Tish
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No, I don't.
I have always had my own style.
I have always had my own style.
Do you dress like your parents did at your age..?
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horseless carriage
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Your cherished memories of your mother struck a chord Holly. My mother died in the mid 1950's aged just 33, leaving Dad with four children to raise alone. Life was tough, but Dad braved up to his ordeal, fought the authorities who wanted to put his kids up for adoption and raised us all. His life was an example of dedication and exemplary unselfishness.
Do I dress like him? Well prior to mother taking ill, he was quite a snappy dresser and although, I got sucked into the fashions and music of the so called swinging sixties, it was the era prior to the second world war that always impressed me. Did I morph into my Dad? You decide.
My Dad smoked a pipe, I can still smell that slightly fruity aroma, but I never wanted a pipe.
He also always wore a waistcoat with a pocket watch, I've still got the watch, but I don't wear waistcoats.
I walk around the house in my nude, my Dad would never do that.
He also always wore a waistcoat with a pocket watch, I've still got the watch, but I don't wear waistcoats.
I walk around the house in my nude, my Dad would never do that.
My mom always wore dresses and sometimes she borrowed my dresses when I was a teen. We didn't dress very much alike other than that. Dad was always well dressed in public and kind of a slob at home and I'm sad to say I take after him. 
But I always wear makeup and jewelry even on days when I'm doing nothing, which is rare. Go figure. I can throw on a jacket and sunglasses and look put together.
But I always wear makeup and jewelry even on days when I'm doing nothing, which is rare. Go figure. I can throw on a jacket and sunglasses and look put together. 
hollydolly
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Lemme think....
hollydolly
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I have never worn a track suit in my life, much less slob around in one..,
..and my mother wore jumpers, as well as cardigans, and twin-suits... , she never owned a house-dress..My granny however always wore a pinny ..or apron... and some of my aunties wore overalls while doing their housework..similar to this..
horseless carriage
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Naked Sir? Whatever next? And you don't wear waistcoats, where are your standards Sir. My talented wife made this double breasted waistcoat, she also made the shirt and trousers. Out shopping at the supermarket, I got told that I look like someone out of an 'Endeavour' detective program.My Dad smoked a pipe, I can still smell that slightly fruity aroma, but I never wanted a pipe.
He also always wore a waistcoat with a pocket watch, I've still got the watch, but I don't wear waistcoats.
I walk around the house in my nude, my Dad would never do that.
Lewkat
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My mother was a sharp dresser when she went out. Otherwise it was afternoon dresses at home. Much later in life, she did wear a couple of very nice pants suits, but on rare occasions. I, being a nurse, wore a uniform as well as when I was in the military. However, my civilian clothes varied from several cocktail outfits to mostly skirts and blouses or sweaters, and several suits. My mom always wore shoes with a heel and I preferred, and still do to this day, loafers.
My father was a lawyer and always dressed in suits. In the summer, at home, he'd wear a sports shirt and slacks or shorts.
My father was a lawyer and always dressed in suits. In the summer, at home, he'd wear a sports shirt and slacks or shorts.
My mother was born in 1915. We have pictures of her on her honeymoon wearing very snazzy clothes in vogue in 1939. A smart outfit skirt and jacket outfit in navy and white with navy and white spectator pumps and one we kids laughed at where she is wearing wide legged trousers like Katherine Hepburn often wore. My father was a very good photographer with a dark room built into our house so he took many pictures of his beautiful wife. She looked like the popular type of the day, Olivia De Haviland or Merle Oberon. I take after my dad.
We have one dress related thing in common, around the house it's any old thing, but going out we pull out all the stops, fashionable dresses, heels, styled hair and full make-up. After she died I found a beautiful, size six, suit in her closet with the price tag still on it. Like me, she would have been saving it for something special.
We have one dress related thing in common, around the house it's any old thing, but going out we pull out all the stops, fashionable dresses, heels, styled hair and full make-up. After she died I found a beautiful, size six, suit in her closet with the price tag still on it. Like me, she would have been saving it for something special.
MickaC
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Holly......i see a lot of your mom in you.I have very few photos of my mum.. 3 or 4 at most... this photo is 58 years old .. taken in '64 , with my mum aged just 30.. holding my 18 month old sister ..the amusing thing is that the sister in this picture is now 60 years old this year and is the image of my mum in this photo
JaniceM
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No, not at all.
During the early part of my childhood, adults dressed up when they went anywhere.
In second environment, people were more casual.. my mother dressed like Edith Bunker. In later life she sometimes wore pant-suits. Polyester, and polyester double-knit
I always wear jeans- usually denim, but sometimes khaki.
Usually tee-shirts, unless I add on a sweater or a long-sleeved shirt when it's cold.
Capt Lightning
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Definitely not. My father wore clothes which like the rest of him, were ordinary in the extreme. He would wear a plain navy blue suit on Sundays to go to church, though he could never explain why you either had to attend church or dress up to do it. He said it was just something you had to do. I came to the conclusion that church was an excuse to dress up and try to outdo your neighbour.
Mother was similarly dull. She was born in the 1913, so came through two world wars, rationing etc.. and never seemed to shake off the mood of those times.
I like bright, jolly clothes, though for gardening, DIY etc.. jeans or a boiler suit are a bit more appropriate.
Mother was similarly dull. She was born in the 1913, so came through two world wars, rationing etc.. and never seemed to shake off the mood of those times.
I like bright, jolly clothes, though for gardening, DIY etc.. jeans or a boiler suit are a bit more appropriate.
Georgiagranny
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I joke that my idea of ordinary day-to-day clothes is jeans and a t-shirt or sweatshirt; semi-formal is clean jeans and a t-shirt or sweatshirt. For formal occasions I also wear shoes
Actually, I do have black or khaki slacks to wear with a blazer if jeans are totally inappropriate. I haven't owned a girl suit (dress) in 20 years.
Until my mother went to work in a factory, she always wore dresses. In her factory days her "uniform" was jeans and a blouse. She pretty much stuck to that when she quit the factory and enrolled in college to become a teacher. Being a teacher meant more appropriate dress, not that she wore dresses. Pantsuits were the fashionable thing back then, and that's what she wore to school.
Actually, I do have black or khaki slacks to wear with a blazer if jeans are totally inappropriate. I haven't owned a girl suit (dress) in 20 years.
Until my mother went to work in a factory, she always wore dresses. In her factory days her "uniform" was jeans and a blouse. She pretty much stuck to that when she quit the factory and enrolled in college to become a teacher. Being a teacher meant more appropriate dress, not that she wore dresses. Pantsuits were the fashionable thing back then, and that's what she wore to school.
hollydolly
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really?..do you think ?..
. oddly when I glance in the mirror sometimes I see more of my paternal grandmother.., but my little sister is the image of my mother now as an adult, although there wasn't a great resemblance when she was growing up. My brothers and one other sister are images of my father..
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My mother always wore dress slacks, nice shoes and printed or flowered blouses and always carried a purse.
Sweatpants & T shirts & sneakers for sloppy me. I've given up! Do have a fancy wedding in April though so it's time soon to clean up my act. Maybe she left an old dress somewhere!
Sweatpants & T shirts & sneakers for sloppy me. I've given up! Do have a fancy wedding in April though so it's time soon to clean up my act. Maybe she left an old dress somewhere!
fuzzybuddy
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I have a spinal problem, so I can't wear a belt. I recently had to get suspenders. I know, I know!! There's nothing that says young and vigorous like suspenders.
You look quite smart, Morse, old chap, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Naked indeed, with the curtains drawn I hasten to add, so much more civilized.
Oh, and I need to correct my statement, I did wear a waistcoat under a suit for work for some years at work, but on retirement, I gave them and the business suits to a charity shop. The following week, a lady from the shop found one of my business cards and a credit card in one of the pockets and telephoned me at home to come and retrieve them, the credit card had expired.
grahamg
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I'm not dissimilar in the way I dress, except I don't wear a "trilby hat", which was his trademark when he went out to markets or wherever, worn at a nice angle, and they suited him very well, though they'd be totally out of fashion as far as I'm concerned today, (not that I mean I'm a follower of fashion generally!).
My mother did wear jewellery on occasion, though a cameo brooch, simple necklace, and maybe a ladies watch was all, but the rest of her clothes would probably be out of fashion today, (the odd exception being a black and white dress she used sometimes when we were kids, to go to dances in, and I'd guess it might be fashionable today as an example of "retro style"!).