJ" wrote in message news:IW6Eg.897624$084.250237@attbi_s22... But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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1980s OT why I'm a pack rat
Yes! Shoulder pads! I should have sent a pair with DD's outfit. I haven't
heard back from her yet to see how it went over. Ahhhh the "skinny '80's"....that's one part of that decade I WOULD like to see return! High heels and leggings.....that was a sight! Could never do the high heels part....even in my younger, more agile and skinny days. Nope, couldn't do it. We rarely saw leg warmers in Arizona either, unless it was in a dance studio or Jane Fonda video....hummm wonder if I still have my video. Belts on leotards was always a good look too! g KJ "Sandy Ellison" wrote in message ... Howdy! Less glitz, more punk, for me. Back then in the "skinny '80s" I had my head shaved in one patch over my left ear. Just because. ;-P Perms were for the later '80s, when Big Hair came back into Vogue, esp. in Tx. where we've always done Big Hair. Obviously much of the local population hasn't yet let go of the Big Hair, squiggly perms, or that rooster tail swathe of hair over the forehead. Yikes! The '80s live on. And on. ... Yeah, we wore it, all of it, but I never saw the need for leg warmers in this part of Tx. g Shoulder pads. Looked like women were going out to the football field in high heels and full make-up with those shoulder pads. Meanwhile, my mom was embroidering quilt tops and sending them to me to Finish. The boys wore out their Granny quilts; I still have the red & white cats quilt in good shape. Ragmop/Sandy--not sorry to have left the 1980s ;-) On 8/15/06 8:06 AM, in article 4FjEg.899490$084.884786@attbi_s22, "KJ" wrote: You wouldn't BELIEVE the glitzy stuff we made! AND wore! The sparklier the better! Of course, when we came back to Iowa on vacation it didn't quite fit in, but at the time I just figured they were behind times.....now, I think perhaps they had better taste!! Though I did sell some items when I came back, come to think of it. I never had the crimped/curly hair, but I did have DD get a perm...and she was in early grade school! Oh dear.....the things we did. KJ "Donna973" wrote in message . .. Oh my! Did you actually WEAR that stuff back then? vbg Donna "KJ" wrote in message news:IW6Eg.897624$084.250237@attbi_s22... But not a good enough one! DD just called to ask me to look for old clothes for "Totally 80's Day" at band camp. (She's the director.) A friend and I had a business back in the 80's in Scottsdale. We decorated clothes (think long T-shirts with rhinestones and appliques and "clips" to pull the t-shirt through paired with cotton leggings). Over the years, as I've gotten much pudgier, I've thinned out my carry overs figuring I'm just wasting closet space. THEN someone comes along and wants a costume! Never throw out anything!!! I still had a pair of cotton leggings in the bottom drawer of the armoire.....but when I pulled on the waist....it disintegrated! I found a tunic that's like brand new that has rhinestones and silver and gold appliqued fish! Also still had some wild fish earrings (I had to get out the glue gun and put some stones back on them) and some gold flats with rhinestone and stars. That should do it, shouldn't it??? I never owned any leg warmers. Any other suggestions? KJ |
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