tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post2639436175063094324..comments2024-03-28T18:22:53.041-04:00Comments on Closed Doors, Open Windows: Going Back In TimePamela M. Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-70086222655070726092020-01-21T18:55:36.675-05:002020-01-21T18:55:36.675-05:00Thank you, Diana. I agree with your JFK assessment...Thank you, Diana. I agree with your JFK assessment. That woman has not shown up on the horizon yet. Maybe your granddaughter?! And yes, these pictures of those clothes do make us thankful to be living today, don't they? Funny that you and I were thinking along similar lines this week! Great minds run in the same vein, they say. LOL. have a great week.Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-59981455168989476242020-01-21T18:36:51.037-05:002020-01-21T18:36:51.037-05:00What a wonderful post, Pamela! Those clothes were...What a wonderful post, Pamela! Those clothes were something and that corset ad is really pretty sweet! <br />I loved Kennedy and all his comments are right on, I think. I don't think any of the current 'contestants' fit the role he laid out.<br />Have a wonderful evening. xo DianaNanaDianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298962791700019785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-33593237196843467952020-01-21T15:13:50.229-05:002020-01-21T15:13:50.229-05:00I also had some long dresses back in the day. I lo...I also had some long dresses back in the day. I loved them, and wish there were more opportunities to wear them today. But we have become a very casual society. I rarely wear dresses at all anymore. Once in a while in the summer I wear dresses to church, but since I am in the choir and we wear robes (all winter), I don't usually dress up too much for church because it gets hot under the choir robe. I kind of doubt the styles of the 1900's will be back in our lifetime. I loved the hats especially. Have a blessed week.Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-85208770852319406632020-01-21T15:01:49.213-05:002020-01-21T15:01:49.213-05:00I like the idea of the bookmarks to color! What a ...I like the idea of the bookmarks to color! What a nice thing to do...laminate them to preserve them. I hope you are enjoying the Bible Study...(enJOYing - pun intended) It does sound like a good one and I may check that out. I've been thinking about starting a Bible Study for ladies who are not already involved in one at our church. Maybe a home study, but I need to pray about that first. Yes, I am also fascinated with the Victorian era. Love the old books written in that time as well. They were mostly more innocent but also very interesting old fashioned romance and action. I have a collection of many old books written before and around the turn of that century.Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-40205239939664361242020-01-21T13:43:00.416-05:002020-01-21T13:43:00.416-05:00I also enjoyed seeing the pictures of the Victoria...I also enjoyed seeing the pictures of the Victorian era. As a young mother, I had a couple of 'long dresses." Styles do come back. My grandpa spoke of wearing a corset. He had a bit of a weight problem. (I wonder if he was joking.) The thoughts of Senator, then President, Kennedy are thought-provoking. Like you and the others, I wonder what he would think of conditions we have today. Peace and blessings.quietspirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086016141181470311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-82463514623705614092020-01-21T12:38:56.512-05:002020-01-21T12:38:56.512-05:00I like these photos, the Victorian era fascinates ...I like these photos, the Victorian era fascinates me. Good to know some of the corsets were rust proof. Your grandma was so pretty and graceful. In your comment on my post today you asked the title of the book: Discovering Joy in Philippians. A nice feature is that at the back of the book are about 12 bookmarks to color; a gal in our study group laminated them for us, they turned out very pretty and useful.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-56701184956022588912020-01-21T07:53:02.741-05:002020-01-21T07:53:02.741-05:00Yes, we are fortunate to be able to wear comfortab...Yes, we are fortunate to be able to wear comfortable clothing and not feel like we are harnessed into our dresses. And yes, some fashions do go way too far in the wrong extremes...but I don't know too many people who actually wear those outfits. Most women my age love to be comfortable!Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-66962753075036424062020-01-21T07:51:34.385-05:002020-01-21T07:51:34.385-05:00Oh wow! I love that, "pack horses"! I h...Oh wow! I love that, "pack horses"! I have often called myself "Pack Horse Pam" when we had 3 little ones in tow, with diaper bags, purse, and all the other paraphernalia of motherhood. Going to the grocery store, even with a car, was always a challenge if hubby wasn't available to go with me to help. I've never had the luxury of a store that delivered. I guess it is possible now at many grocery stores to have it delivered or ready for pick up at the store, but I've never tried that. I like to shop and see what I am getting! <br />I loved your grandmother's perspective however.Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-77728834001991173072020-01-21T07:47:58.127-05:002020-01-21T07:47:58.127-05:00I also loved the Modess advertisement. The ladies ...I also loved the Modess advertisement. The ladies looked like real ladies. Loved those dresses. And yes, the outfits our grandmothers wore in the early 1900's really were not healthy for their bodies. I know my paternal grandmother had to wear some type of back brace all of her adult life to support her back because she had no real back and diaphragm muscles left after wearing corsets at such a young age. Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-79116068260795838192020-01-21T02:42:13.211-05:002020-01-21T02:42:13.211-05:00I've always enjoyed looking at the female fash...I've always enjoyed looking at the female fashion throughout history but to be honest, I enjoy the freedom of not having to wear restrictive clothing and being able to wear a pants or a dress. I do thing our fashions have gone too far at times though. Most of it seems to be fuelled by the never ending need to come up with something new to tempt the consumer to spend, spend, spend and they seem to find people to do it ;-)Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-29474813622140152972020-01-20T23:08:37.099-05:002020-01-20T23:08:37.099-05:00I love this post, a look back into the past. My gr...I love this post, a look back into the past. My grandmother told my mother, when supermarkets came in and the corner shops were getting fewer and fewer, that women were turning themselves into pack horses. Of course back then the supermarkets didn't deliver and if you had no car you had to lug all your shopping home yourself,unlike the corner shops who delivered your order.<br />Dianadoodles n daydreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489851609110132969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-67996994925205230732020-01-20T21:23:48.312-05:002020-01-20T21:23:48.312-05:00I always disliked the drawings from that era with ...I always disliked the drawings from that era with the wasp waists and the odd looking sunken chests on the women.<br />Women died and were tortured in US prisons and jails for the right to vote but I wonder what they'd think of the idiots of today.<br />I love the beautiful dresses modess used.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03679083454202307997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-25589792990931903602020-01-20T20:50:12.765-05:002020-01-20T20:50:12.765-05:00Sadly, we will never know. But someone sure didn&#...Sadly, we will never know. But someone sure didn't want him to stay here and do his work as President. I don't know if we will ever know the truth of that either. This is why I pray for our current President and his family so much. There are evil people out there who will stop at nothing to have their own way. <br />Future generations will probably still gasp at our undergarments. LOL. <br />Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-54848889628412972722020-01-20T19:05:56.562-05:002020-01-20T19:05:56.562-05:00I was going to say their waists were drawn impossi...I was going to say their waists were drawn impossibly tiny, but then I saw the corsets. Work in and rest in?? I wonder what we wear today that future generations will gasp at? <br /><br />President Kennedy was a remarkable writer. I think he would not recognize our politics and culture today. He would never be able to use Twitter. "But that is a sentence fragment!" I can just imagine. I wonder what would be different in our world if he had lived?Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702620069148109246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-24575138134954986572020-01-20T17:19:56.320-05:002020-01-20T17:19:56.320-05:00Yes, I think I agree...now we know why the women r...Yes, I think I agree...now we know why the women rarely smiled. They had to be in pain and probably very warm in all those layers of clothes and undergarments...broken and/or rusty! LOL. I am glad you appreciated the JFK article too. I wish I could print the whole thing. I may look online for it. Have a blessed day!Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-87295290473155967782020-01-20T17:18:27.095-05:002020-01-20T17:18:27.095-05:00Yes...the dodo for sure! And yes, I enjoyed the wh...Yes...the dodo for sure! And yes, I enjoyed the whole article written by JFK, but it was much too lengthy to try and print, and too small a print. I wonder if it is online somewhere in some historic archive. It should be. We are blessed in many ways to be living today, and yet, I wish some of those old fashioned ways were still around...but not the corsets! LOL'<br />Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-45596679527271211702020-01-20T15:36:47.581-05:002020-01-20T15:36:47.581-05:00Oh my goodness, I can't imagine having to wear...Oh my goodness, I can't imagine having to wear those clothes, not to mention corsets! How uncomfortable it would be!! I rarely see old photos that have the women smiling in them - and now we know why! Broken or rusted corset stays! LOL I agree with you that Kennedy would not recognize his party today. Unrecognizable. He would be appalled. This is a fun post, Pam!!Terri Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333024343069943295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-73342396636892039612020-01-20T15:36:22.937-05:002020-01-20T15:36:22.937-05:00I loved going back in time with you today, Pamela!...I loved going back in time with you today, Pamela! Yes, how fashions have changed over the years, and how women's rights have expanded immensely. I'm actually kind of surprised by JFK's view about a woman being president, but it's a good kind of surprise. And no, there isn't a woman running now who even comes close to the qualities outlined in his piece. One day, we will have the right one, and we will know it.<br />Blessings!<br />P.S. Thank goodness corsets went to way of the dodo!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-81605701555544520622020-01-20T14:46:25.054-05:002020-01-20T14:46:25.054-05:00Thank you, Cindy. We truly are blessed to be "...Thank you, Cindy. We truly are blessed to be "dressed" in today's styles, even though the ladies of yesteryear looked so beautiful...I just can't imagine that they could ever be comfortable. And this doesn't even begin to address the amount of work they had to do to keep house and cook and take care of their clothing. I may post a few more articles about that later. Thanks for popping in.Pamela M. Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060656432106792419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756675007223295900.post-4769382080880504472020-01-20T14:26:25.551-05:002020-01-20T14:26:25.551-05:00I enjoyed this so much and looking at all the olde...I enjoyed this so much and looking at all the olden pictures and taking a walk back in time. The dresses, hats and etc. And...I am like you...so thankful for my comfy clothes and undergarments! LOL! Girl, I wouldn't even try to pull of a belt around the waist now! LOL! I love that first picture of your grandma...looks as though she is posing and rightfully so. Look what a figure! Love what Kennedy said about Women being president. And yes mam....quite sure he would change political affiliation today! LOL! Hugs and blessings, Cindy Creations By Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652249357420269173noreply@blogger.com