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Things you considered glamorous when you were a gayling

Silk robes

Champagne

NYC

Sequin gowns with big shoulder pads

by Anonymousreply 566May 16, 2020 3:30 AM

Champagne remains glamorous to me. Even in my eldergay years.

by Anonymousreply 1June 19, 2019 3:10 PM

Dialing a phone with a pencil.

by Anonymousreply 2June 19, 2019 3:10 PM

My folks had a fondue pot and would often have that for dinner just for them. It was a grownup thing and therefore glamorous.

Also, my mom would make garlic toast (WonderBread) for just her and my dad and I thought that was special too.

I did not come from wealth.

by Anonymousreply 3June 19, 2019 3:33 PM

I love this sort of thread though we’ve done it numerous times that most renowned of which is the one R2 alludes to.

by Anonymousreply 4June 19, 2019 3:43 PM

Gold shag carpet that needed to be raked after vacuuming.

by Anonymousreply 5June 19, 2019 3:45 PM

Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton hotels, Waldorf Astoria, the Plaza Hotel

Aruba, Bora Bora, Capri, Corfu, Cannes, St. Tropez.

The Oscars, The Tonys (less so for the Emmys and Grammys)

Bentley, Jaguar, Mazerati, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Lamborghini

Nantucket, Hilton Head, Kauai, Catalina , St. Barts.

Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Onassis, Cary Grant, Lauren Bacall, Kitty Carlisle

by Anonymousreply 6June 19, 2019 3:49 PM

Sulka silk bathrobes and pajamas.

by Anonymousreply 7June 19, 2019 3:50 PM

High-rise buildings, with a view just like Eva. Then I lived in one and couldn't get out fast enough.

by Anonymousreply 8June 19, 2019 3:53 PM

an apartment facing Central Park

by Anonymousreply 9June 19, 2019 3:55 PM

Bob Mackie's couture for Cher on "The Sonny and Cher Show."

by Anonymousreply 10June 19, 2019 3:55 PM

Mommie Dearest- I didn’t know what camp was, just that I wanted to have her closet, fur hat, and drive.

by Anonymousreply 11June 19, 2019 3:56 PM

Marble bathtubs

by Anonymousreply 12June 19, 2019 3:59 PM

Glamorous? I didn't think about glamor when I was very young, although I was somewhat attracted to it... everything to do with Elizabeth Taylor- who rarely was on talk shows etc. She was ubiquitous in the tabloids by an enigma in actuality because she so rarely was interviewed in any public venue. Stuff like that I guess. I was also very big into tennis- and the Australian male tennis stars were my heros- and hot is that distinctive Australian every man mate way. I also was growing up in what most would consider glamorous circumstances, but I did not think it was anything special at the time.

by Anonymousreply 13June 19, 2019 4:00 PM

Blackglama mink ads in the 1970s. Had an edge to go with the luxury.

Duran Duran in the 80s, bringing youth, cocaine and razor cheekbones to the glamor pantheon.

by Anonymousreply 14June 19, 2019 4:01 PM

wearing a silk ascot.

by Anonymousreply 15June 19, 2019 4:01 PM

Door handles in the middle of the door like in the Family Affair apartment. Step-down or step-up living room in apartments with a view.

Smoking, sadly.

by Anonymousreply 16June 19, 2019 4:01 PM

Going out from 12 am to 4 am, 2 or 3 nights a week.

by Anonymousreply 17June 19, 2019 4:02 PM

R13, which Australian tennis stars did you like? Pay Cash?

by Anonymousreply 18June 19, 2019 7:52 PM

Pay = Pat

by Anonymousreply 19June 19, 2019 7:52 PM

Air Conditioning

by Anonymousreply 20June 19, 2019 7:55 PM

Champagne - you can have it. Instead of spending $70 or more per bottle I'll pay $10 or $12 for an equivalent sized bottle of Proseco. It's in essence sparkling wine same as Champagne - what makes the latter is it's only produced in a certain region of France.

by Anonymousreply 21June 19, 2019 8:02 PM

Power windows

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by Anonymousreply 22June 19, 2019 8:06 PM

in the movies people had gold plated cigarette cases and lit their cigarettes with fancy lighters.

Yes both my parents smoked, yes we were poor, yes they used the disposable lighters from the 7-11.

by Anonymousreply 23June 19, 2019 8:07 PM

I love you, R22.

by Anonymousreply 24June 19, 2019 8:09 PM

mercedes benz 450 sl convertble and a penthouse was basically what I thought was glamorous 40 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 25June 19, 2019 8:54 PM

Cigarette holders, with matching cases, and lighters.

Mink coats

Brocade turban hats for "between beauty parlor appointments"

Big wide leather belts.

by Anonymousreply 26June 19, 2019 10:30 PM

R26, are you a fan of Miss Faye Dunaway?

by Anonymousreply 27June 19, 2019 10:35 PM

Monocles

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by Anonymousreply 28June 19, 2019 10:56 PM

boutonnieres

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by Anonymousreply 29June 19, 2019 11:00 PM

Private planes.

by Anonymousreply 30June 19, 2019 11:12 PM

Lunch at The Plaza and ski in Saint Moritz. Robber Baron mansions.

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by Anonymousreply 31June 19, 2019 11:33 PM

R21 - champagne is a method as well as a region. Prosecco is not in essence Champagne. However, Cava (Spain), Crémant (France), Franciacorta (Italy), and some new world bubblies ARE produced following the Champagne method.

by Anonymousreply 32June 19, 2019 11:36 PM

Motorola RAZR v3 D&G

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by Anonymousreply 33June 19, 2019 11:39 PM

Are you in your twenties, R33? Are you 2hot2BBelieved?

by Anonymousreply 34June 19, 2019 11:46 PM

Yes, I am in my twenties, r34 and no I'm not "2hot2BBelieved" whoever that is.

by Anonymousreply 35June 19, 2019 11:49 PM

Marry me, r7!

by Anonymousreply 36June 19, 2019 11:59 PM

Sonny and Cher seemed like the most glamorous stars to me in grade-school in the early 70s, when there show was a hit.

by Anonymousreply 37June 20, 2019 12:05 AM

I guess I was a 20ish gayling when I walked into one of those charity shops that used to be around Manhattan and found a cache of very high end suits, and ties, and Sulka boxer shorts, all made for a tall skinny guy. I was thrilled it was all made for me, perfectly. I was a bit sad wondering who died but I was grateful. The thing is, I still have a few of the Sulka shorts, as apparently they are indestructible. Whatever kind of cotton could they be? I still have many ties from the 80's but that's no big deal.

by Anonymousreply 38June 20, 2019 12:07 AM

Owning a colour tv.

by Anonymousreply 39June 20, 2019 12:09 AM

Yes I meant "their."

by Anonymousreply 40June 20, 2019 12:10 AM

flying (to Hawaii ,no less)

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by Anonymousreply 41June 20, 2019 12:11 AM

This is going to sound hilarious now but when I was young I thought a brass bed was the pinnacle of luxury.

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by Anonymousreply 42June 20, 2019 12:14 AM

2 story houses

by Anonymousreply 43June 20, 2019 12:16 AM

Gin martinis, straight up served in an Art Deco cocktail lounge, preferably with a tinkling piano in the corner.

My father drank cheap vodka martinis, on the rocks, while watching television, which seemed crass to me.

As old as I am now, to this day, I still get a thrill when I walk into a nice bar, see a white-jacketed bartender, and hear the rattle of a cocktail shaker over the sound of a piano.

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by Anonymousreply 44June 20, 2019 12:18 AM

I didn't know what they were called then, but I now know that they're called vinyl palladian windows. A friend's parents built a home with one and it was in his bedroom. I had never seen anything so fabulous.

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by Anonymousreply 45June 20, 2019 12:42 AM

R3 "I did not come from wealth." Noooo...what?!

R6 MaSerati. I'm embarrassed for you.

by Anonymousreply 46June 20, 2019 1:00 AM

White French Provincial furniture with gold accents. The Gabor Sisters. Rolls Royce motorcars. The French language.

by Anonymousreply 47June 20, 2019 1:13 AM

Smoking cigarettes and sipping whiskey while talking philosophy in an NYC apartment.

by Anonymousreply 48June 20, 2019 1:22 AM

Plastic slip covered furniture in living rooms you were never allowed to go into.

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by Anonymousreply 49June 20, 2019 1:29 AM

My grandmother had glass footed fruit cups and my gay brother loved to run around her house with them saying “I’m eating caviar!” And no, he did not know it was fish eggs.

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by Anonymousreply 50June 20, 2019 1:32 AM

Champale and Cold Duck

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by Anonymousreply 51June 20, 2019 1:35 AM

California sparkling like Chandon, Schramsberg (served at every WH state dinner since Nixon), and many more are $30 and under and far superior to any prosecco I've had.

by Anonymousreply 52June 20, 2019 1:37 AM

Ice buckets

by Anonymousreply 53June 20, 2019 1:38 AM

My friend and former roommate had a full length Beaver coat. He was a flamboyant dancer with a mean fist so nobody fucked with him. We lived in Chelsea in the mid 80s and he went everywhere with that coat once the weather dipped below 40 degrees. It was fabulous and trashy at the same time.

by Anonymousreply 54June 20, 2019 1:39 AM

A penthouse with terrace.

by Anonymousreply 55June 20, 2019 1:39 AM

Oh a trip to Hawaii, absolutely.

by Anonymousreply 56June 20, 2019 1:42 AM

A canopy bed. I used to ogle them in the Sears catalog. I still want one. It seems so cozy.

by Anonymousreply 57June 20, 2019 1:44 AM

Costumes by Travilla!!!

by Anonymousreply 58June 20, 2019 1:45 AM

5.4.3.2.1......

until a tea room in some department store is mentioned that she frequented with her pig grandmother!!!

by Anonymousreply 59June 20, 2019 1:46 AM

Mink stoles, back combed half up hair (Bardot} Gucci Slippers, and a make up vanity with little perfume bottles.

by Anonymousreply 60June 20, 2019 1:46 AM

Who was that designer whose clothes were always being mentioned on game shows in the 60s. Something something of Beverly Hills.

by Anonymousreply 61June 20, 2019 1:47 AM

Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 62June 20, 2019 1:48 AM

R61, you are just thinking of 2 dicks!

by Anonymousreply 63June 20, 2019 1:49 AM

Avant-garde clothing by Commes des Garçons, shopping at Charivari on a trip to NYC.

by Anonymousreply 64June 20, 2019 1:51 AM

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by Anonymousreply 65June 20, 2019 1:51 AM

On another Cher-related note, the way she opened her post Sonny and Cher show "Cher": a cappella, a wardrobe reveal, and a full song performance. The height of glamor.

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by Anonymousreply 66June 20, 2019 1:56 AM

Long gloves and long cigarette holders.

by Anonymousreply 67June 20, 2019 2:06 AM

Towering updos

by Anonymousreply 68June 20, 2019 2:09 AM

A couple of things that are now commonplace, but were considered luxuries in the mid-60s: power windows in cars and dishwashers in kitchens.

And one that I still consider glamorous: the Frigidaire Flair range (at link). That was something to be envied.

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by Anonymousreply 69June 20, 2019 2:13 AM

R69 as seen in Bewitched.

by Anonymousreply 70June 20, 2019 2:23 AM

R69 r70

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by Anonymousreply 71June 20, 2019 2:32 AM

Dynasty

by Anonymousreply 72June 20, 2019 2:53 AM

Bel Air, CA. New York, NY

by Anonymousreply 73June 20, 2019 3:02 AM

[quote]as seen in Bewitched.

Hi, R70. Yes, the association with Bewitched was really cool. Here's a picture of Samantha and her Flair range (with the burner drawer pulled out and an oven door open).

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by Anonymousreply 74June 20, 2019 3:27 AM

A Don Loper original.

by Anonymousreply 75June 20, 2019 3:31 AM

a phone in your car

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood

Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton

Anglophones from Montreal

Princess Grace of Monaco

Sailing

Crew

Lee Remick

Queen Elizabeth II Cruise ship

by Anonymousreply 76June 20, 2019 3:44 AM

QE 2 was an ocean liner.

by Anonymousreply 77June 20, 2019 3:45 AM

Marry me r77

by Anonymousreply 78June 20, 2019 3:57 AM

Crystal glass decoration pieces

by Anonymousreply 79June 20, 2019 4:04 AM

Fern bars

Recessed lighting

Canapes

Cruises

Las Vegas casinos

Our provincial local theatre

by Anonymousreply 80June 20, 2019 4:08 AM

An Oscar.

by Anonymousreply 81June 20, 2019 4:19 AM

Cadillacs

by Anonymousreply 82June 20, 2019 4:34 AM

Bloomingdale's (the one in Tyson's Corner, VA - first branch in the DC area, opened in 1976. It was wildly glamorous by local standards.)

Georgetown

pâté

Cartier Tank watches

by Anonymousreply 83June 20, 2019 4:52 AM

Gucci loafers with no socks, sweater worn with knotted sleeves over shoulders and a Lacoste shirt and Aramis cologne.

by Anonymousreply 84June 20, 2019 4:56 AM

W126 and W140 Mercedes-Benz S Class sedan.

by Anonymousreply 85June 20, 2019 5:08 AM

Tiffany lamps.

Cameo glass vases.

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by Anonymousreply 86June 20, 2019 5:12 AM

Wearing black clothes (instead of colorful clothing). Wearing a blazer-type jacket. Two-story houses, as posted above. Now, I wouldn't want a two-story house, though.

Michelle Pfeiffer (Elvira) on Scarface, sitting at her vanity, smoking cigarettes (Marlboro Lights, I think), drinking from a rocks (or lowball) glass, snorting an unlimited amount of coke, and painting her nails. In lingerie.

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by Anonymousreply 87June 20, 2019 5:17 AM

Inverness Capes and Deerstalkers

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by Anonymousreply 88June 20, 2019 5:21 AM

Dynasty. Push button phones. Caviar.

by Anonymousreply 89June 20, 2019 5:22 AM

Bain de Soleil commercials

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by Anonymousreply 90June 20, 2019 5:40 AM

Travis Banton gowns for Dietrich and Colbert, Paris, smoking paraphernalia, Kay Francis, Hedy Lamarr, tuxedos

by Anonymousreply 91June 20, 2019 5:49 AM

Chris-Craft

Somerset Collection (then called Somerset Mall

Petoskey

Mercedes wagon with Albion College sticker

Lessons: sailing, tennis, skiing

Parents vacationing in Europe while their teenage kids have wild parties

by Anonymousreply 92June 20, 2019 6:00 AM

As a gayling of 9 or 10 in England, Dynasty was the most sexy and glamourous thing on my radar. The opening credits used to make me excited. All the tuxedos, jewels, furs,cars, open fires. In the late 80s I thought it looked like luxury.

by Anonymousreply 93June 20, 2019 6:04 AM

Gloria Vanderbilt

by Anonymousreply 94June 20, 2019 6:05 AM

All the kids on the playground talking about Farrah on the skateboard on last night's Charlies Angels. True story.

by Anonymousreply 95June 20, 2019 6:08 AM

Dimmer switches! Dumb waiter Chandeliers Staircases that started in the middle of the entrance hall and branched into two Walk in wardrobes Basically Dynasty!

by Anonymousreply 96June 20, 2019 6:23 AM

When I was a kid a vintage European telephone was the epitome of glamour in my eyes.

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by Anonymousreply 97June 20, 2019 6:25 AM

People in my area who had fancy cars drove the usual, Mercedes, BMW, etc. I lobbied pretty hard for my mother to buy one. It was also pretty cool to own a car brand that was seemingly entirely new.

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by Anonymousreply 98June 20, 2019 7:15 AM

Damm nothing matters anymore

by Anonymousreply 99June 20, 2019 7:23 AM

Hostess pajamas. Fondue. Skiing. Cigarette cases. After-dinner mints. Cornish game hens. Hearts of palm.

by Anonymousreply 100June 20, 2019 7:46 AM

Musically a big no-no but the look of a big honkin candelabra on a grand piano in a huge living/reception room (perhaps inspired by some Liberace tv appearance).

by Anonymousreply 101June 20, 2019 9:57 AM

Pet lions and gyrocopters.

by Anonymousreply 102June 20, 2019 10:01 AM

Traveling first class, private planes, four star hotels, four star restaurants.

by Anonymousreply 103June 20, 2019 10:02 AM

After my grandmother passed away, my grandfather had her mink coat made into a jacket and a stole for my aunt and mom. My mom was given the stole. Think I wore the stole more than my mom and put it on when no one was looking. Though, I'm sure my mom knew because I probably didn't put it away properly in her closet. Oh the feel of wearing mink! Of course, I was too young to equate the killing of the mink.

by Anonymousreply 104June 20, 2019 10:16 AM

Sloan Rangers.

by Anonymousreply 105June 20, 2019 10:53 AM

1970s Cadillac Sedans

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by Anonymousreply 106June 20, 2019 11:25 AM

Anything by Bijan

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by Anonymousreply 107June 20, 2019 11:29 AM

Cartier Tank watches

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by Anonymousreply 108June 20, 2019 11:30 AM

Having your own in-ground swimming pool

Mimosas

Silk robes

Vanities with lighted mirrors

by Anonymousreply 109June 20, 2019 11:31 AM

My parents bought their first Caddy it was exactly like this one. I thought it was the height of elegance.

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by Anonymousreply 110June 20, 2019 11:33 AM

Richard Gere and his Mercedes 450 SL

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by Anonymousreply 111June 20, 2019 11:39 AM

Anything I saw in GQ magazine from 1988 to 1991.

by Anonymousreply 112June 20, 2019 11:42 AM

French perfume (I could identify several), military officers in uniform AND lesbian hippies (I was a contrarian), very beautiful and sexy turned out woman with CURVES such as Pam Grier, black and white American movies, French and Italian "art" cinema, the sleepy dusty old museums in NY, London and Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg, the entire city of Geneva, Stowe over other Vermont ski resorts, non-fancy Boy Scout camps, yacht clubs, my own Sunfish, old school and country club gymnasiums (and showers), Liza Minnelli.

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by Anonymousreply 113June 20, 2019 1:25 PM

Were late 70's Ford Thunderbirds your standard average sedan in 1978-79?

My parents had one, I was 2 years old, but I remember it seeming SO LUXURIOUS- Power everything...

Am I insane?

by Anonymousreply 114June 20, 2019 2:25 PM

[quote] Push button phones

Push button transmissions

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by Anonymousreply 115June 20, 2019 2:27 PM

R114 Tbirds were definitely a mid level luxury car. My uncle had one, a 1976 model, and it was a luxury car in the 70s sense. It was basically a Lincoln Continental but without the price tag.

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by Anonymousreply 116June 20, 2019 2:29 PM

Driving a Truly Scrumptious car for just a few minutes.

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by Anonymousreply 117June 20, 2019 2:31 PM

My grandpa had an early 90s Ford Thunderbird where I was introduced to CDs and leather seats. A "Personal luxury car". I love that the name infers that it's luxurious but you're going to be driving yourself. RIP the Personal luxury car.

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by Anonymousreply 118June 20, 2019 2:54 PM

Mac II design by socialites Chessy Rayner and Mica Ertegun

by Anonymousreply 119June 20, 2019 4:02 PM

Frank Lloyd Wright

Greene and Greene

Pasadena

by Anonymousreply 120June 20, 2019 4:14 PM

Oxford students

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by Anonymousreply 121June 20, 2019 4:26 PM

A 6 CD player in the trunk of your car. Those gold metal mesh cigarette cases with the snap closure. Lounging by the pool with a cocktail. High rise apartments and condos. Houses or condos with an atrium. Now I don't like them at all because it's usually in a condo or townhouse with few windows.

by Anonymousreply 122June 20, 2019 4:39 PM

Bathrooms with matching colored sink, tub, and bidet.

by Anonymousreply 123June 20, 2019 4:43 PM

Android "Droid" phone with the red back.

by Anonymousreply 124June 20, 2019 4:47 PM

Silk bathrobes! They seemed so luxurious and beautiful, on men and women, a private pleasure that would make one feel like one is living the life when home alone.

I could afford one now, but instead I have a thick plush robe for winter and a lightweight cotton robe for summer. The silk things aren't nearly as comfortable.

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by Anonymousreply 125June 20, 2019 5:29 PM

Armoires

by Anonymousreply 126June 20, 2019 5:44 PM

The Rolling Stones - so colorful and magical, flying around in their own plane. They were the like the Rainbow Parade of the 1970’s.

by Anonymousreply 127June 20, 2019 5:49 PM

Am I truly the first poster to say satin sheets?

by Anonymousreply 128June 20, 2019 6:35 PM

Opera windows

by Anonymousreply 129June 20, 2019 6:46 PM

I always thought the Chrysler LeBaron was the height of elegance.

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by Anonymousreply 130June 20, 2019 6:51 PM

Rich Corinthian leather...

by Anonymousreply 131June 20, 2019 6:52 PM

r130 You were correct.

by Anonymousreply 132June 20, 2019 6:56 PM

Black lacquer bedroom furniture

Chaise lounges

by Anonymousreply 133June 20, 2019 7:25 PM

Oh my god R130- ME too!!!!!

And the Ford County Squire Wagon!!!! "Country Squire?"

And I LOVED the BMW 5 series circa 1985-1987 Ooh la la, baby!!!

by Anonymousreply 134June 20, 2019 7:28 PM

tiki bars

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by Anonymousreply 135June 20, 2019 7:29 PM

Dressing screens.

by Anonymousreply 136June 20, 2019 7:30 PM

the Continental Baths

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by Anonymousreply 137June 20, 2019 7:36 PM

cigarette holders

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by Anonymousreply 138June 20, 2019 7:39 PM

Stainless Steel Appliances

by Anonymousreply 139June 20, 2019 7:41 PM

Playgirl centerfolds

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by Anonymousreply 140June 20, 2019 7:46 PM

R58 - GOWNS by Travilla!

R128 - even as a Gatling I had an aversion to synthetic fabrics - and so many of the ‘satin’ sheets I saw in stores or that people had - were horrible and synthetic...

Now real linen on the other hand - that was glamour! Had a friend who looked after a work colleague’s grandmother’s cat - and got to stay in the wealthy grandmother’s little cottage in a posh area. Real linen sheets. Old and remarkably soft now, thought they were so classy and tinged with glamour - tho that might have just been the whiff of old money...

by Anonymousreply 141June 20, 2019 7:47 PM
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by Anonymousreply 142June 20, 2019 7:49 PM

SHIT.

GOWNS by TRAVILLA

And Furs by Christie Brothers

or if your nasty

DICKER AND DICKER OF Beverly Hills!!!!!!!!

There was also a jeweler on Price is Right from

VAN NUYS CALI-FORN-EE-A-

I aways pictured Van Nuys as SUPER elegant with orange trees in everyone's impeccable yards!!

by Anonymousreply 143June 20, 2019 8:00 PM

Lilli Ann

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by Anonymousreply 144June 20, 2019 8:08 PM

I was a California suburban dweller, so the idea of a high rise apartment like on The Jefferson’s or Family Affair seemed like the ultimate to me.

by Anonymousreply 145June 20, 2019 8:12 PM

Dressing up to have drinks and lunch with friends

Living in Los Angeles

St Tropez, Monaco, The French Riviera

by Anonymousreply 146June 20, 2019 8:28 PM

My uncle took us to dinner one time in this building at the LAX airport, sometime in the 1970s. I was just a kid and I thought we were being very glamorous by going in there.

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by Anonymousreply 147June 20, 2019 8:30 PM

Revolving restaurants! There used to be one in San Francisco, on the top of one of the high-rise hotels. When I was a little gayling I went there with my grandmother and picked at a crab louis salad and sipped sparkling water while we admired the view, and felt like the last word in glamor and sophistication instead of the prissy little embarrassment I undoubtedly was.

I was also thrilled to have lunch at Seattle's Space Needle.

by Anonymousreply 148June 20, 2019 8:38 PM

I used to think these Ferrero Rocher chocolate candy balls were glamorous. Now, I don't think they taste good. Nuts are stale, even when "fresh."

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by Anonymousreply 149June 20, 2019 8:57 PM

[quote]and felt like the last word in glamor and sophistication instead of the prissy little embarrassment I undoubtedly was

I love you R148.

by Anonymousreply 150June 20, 2019 9:01 PM

r149

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by Anonymousreply 151June 20, 2019 9:02 PM

I'm ashamed to admit this, but those Hochtaler commercials made the wine seem so fabulous.

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by Anonymousreply 152June 20, 2019 9:07 PM

R151 , I am aware of that SNL skit involving Ferrero Rocher candy balls. Cecily Strong makes the candy look really delicious and tempting, but I will not be fooled.

by Anonymousreply 153June 20, 2019 9:11 PM

Viennetta ice cream loaf looked very glamorous to me.

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by Anonymousreply 154June 20, 2019 9:16 PM

For the Green and Green fan

The church I went to in my Pasadena neighborhood growing up was in a Green and Green house.

We lived on the edge of the Arroyo Seco and there were craftsmen homes everywhere.

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by Anonymousreply 155June 20, 2019 9:23 PM

Bathhouses, glory holes, and cheap tricks.

by Anonymousreply 156June 20, 2019 9:26 PM

Glass grapes on the coffee table .

by Anonymousreply 157June 20, 2019 9:30 PM

Dining at The Rainbow Room

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by Anonymousreply 158June 20, 2019 9:38 PM

Cappio, Daddio! The thrill is the chill!

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by Anonymousreply 159June 20, 2019 9:40 PM

The Merv Griffin Show.

by Anonymousreply 160June 20, 2019 9:44 PM

Beehive hairdos

I always wanted one.

by Anonymousreply 161June 20, 2019 9:46 PM

Smoking jackets with ascots.

Ascots with shirts and sports jackets.

by Anonymousreply 162June 20, 2019 9:52 PM

Morgan Fairchild

by Anonymousreply 163June 20, 2019 9:54 PM

vesper martinis (h/t ian fleming)

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by Anonymousreply 164June 20, 2019 10:37 PM

Silk sheets

by Anonymousreply 165June 20, 2019 10:39 PM

A person who owned a home off of Sunset.

by Anonymousreply 166June 20, 2019 10:39 PM

A Mercedes Benz

by Anonymousreply 167June 20, 2019 10:40 PM

Expensive restaurants

by Anonymousreply 168June 20, 2019 10:41 PM

Fountainbleu Hotel, Miami

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by Anonymousreply 169June 20, 2019 10:42 PM

Thai Food

by Anonymousreply 170June 20, 2019 10:42 PM

A sailboat moored in Marina Del Ray.

by Anonymousreply 171June 20, 2019 10:42 PM

A home in the Hollywood Hills with a swimming pool.

by Anonymousreply 172June 20, 2019 10:43 PM

The tiny upstair’s bar at The Rainbow.

by Anonymousreply 173June 20, 2019 10:46 PM

Charmer’s Market

by Anonymousreply 174June 20, 2019 10:51 PM

I want ALL THESE THINGS.

by Anonymousreply 175June 20, 2019 10:52 PM

Viennetta always seemed elegant as fuck to childhood me. I figured rich people ate it.

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by Anonymousreply 176June 20, 2019 10:58 PM

Giant cross-hatched paned windows. Stone verandas. Window seats with white Priscilla curtains. Foyers the size of city blocks.Pretty much anything you'd find adorning a 20's or 30's film set. As these things become more expensive to produce today and more inaccessible to people who didn't inherit this stuff, they become more glamorous to me.

Those who try to pretend these old standards of luxury are outdated sound like they can't afford them. But that's okay, most people can't.

by Anonymousreply 177June 20, 2019 11:11 PM

[quote] and felt like the last word in glamor and sophistication instead of the prissy little embarrassment I undoubtedly was

Au contraire R148!

I think you must've been quite glamorous, and undoubtedly remain so to this very day.

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by Anonymousreply 178June 20, 2019 11:21 PM

R69 R70 R71 in case you missed it.

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by Anonymousreply 179June 20, 2019 11:39 PM

Excuse me, where does the line form to join The R148 Fan Club?

by Anonymousreply 180June 20, 2019 11:44 PM

Thanks, R179! I had missed that, actually.

by Anonymousreply 181June 20, 2019 11:46 PM

R145 oh yes, I wanted either the Jeffersons’ apartment or Bob Newhart’s Chicago apartment. Very glamorous.

by Anonymousreply 182June 20, 2019 11:51 PM

The bejeweled and befurred women who would purr, “Live from Miami Beach....it’s the Jackie Gleason Show!”

by Anonymousreply 183June 20, 2019 11:55 PM

International coffees

by Anonymousreply 184June 21, 2019 12:07 AM

Viennetta - an improbable name, as it's supposed to be Italian style, and it is an entirely corporate invention of the early 1980s. Nevertheless, it was indeed a bit elegant and quite tasty, and is still sold all over Europe.

by Anonymousreply 185June 21, 2019 12:08 AM

Dobosh Torte from the Swiss Colony mail-order catalogue!

Because as a kid I was stuck in Suburban Hell with the worst cook in the world for a mother, and the stupid Swiss Colony catalogue that arrived free in the mail seemed like the last word in haute cuisine to a desperate gayling. Of course now I shudder to think what little box of hell you'd receive if you ordered cake by mail, but when I was a kid I desperately wanted enough money to send for some of that frou-frou crap.

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by Anonymousreply 186June 21, 2019 12:17 AM

Edith Head and her clothes. Especially 1964’s “What a Way To Go!”

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by Anonymousreply 187June 21, 2019 12:21 AM

These.

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by Anonymousreply 188June 21, 2019 12:54 AM

1950s graffiti: EDITH HEAD GIVES GOOD COSTUMES.

by Anonymousreply 189June 21, 2019 12:54 AM

International Male Catalogue

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by Anonymousreply 190June 21, 2019 1:32 AM

then you stick a candle in it

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by Anonymousreply 191June 21, 2019 1:41 AM

R191, Even the Queen drinks Mateus!

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by Anonymousreply 192June 21, 2019 1:45 AM

Alexis Carrington fucking Colby Dexter!

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by Anonymousreply 193June 21, 2019 1:48 AM

Built-in countertop blenders.

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by Anonymousreply 194June 21, 2019 1:52 AM

Mr. Blackwell

by Anonymousreply 195June 21, 2019 1:54 AM

Hanging my head in shame.

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by Anonymousreply 196June 21, 2019 1:59 AM

Me!

by Anonymousreply 197June 21, 2019 2:02 AM

My grandmother’s Calgon, Jean Nate and “rose milk” moisturizer.

by Anonymousreply 198June 21, 2019 2:08 AM

1962 Lincoln Continental

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by Anonymousreply 199June 21, 2019 2:09 AM

The original Fontainebleau.

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by Anonymousreply 200June 21, 2019 2:19 AM

the Fontainebleau

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by Anonymousreply 201June 21, 2019 2:22 AM

My parents' friends had one!

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by Anonymousreply 202June 21, 2019 2:24 AM

Anything from Harry and David.

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by Anonymousreply 203June 21, 2019 2:25 AM

This commercial.

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by Anonymousreply 204June 21, 2019 2:27 AM

My Grandparent's parties.

When I was a kid, my grandparents who lived down the hill, used to have glamorous parties. (in my mind, anyway). They had a nice house, but nothing over the top. Valets were hired to park all the many, many people that drove up that driveway. I've learned since they were waiters at his favorite restaurant. My buddy and I would sneak down to look at all the cars, mostly--and sneak some leftover drinks as any preteen/teen will do. Lots of Cadillacs, Mercedes, a few Austin Healys. A Jag or two. We were sort of obsessed by the one guy who owned an oil company. He had an honest to god DeLorean. Keep in mind that Back to The Future was recently released.

These parties happened every few weeks during the summer months. There was always a Shriner's, Mason's, Rotary, Fire Department something or other thing going on. The funny thing is, now that I look back--they weren't much older than I am now. Lots of liquor flowed, and there were always people in the pool by the end of the night. It's how I learned to smoke, drink and...other things. So many cars still there in the morning. Nothing like that ever happened at my house, but I've embraced how to entertain well from my grandparents.

by Anonymousreply 205June 21, 2019 2:32 AM

Going to the theater in New York.

Evening clothes.

Debutante parties.

Prep school.

Tassel loafers.

Topsiders.

Crew races.

Straw boaters.

School ties.

The Dorset Hotel in New York.

The Ritz Carlton in Boston.

Brooks Brothers.

Raspberry water ice and almond macaroons in the Ritz Carlton dining room.

Dinner parties with sophisticated people in Cambridge, Mass.

Going for onion soup after the theater in New York.

Intermission at a hit Broadway show.

Melon balls with lemon.

High tea.

by Anonymousreply 206June 21, 2019 2:34 AM

What is the cut off for gayling, because either we lived on different planets, or I was just NOT even close to cultured.

by Anonymousreply 207June 21, 2019 2:44 AM

I still LOVE high tea.

by Anonymousreply 208June 21, 2019 2:44 AM

Waikiki Beach

by Anonymousreply 209June 21, 2019 2:45 AM

The spiral staircase of the 747

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by Anonymousreply 210June 21, 2019 2:49 AM

Brightly colored ribbon candy in a real glass candy dish!

by Anonymousreply 211June 21, 2019 2:54 AM

Art Deco architecture, sculpture, murals.

Attending the opera at the Met.

The Blackout Cake at Windows on the World.

Seeing the original Sondheim musicals.

Radio City Music Hall.

The TWA terminal at Idlewild.

Roadshow movies.

Riding a limousine to an opening.

by Anonymousreply 212June 21, 2019 2:54 AM

Trump Tower

by Anonymousreply 213June 21, 2019 2:55 AM

Shrimp Cocktail

Restaurants with linen napkins and tablecloths

Having a powder room

Cadillacs

Belonging to a beach club

Women wearing a turban

by Anonymousreply 214June 21, 2019 3:14 AM

Chicken

by Anonymousreply 215June 21, 2019 3:15 AM

Being a stewardess on a 747, having an affair with dashing pilot in Milan or Paris.

by Anonymousreply 216June 21, 2019 3:39 AM

Vitabath

Giorgio perfume commercial

Carpeted bathrooms

Mirrors that had changeable lighting

Touch lamps

Princess phones

Anything to do with lounging by a pool

Ladies accoutrements of a bygone era Examples: lorgnette, fan, parasol, stole with animal head *shudders at thought now*

by Anonymousreply 217June 21, 2019 3:44 AM

Chanel No. 5

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by Anonymousreply 218June 21, 2019 3:46 AM

Baked Alaska

Chocolate mousse

Eggs Benedict

Always stared at these in cookbooks, as a child and asked why we couldn’t make these. Now I know why it would be a wasted effort unless you really loved that dish.

by Anonymousreply 219June 21, 2019 3:47 AM

Sitting poolside and ordering a turkey club sandwich.

by Anonymousreply 220June 21, 2019 3:51 AM
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by Anonymousreply 222June 21, 2019 4:28 AM

Chinese restaurant decor - fans, lacquered furniture, lanterns, etc. It all felt very exotic to my provincial Midwestern young self.

by Anonymousreply 223June 21, 2019 4:33 AM

Having a husband like Terry Miller.

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by Anonymousreply 224June 21, 2019 4:41 AM

Velveeta

by Anonymousreply 225June 21, 2019 5:04 AM

Harlequin inspired hostess pants. Worn with a scrunchy belt and ballet slippers

by Anonymousreply 226June 21, 2019 5:06 AM

Drinks at the Jonathan Club

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by Anonymousreply 227June 21, 2019 5:15 AM

Whites ONLY Drinking fountains

by Anonymousreply 228June 21, 2019 5:17 AM

My Grandmother's EVE cigarettes

My Granddad's Roquefort dressing and Johnny Walker red label

by Anonymousreply 229June 21, 2019 5:21 AM

Meeting rich married men at the Baths in the 1970s and hoping I would be taken care of for life or at least get a better paying job. Never happened, but still.........

by Anonymousreply 230June 21, 2019 5:22 AM

Blowing off Barry Manilow at said Baths.

by Anonymousreply 231June 21, 2019 5:24 AM

Belonging to a tennis club.

Having a waiter bring a phone to the table when you received a call.

Walking into a restaurant without a reservation and being seated immediately.

by Anonymousreply 232June 21, 2019 11:11 AM

Honest to God; Fantasy Island.

Glamorous stars, an exotic local, the clothes, Mr. Roarke's toast at the beginning of the show.

So very exciting!

by Anonymousreply 233June 21, 2019 11:18 AM

Telly Savalas, who was considered a sex symbol in the 70s.

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by Anonymousreply 234June 21, 2019 11:19 AM

Dressing up and attending the opera.

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by Anonymousreply 235June 21, 2019 11:27 AM

Like R60, little perfume bottles. A kind lady neighbour had a box of them on her vanity and I would pretend I was presenting them to customers at a beauty counter. Yes, Mary! I also found the tie up espadrilles bohemian ladies wore in my childhood very chic. They have made a come back, of course.

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by Anonymousreply 236June 21, 2019 12:08 PM

Martini and rossi

by Anonymousreply 237June 21, 2019 12:13 PM

Burger King

by Anonymousreply 238June 21, 2019 12:13 PM

Pleather cat suits with gravity-defying gold belts - batgirl had a motorcycle/dressing room, but cat woman had so much more...

by Anonymousreply 239June 21, 2019 12:15 PM

Feathered, layered hair on ladies in gold lame.

by Anonymousreply 240June 21, 2019 12:19 PM

real toilet paper

by Anonymousreply 241June 21, 2019 12:33 PM

Drinking.....smoking......Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

by Anonymousreply 242June 21, 2019 1:39 PM

^ No reason for weird hyphenation of Elizabeth, sorry.

by Anonymousreply 243June 21, 2019 1:40 PM

At Christmas: The bottles of Scotch and Whiskey that were packaged in the embossed gold leaf boxes. I used to arrange them under the tree and not let my parents use them until after the holidays. (5 years old and already a decorator.)

Same with the boxes of cigarettes wrapped in "holiday" cellophane.

by Anonymousreply 244June 21, 2019 1:43 PM

R243 It does that when you type too many characters without a space.

Itdoesthatwhenyoutypetoomanycharacterswithoutaspace.Thisshouldreplicatethat.

by Anonymousreply 245June 21, 2019 1:45 PM

An ice-skating nun holding a basket with wine bottles in it.

by Anonymousreply 246June 21, 2019 1:46 PM

A real fireplace. In our house we only had a mantelpiece with one of those simulated flame inserts which lighted up when you plugged it in.

by Anonymousreply 247June 21, 2019 2:09 PM

blathering while bathing

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by Anonymousreply 248June 21, 2019 2:28 PM

mai tai on the beach

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by Anonymousreply 249June 21, 2019 2:30 PM

fucking while training

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by Anonymousreply 250June 21, 2019 2:36 PM

blathering, boozing and bathing

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by Anonymousreply 251June 21, 2019 2:48 PM

Pan Am first class to Europe

by Anonymousreply 252June 21, 2019 2:51 PM

link

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by Anonymousreply 253June 21, 2019 2:52 PM

escargot

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by Anonymousreply 254June 21, 2019 4:15 PM

Paper lantern

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by Anonymousreply 255June 21, 2019 4:18 PM

The PanAm logo. Used to be able to see it on a building from Park Avenue in New York, I miss it.

by Anonymousreply 256June 21, 2019 4:19 PM

seashell baroque

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by Anonymousreply 257June 21, 2019 4:19 PM

Putting crushed ice in the bong.

by Anonymousreply 258June 21, 2019 4:31 PM

Food.

by Anonymousreply 259June 21, 2019 4:32 PM

Satin sheets.

by Anonymousreply 260June 21, 2019 4:53 PM

chicken ala king in puff pastry shells

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by Anonymousreply 261June 21, 2019 9:43 PM

Tableside service, like Bananas Foster and Caesar's salad.

by Anonymousreply 262June 21, 2019 9:46 PM

International air travel.

Little did I know it's a flying hell!

by Anonymousreply 263June 21, 2019 9:46 PM

The Galloping Gourmet

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by Anonymousreply 264June 21, 2019 9:50 PM

Cruise vacations

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by Anonymousreply 265June 21, 2019 9:57 PM

Returning from the department store with hat boxes.

Living on a docked houseboat.

Cocktail parties in sky rise apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Key parties.

by Anonymousreply 266June 21, 2019 10:03 PM

Some woman from European royalty that was selling soap or hand cream. Seemed very glamorous - can't remember her name.

by Anonymousreply 267June 21, 2019 10:06 PM

Sunglasses in one's hair.

4711

Cinzano Bianco

After Eight Dinner Mints

by Anonymousreply 268June 21, 2019 10:08 PM

Shelly DeVoto. This outfit, living in her camper, she seemed so fun and glamorous.

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by Anonymousreply 269June 21, 2019 10:26 PM

Chocolate Liqueurs

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by Anonymousreply 270June 21, 2019 10:33 PM

People who pronounced "flavuh" like Lauren Bacall.

by Anonymousreply 271June 21, 2019 10:35 PM

Chandeliers

by Anonymousreply 272June 21, 2019 10:36 PM

[quote]People who pronounced "flavuh" like Lauren Bacall.

Wasn't that "flavah"?

by Anonymousreply 273June 21, 2019 10:39 PM

My eldest sister got married in 1963 when I was 8 years old. In her first home (a duplex!) was an inflatable hassock of clear plastic on tapered wooden and brass legs that contained an arrangement of red plastic roses. I adored it! Years later found out that she hated it and only used it because it was a shower gift from a good neighbor (who got it with trading stamps). Had I but known! I could have finagled it off her!

by Anonymousreply 274June 21, 2019 10:40 PM

[quote]Some woman from European royalty that was selling soap or hand cream. Seemed very glamorous - can't remember her name.

Do the name Rula Lenska ring a bell?

by Anonymousreply 275June 21, 2019 11:01 PM

Signing for things in stores and in restaurants.

by Anonymousreply 276June 21, 2019 11:05 PM

R267, was it Princess Marcella Borghese?

by Anonymousreply 277June 21, 2019 11:19 PM

The hat boxes, yes! And then you would rip them open and toss the tops and tissue paper over your shoulder.

by Anonymousreply 278June 21, 2019 11:25 PM

June, my aunt's friend. My aunt would have her cocktail parties and we kids could watch from the top of the staircase. June was beautiful: blonde Grecian curls down her back, lame caftan, and chandelier earrings. I was mesmerized.

by Anonymousreply 279June 21, 2019 11:33 PM

Anna Maria Alberghetti

by Anonymousreply 280June 21, 2019 11:35 PM

Oh yes, I remember my mother thought Anna Maria was the most beautiful girl. So I always paid attention to her whenever her movies were shown on TV. Come to think of it "Monday Night at the Movies" and all those TV network movie presentations were quite glamorous to me.

Where is June now, R279?

by Anonymousreply 281June 21, 2019 11:55 PM

Here's 21yo Anna Maria in 1957. Ah the glorious 50s - such beauty, glamour, and classical elegance. Today we have whatserface, the one who dated Pete Davidson, singing about having her body touched and whatnot.

Calgon, take me away!

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by Anonymousreply 282June 22, 2019 12:01 AM

Princess Pignatelli and her ads for Camay!

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by Anonymousreply 283June 22, 2019 12:30 AM

I always wanted to sit in the Jeannie bottle.

by Anonymousreply 284June 22, 2019 12:30 AM

I Dream of Jeannie

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by Anonymousreply 285June 22, 2019 12:31 AM

Ginger’s sparkly gown on Gillagan’s Island.

by Anonymousreply 286June 22, 2019 12:32 AM

[quote]Some woman from European royalty that was selling soap or hand cream. Seemed very glamorous - can't remember her name.

Princess Marchella Borghese

by Anonymousreply 287June 22, 2019 12:40 AM

Calvin Klein underwear

by Anonymousreply 288June 22, 2019 1:51 AM

Princess Irene Galitzine's palazzo pyjamas

by Anonymousreply 289June 22, 2019 3:37 AM

Twin sets or the dickie (sweaters under sweaters)paired with sharkskin pants.

by Anonymousreply 290June 22, 2019 4:04 AM

Homes that had fully stocked bars with bar stools and booze on display and cool crystal highballs and lowballs.

Now I just think "alcoholic."

by Anonymousreply 291June 22, 2019 4:15 AM

Green Goddess salad dressing

by Anonymousreply 292June 22, 2019 4:45 AM

New York. Or Los Angeles. It depended on my mood.

by Anonymousreply 293June 22, 2019 4:54 AM

[R117] Are those the Cadillacs at Cedar Point Amusement Park? I thought French Provincial furniture, the white with gold was glamorous, Cadillacs, smoking, drinking martinis, anything in Los Angeles, Las Vegas were the last word!

by Anonymousreply 294June 22, 2019 5:14 AM

Bastardized French Provincial white with gold pinstripe was the ultimate “little princess” bedroom suite in the Sears catalog. Available with a 4 poster canopy bed, obviously.

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by Anonymousreply 295June 22, 2019 5:46 AM

The huge bouffant hairdos that most of the local suburban fraus had during my childhood. I thought they were drop-dead glam, even after it was a few days from the salon appointment and they were beginning to look off-center and frizzy.

by Anonymousreply 296June 22, 2019 5:57 AM

God help me - TV dinners

by Anonymousreply 297June 22, 2019 6:10 AM

TV dinners were better than my mother's horrible cooking, so I forgive myself for liking them as a child.

by Anonymousreply 298June 22, 2019 6:14 AM

Day to evening make-up.

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by Anonymousreply 299June 22, 2019 7:11 AM

Bath robes

by Anonymousreply 300June 22, 2019 8:28 AM

Princess Grace's headgear

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by Anonymousreply 301June 22, 2019 8:55 AM

Prewar architecture, though I didn't know it was called "prewar" at the time. I had a sense of what was tacky and parvenu (I read a lot, so yes, "parvenu") from an early age. The town adjacent to ours in NJ, with its splanches and split levels, was decidedly parvenu, compared to our 1919 Colonial.

Most kids could not wait to get their driver's license. I could not have cared less. I wanted a doorman. Yet, for some reason, I did not want to live on the Upper East Side. I wanted to live on Riverside Drive. I somehow thought I was supposed to live there instead of tacky ass New Jersey.

by Anonymousreply 302June 22, 2019 10:11 AM

And do you, R302?

by Anonymousreply 303June 22, 2019 10:15 AM

No, r303. Life did not work out that way, and I spent most of my life in DC. I did live on 75th near RSD for a while, but I mainly lived in the Village when I lived in NY.

by Anonymousreply 304June 22, 2019 10:25 AM

Mildred Drysdale

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by Anonymousreply 305June 22, 2019 11:20 AM

A foot switch under the dining room table for the lady of the house to call a servant to the room.

You only see these in old grand homes these days.

by Anonymousreply 306June 22, 2019 11:46 AM

It's MARGARET Drysdale, you obnoxious hillbilly!

by Anonymousreply 307June 22, 2019 11:50 AM

Dining at the Carlyle restaurant.

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by Anonymousreply 308June 22, 2019 11:53 AM

Pic of butler button in dining room:

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by Anonymousreply 309June 22, 2019 11:56 AM

Estee Lauder's Swiss Age Controlling Skincare Program. I used to visit my friend's house and makeexcuses to use their bathroom so I could apply the Swiss Performing Extract. I must have been 10 at the time.

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by Anonymousreply 310June 22, 2019 12:23 PM

Turning left when entering an airliner. Having a favorite suite at a top hotel. A personal chauffeur. A yacht. Suits from Saville Row.

by Anonymousreply 311June 22, 2019 12:38 PM

I AM LIVING FOR MS. R310.

LIVING.

I AM SURE YOUR FACE LOOKS DIVINE.

by Anonymousreply 312June 22, 2019 2:09 PM

A 3-car garage (largest I'd seen at that time, lol)

Beachfront high-rise hotels

Egg cups

by Anonymousreply 313June 22, 2019 3:19 PM

Dining with someone wealthy in a fancy restaurant or city club and a bill is *never* brought to the table. It just goes on account including the tip.

Buying automobiles over the telephone and the dealership sends a couple lackeys out with your new car because you buy all your family's cars there and have for years and years.

by Anonymousreply 314June 22, 2019 3:27 PM

When I was a kid in the 70s my father's boss owned a Mercedes and one day when it wouldn't start the dealership sent a mechanic to his house to work on it. No tow truck for him.

by Anonymousreply 315June 22, 2019 3:43 PM

A Mercedes convertible, driving around town with the top down.

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by Anonymousreply 316June 22, 2019 3:50 PM

Those are the most beautiful cars ever R316. And as you drive around town, you give discreet, gloved waves to certain people. As in, "Don't you wish you were me?"

by Anonymousreply 317June 22, 2019 4:52 PM

The kind of car that makes Ali Wentworth need to stop off and buy a silk headscarf. She's so well bred.

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by Anonymousreply 318June 22, 2019 4:58 PM

NYC. I was convinced it was pretty much like this all the fucking time. Then I moved to the meat packing district in 1984... Somehow the redolent sidewalks, tranny hookers and jersey truckers conspired to exceed my expectations.

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by Anonymousreply 319June 22, 2019 8:53 PM

General Foods International Coffees - my mom would buy that for herself on really special occasions.

I also remember thinking the Alberto VO5 woman was extremely glamorous. There was one commercial where she'd say, "Visit me in London," and I'd beg my mom to take me to London to meet her.

I was GAY GAY GAY.

by Anonymousreply 320June 22, 2019 9:06 PM

Dynasty! The original of course.

by Anonymousreply 321June 22, 2019 9:14 PM

I am still LIVING for the little lady who stole his friend's mother's Swiss Performing Extract in her quest for eternal beauty!

THAT IS ELEGANCE, BITCHES. LEARN.

LIVING!!

by Anonymousreply 322June 22, 2019 9:23 PM

I remember watching a commercial about "luxury" boxed chocolates when I was lad. I think they were Black Magic and the featured spokeswoman was Deborah Kerr. I loved her posh pronunciation of "montelimar". Am I imagining this ? I can't find anything on the Internet : odd given its ability to cough up the obscure references to pop culture.

by Anonymousreply 323June 23, 2019 1:33 AM

[quote]I loved her posh pronunciation of "montelimar".

In Mis'sippi they say "Mallomar."

by Anonymousreply 324June 23, 2019 1:45 AM

A foyer with a grand staircase

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by Anonymousreply 325June 23, 2019 2:06 AM

The Tates on Soap.

by Anonymousreply 326June 23, 2019 2:06 AM

Wearing shoes to the dinner table.

by Anonymousreply 327June 23, 2019 2:54 AM

You'll never guess where I'm calling you from!

The phone in the car

The phone on the plane

The phone on a ship

The phone brought to the restaurant table

The phone in the hotel bathroom

A brick-sized cell phone

by Anonymousreply 328June 23, 2019 2:57 AM

Annabel’s, Régine’s, The GreenGo, Les Caves du Roy, Studio 54, Les Bains Douches

by Anonymousreply 329June 23, 2019 3:01 AM

At around 12, while reading my mother's Redbook or Good Housekeeping (Mary!!) I saw a pictorial essay/recipe for A Light, Post Theater Supper. The hostess was in a gown! Her handsome husband was wearing a tuxedo with his bow tie untied! Not a clip on! She served scrambled eggs and toast points with caviar! Long stemmed strawberries! And champagne! They were eating at MIDNIGHT after seeing a Broadway show! I just about died from the classiness of it all.

by Anonymousreply 330June 23, 2019 3:25 AM

I'm kind of dying now, r330!

by Anonymousreply 331June 23, 2019 4:09 AM

[quote]the featured spokeswoman was Deborah Kerr. I loved her posh pronunciation of "montelimar". Am I imagining this?

Beatles fans will recall "Creme tangerine, montelimar" as the first line in "Savoy Truffle."

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by Anonymousreply 332June 23, 2019 4:28 AM

When we lived in the country, a neighbor lady occasionally drove us to school (parochial/private) in this!

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by Anonymousreply 333June 23, 2019 4:39 AM

Liquor in crystal decanters. Gold flecks in a popcorn ceiling. Paris cafe scenes with French poodles painted on the wall behind a home bar.

by Anonymousreply 334June 23, 2019 5:01 AM

Having a bar in your home.

by Anonymousreply 335June 23, 2019 5:28 AM

A complete Readers Digest Condensed Book collection - so much classier than my family’s odd book collections on gardening, spy shit, mystery and bowel health.

by Anonymousreply 336June 23, 2019 5:37 AM

Oh! I skipped right to the end, and didn’t see r334 !

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by Anonymousreply 337June 23, 2019 5:37 AM

Imported Blueberry toilet paper. A smoker's cough. Large living room organs. Wall paper in the basement. Phone next to the bed. Automobile pillows. Skyscraper restaurants.

by Anonymousreply 338June 23, 2019 5:44 AM

The kind of closet where the light turns on when you open the door

by Anonymousreply 339June 23, 2019 5:46 AM

Clothes that matched your car

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by Anonymousreply 340June 23, 2019 5:48 AM

Our family being hosted in a ritzy restaurant and presented with a menu with NO PRICES!

I was impressed, appalled, and dizzy with the decadence of it all.

"You mean I get to order anything I want?!" I whispered to my mother.

by Anonymousreply 341June 23, 2019 10:54 AM

Rigaud candles

by Anonymousreply 342June 23, 2019 3:06 PM

French cuisine as prepared by Julia Child

Beufe Bourguignon

French Onion Soup

Coq au Vin

Bouillabaisse

Chocolate Mousse

Thing is my mother prepared all the same recipes, but we didn't have fancy names for them, they were just dinner.

by Anonymousreply 343June 23, 2019 6:48 PM

My father owned a 3, 5 and 7 series BMW in the 90s. Plus a 12,000 sq ft house in the Beverly Hills of my country. I thought my life was going to eclipse that... alas, no.

by Anonymousreply 344June 23, 2019 6:53 PM

Rhinestone necklaces. Stretch limousines. Sequined gowns. Home intercom systems. Swizzle sticks. Petits fours.

by Anonymousreply 345June 23, 2019 9:28 PM

Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous

I rarely got to see this show but when I did my little gayling heart would flutter at all the 80s fabulousness.

by Anonymousreply 346June 23, 2019 11:02 PM

My mother always bought a box of chocolates to offer to guests during the Xmas "visiting" season. She kept the wrapper on and told us it was for "company only."

When company arrived she'd take the wrapper off and proudly announce they were "Fanny Farmer" I thought they were glamorous.

by Anonymousreply 347June 24, 2019 2:11 PM

At our house R347 it was the other way around--mom saved the good chocolate for us and served guests the cheapo chocs she bought at Bargain Harold's.

by Anonymousreply 348June 24, 2019 2:13 PM

Well, r348, what can one expect from a mother who names her son "Enema Bag"?

by Anonymousreply 349June 24, 2019 2:15 PM

Pier One Imports

by Anonymousreply 350June 24, 2019 2:18 PM

That's Mr. Enemabag Jones to you, hon.

by Anonymousreply 351June 24, 2019 2:19 PM

The Baroness on Sound of Music. Never understood why the Captain chose the plain looking governess over her.

by Anonymousreply 352June 24, 2019 2:20 PM

Well, then, [R351], what can one expect from a mother who names her son "Mr. Enemabag Jones"?

by Anonymousreply 353June 24, 2019 2:31 PM

I agree about the Baroness. So chic, would never wear clothes made from drapes and had the right idea about sending those annoying brats to boarding school.

by Anonymousreply 354June 24, 2019 2:33 PM

Much better.

Now fuck off, you cunt.

Go ask your whore mother for some of her precious Fanny Farmer guests only white trash chocolate.

by Anonymousreply 355June 24, 2019 2:35 PM

I'm not Son of Fanny Farmer Queen, MEBJ @ r355.

by Anonymousreply 356June 24, 2019 2:37 PM

My apologies to R347 then.

You're the Fontainebleau whore who hung around the men's room to smell other guy's shit.

by Anonymousreply 357June 24, 2019 2:43 PM

R340 That's full on Modrian.

by Anonymousreply 358June 24, 2019 3:19 PM

Gout

by Anonymousreply 359June 24, 2019 3:22 PM

Having an early dinner with my Aunt Virginia at the Brass Rail in NYC after a Wednesday matinee in the 1960s. She would have a ciggie and a Manhattan before perusing the menu. I always had the fried shrimp. Such sophistication!!

by Anonymousreply 360June 24, 2019 6:02 PM

Watch it, R354. Some of the best people have worn dresses made from curtains.

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by Anonymousreply 361June 25, 2019 6:14 AM

indeed

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by Anonymousreply 362June 25, 2019 1:52 PM

Big hair, the bigger the more glamorous hair dos.

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by Anonymousreply 363June 25, 2019 5:36 PM

I had a babysitter in the 1970s and I swear everything in her house had the "Sears Best" logo on it. Even her toilet seats!

She also drove a black 1974 Buick Electra Limited sedan which was only a year old.

I was very jealous of it all.

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by Anonymousreply 364July 4, 2019 3:43 AM

Grey Poupon mustard

Vitabath

That 90s L’Oréal Plenitude commercial with Dayle Haddon where the dullness of her old skin peels off like a gray shadowy mask (early CGI?) and her fresh face is revealed underneath.

Late 90s Movado watch commercial.

by Anonymousreply 365July 4, 2019 5:04 AM

Anything with Jackie Stewart.

I wasn't a huge race fan but his life looked so glamorous and exciting.

I still have this old Rolex advert.

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by Anonymousreply 366July 4, 2019 3:44 PM

Tab with a wedge of lime & Capri cigarettes!

by Anonymousreply 367July 4, 2019 3:46 PM

My aunt had fake rubber grapes on the vine displayed in a cheap glass footed bowl. I thought they were so elegant and annoyed with my mother because she never did stuff like that.

by Anonymousreply 368July 4, 2019 3:56 PM

Anybody who drove a Lincoln Continental was RICH in my book!

by Anonymousreply 369July 4, 2019 4:00 PM

Martini and Rossi

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by Anonymousreply 370July 4, 2019 4:01 PM

Taking off your earring before you answer the phone.

Ladies named Bianca.

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by Anonymousreply 371July 4, 2019 4:21 PM

Smoking cigarettes. Really stupid. I began smoking sophomore year in high school. Quit when I was 25. Smoking and not coming out earlier are my regrets in life.

by Anonymousreply 372July 4, 2019 4:35 PM

Filofax organizers.

My first job out of high school my boss had one and it looked so exciting to have a full schedule of meetings and things to do. His life was in that thing.

I bought one in 1991 and still have it to this day.

by Anonymousreply 373July 6, 2019 5:42 PM

Triggered by R372. Just had a cig and it was sweeeeet.

by Anonymousreply 374July 6, 2019 6:33 PM

I know this is weird but when I was a wee lad I thought that using commemorative stamps on an envelope was classier than using the regular issue. I'm a Canadian so the regular, run-of-the-mill stamp was H.R.H. The Queen.

by Anonymousreply 375July 6, 2019 10:31 PM

The Young and The Restless's ELEGANT and DIM, LUSH LIGHTING!!!

That show looks like it was filmed in 1992 in 1975!!!! (Check out on Youtube)

FUCKING AMAZING.

I LIVE to light the LADIES!!!

by Anonymousreply 376July 6, 2019 11:02 PM

R375: Ironically, many Americans - probably quite a few here at DL - would consider it the height of elegance to use stamps adorned with Her Majesty's portrait. If they were priced in "p", rather than "c", we'd be even more thrilled.

by Anonymousreply 377July 6, 2019 11:19 PM

[quote] r376 The Young and The Restless's ELEGANT and DIM, LUSH LIGHTING!!! That show looks like it was filmed in 1992 in 1975!!!! (Check out on Youtube) FUCKING AMAZING.

I find the fucus a little grainy.

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by Anonymousreply 378July 7, 2019 3:23 AM

Bubble baths

by Anonymousreply 379July 7, 2019 3:30 AM

[italic]Lose yourself in LUXURY...

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by Anonymousreply 380July 7, 2019 3:32 AM

Miss Lucy's tugboat. It had a bell.

by Anonymousreply 381July 7, 2019 3:33 AM

My mom never made Jello parfaits.

I'm still bitter.

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by Anonymousreply 382July 7, 2019 3:37 AM

[quote]r364 I had a babysitter in the 1970s and I swear everything in her house had the "Sears Best" logo on it. Even her toilet seats!

Probably a kept woman - -

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by Anonymousreply 383July 7, 2019 3:45 AM

Gold flatware.

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by Anonymousreply 384July 7, 2019 4:11 AM

Pepperidge Farm cookies.

by Anonymousreply 385July 7, 2019 4:37 AM

Giant salad spoon and fork near a turned bowl big enough to float a Vietnamese refugee family.

by Anonymousreply 386July 7, 2019 4:54 AM

Tiny glass & metal salt and pepper shakers for your use only.

by Anonymousreply 387July 7, 2019 5:12 AM

Big cars with opera windows.

by Anonymousreply 388July 7, 2019 5:45 AM

I thought a Monte Carlo was next door to a Cadillac or a Lincoln Continental!

by Anonymousreply 389July 7, 2019 6:17 AM

The fancier tract homes had a hacienda-inspired courtyard formed by short brick walls and lots of white wrought iron. Glitter rock -raked- completed the Klassyness.

by Anonymousreply 390July 7, 2019 9:09 AM

R382, don’t be. They were gross. Looks did NOT match the flavor or texture. Plus they were fussy to make.

by Anonymousreply 391July 7, 2019 9:10 AM

Clothing g made in Italy, the materials and construction was better and was usually more expensive.

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by Anonymousreply 392July 7, 2019 10:30 AM

When I'm stressed-out, enjoying a nice glass of Calgon.

by Anonymousreply 393July 7, 2019 10:01 PM

A terry cloth towel used as a wig.

by Anonymousreply 394July 7, 2019 10:04 PM

R394, now that you mention it ...

For women only: A towel wrapped around the head after washing the hair, accompanied by a towel wrapped around the body , armpits to mid-thigh. I thought this was glamorous because, although every attractive young woman in movies and on TV appeared in this getup sooner or later, glamorous actresses like Tina Louise and Elke Sommer had a particular propensity for it.

by Anonymousreply 395July 7, 2019 10:12 PM

For some reason, eating dinner on a TV tray. Also, lying in bed, propped up on pillows, watching TV with a remote control.

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by Anonymousreply 396July 7, 2019 10:23 PM

A peacock chair.

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by Anonymousreply 397July 7, 2019 10:33 PM

[quote]r398 Don’t be [bitter]. They were gross. Looks did NOT match the flavor or texture. Plus they were fussy to make.

Thank you for that. You know, this might get therapeutic. I'm an adult now! I can afford to make FIFTY JELLO PARFAITS and throw a g-damn PARTY! I even have the skills to make the kind you chill SLANTED IN THE FRIDGE!!

I wonder what recipe I should choose. I'm sure it will call for CoolWhip.

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by Anonymousreply 398July 7, 2019 10:52 PM

^^ crap. i was replying to r391

by Anonymousreply 399July 7, 2019 10:54 PM

[quote]A peacock chair.

Thanks R397, I always wondered what those chairs were called.

by Anonymousreply 400July 7, 2019 11:11 PM

Oh dear me, YASS!

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by Anonymousreply 401July 7, 2019 11:18 PM

Any sort of parfait, darlings, not just the kind made of Jello!

When I was a kid a local cafeteria-style restaurant had little chocolate-vanilla parfaits out on the grab-it counter, and I thought they were the most delicious and elegant thing ever! I mean they were just instant pudding spooned into cheap-ass glasses or something, but I was such a piss-elegant little embarrassment that I thought they were the most elegant thing going in Suburban Hell. Well, maybe they were.

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by Anonymousreply 402July 7, 2019 11:19 PM

R22: Now of course you can hardly find a motor vehicle without power windows. I just quoted out a new Chevy Trax - power windows are standard. For all of $19K.

by Anonymousreply 403July 7, 2019 11:40 PM

A full-length leather coat. When I was a teen I bought one and hated it. I may have worn it a couple of times and have no idea its ultimate fate.

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by Anonymousreply 404July 8, 2019 1:17 AM

R404 , Tony Soprano didn't like the "Full Leather Jacket" so much when Richie Aprile gave him a used one.

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by Anonymousreply 405July 8, 2019 3:09 AM

[quote]A full-length leather coat. When I was a teen I bought one and hated it. I may have worn it a couple of times and have no idea its ultimate fate.

I bought a cherry red leather coat from Wilsons Leather as a teen and I don't remember wearing it once. It was the most I had ever spent on an item of clothing in my life at that point. Sigh.

by Anonymousreply 406July 8, 2019 3:13 AM

R397, I'll have you know, that my ex-BF recently filled me in on an Estate issue with his family, that centers on a PEACOCK CHAIR! No segment of his family is willing to give up custody of that damned, ratchedy-ass wicker chair! Generations of his family have been photographed, blazing up, serenely occupying that peacock chair.

by Anonymousreply 407July 8, 2019 3:38 AM

BBC

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by Anonymousreply 408July 8, 2019 3:43 AM

A bar cart in the living room.

by Anonymousreply 409July 8, 2019 3:43 AM

[quote]r407 I'll have you know, that my ex-BF recently filled me in on an Estate issue with his family, that centers on a PEACOCK CHAIR! No segment of his family is willing to give up custody

They ARE kind of a byegone item - -

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by Anonymousreply 410July 8, 2019 3:48 AM

R410, Back in the 70s, I also aspired to a Peacock Chair. They always had them at Pier 1. But it was never the time for me. I could elaborate on the differences between my BF and myself, but that would be another thread, But I love my ex-BF keeping me abreast of his family and their latest ins and outs.

by Anonymousreply 411July 8, 2019 3:56 AM

[quote]r411 Back in the 70s, I also aspired to a Peacock Chair. They always had them at Pier 1. But it was never the time for me.

I think we ALL need to leave written directives that we're to be buried in one!

by Anonymousreply 412July 8, 2019 4:00 AM

Crushed velour

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by Anonymousreply 413July 8, 2019 4:21 AM

Designer jeans with fancy stitching

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by Anonymousreply 414July 8, 2019 4:24 AM

Forever Krystle

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by Anonymousreply 415July 8, 2019 4:31 AM

Our dictionary had moiré fabric lining the inner cover.

This was also what one of Scarlett O'Hara's dresses was made out of, in the book.

Sold!

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by Anonymousreply 416July 8, 2019 4:38 AM

R92 Are you still here? Did you summer on Walloon Lake?! I must know!

by Anonymousreply 417July 8, 2019 5:57 AM

White guys with big muscles

by Anonymousreply 418July 8, 2019 6:24 AM

I hate to use a Trump picture, but this look from the 80s was what I aspired to.

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by Anonymousreply 419July 8, 2019 12:41 PM

I remember when I was a kid, and I took naps at my aunt's house, she had a mattress that was super firm and I was so jealous. My mattress at home was cheaper and softer.

So, when I bought a house, the first new piece of furniture I got was a mattress as firm as I could stand.

If I remember correctly, I had a sore back for awhile after sleeping on it but eventually got used to it.

I think they say now that those super firm mattresses aren't good for you. I don't know.

by Anonymousreply 420July 8, 2019 2:36 PM

This is for you, R416.

Moire silk wallpaper! PINK moire silk wallpaper! Run out and slather your home with it today!

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by Anonymousreply 421July 8, 2019 3:26 PM

Going to an East Coast boarding school. Central Park West. Limos. Slinky silk dresses

by Anonymousreply 422July 8, 2019 5:08 PM

Finger bowls. My mother was given a Waterford ashtray as a Christmas gift one year and since no one in my house smoked I took it over as my finger bowl. I used to agonize over what I wanted floating in the water. What goes better with Hamburger Helper — a lemon slice, a buttercup, or a mint leaf?

by Anonymousreply 423July 8, 2019 5:23 PM

[quote]R421 Moire silk wallpaper! PINK moire silk wallpaper! Run out and slather your home with it today!

OMG... is that Barbara Cartland’s bedroom, or something??

I wonder if I can get that wallpaper up before my big Jello parfait party?? I know it’s going to be my entry into HIGH SOCIETY, and that moire wallpaper will CINCH it!!

by Anonymousreply 424July 8, 2019 8:35 PM

R423 I hope you found a crystal champagne glass to drink your Kool Aid out of (pinky extended) while sneering at your family around the dinette set.

by Anonymousreply 425July 9, 2019 1:15 AM

R385 Oh yes, at one time Pepperidge Farm were sort of the upscale cookies and cakes.

And Heath bars were marketed to adults, which intrigued me.

Whatever happened to Peak Freens, that very serious cookie? I took that seriously.

by Anonymousreply 426July 9, 2019 12:47 PM

Feather boas. I thought all rich women wore them everywhere at all times.

by Anonymousreply 427July 9, 2019 1:27 PM

My mother bought one of these coats, she loved it and wore it all winter. I thought she looked glamorous in it.

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by Anonymousreply 428July 9, 2019 1:35 PM

seriously?

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by Anonymousreply 429July 9, 2019 1:45 PM

Did you ever see the ads for Guerlain's Meteorites? I don't even wear makeup (now, ahem), but I wanted so badly to sample them, to pull them from my purse (never owned a purse) and powder my face with that strange assortment of shades.

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by Anonymousreply 430July 10, 2019 1:24 AM

Ooooooooooooooh.....!

by Anonymousreply 431July 10, 2019 5:07 AM

Fishnet stockings.

Back when I was a little gayling I thought black fishnet stockings were the absolute height of feminine glamour! And not trashy or slutty or anything.

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by Anonymousreply 432July 10, 2019 5:17 AM

Fishnet stockings.

Back when I was a little gayling I thought black fishnet stockings were the absolute height of feminine glamour! And not trashy or slutty or anything.

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by Anonymousreply 433July 10, 2019 5:17 AM

R428, it wasn't just you as a gayling. Your mother *was* glamorous wearing a Blackglama mink.

Speaking of glamour: Have you ever felt chinchilla fur? I was in Saks Fifth Avenue once, wandering around near the fur salon. There was a chinchilla jacket on one of the mannequins. I brazenly walked over and ran my hand over the fur. Oh my God! It was like touching a cloud! To this day, it was the most luxurious piece of clothing I've ever felt. Maybe a bolt of purple silk velvet I once fondled in an upscale fabric store in Manhattan (a famous one ... what was the name? I can't remember) came close, but that wasn't clothing.

by Anonymousreply 434July 10, 2019 5:17 AM

Chinchilla is luxuriously soft, but hardly flattering to anyone ... even Marilyn Monroe.

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by Anonymousreply 435July 10, 2019 5:39 AM

It’s flattering to me.

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by Anonymousreply 436July 10, 2019 6:18 AM

Playing bridge. Or Mahjong.

by Anonymousreply 437July 10, 2019 6:33 AM

In 1975, some Italian friends of ours had a brand new house built.

We went to visit them shortly afterwards and they had such a unique set up.

In their ground-level living room, they had the "nice" furniture with the plastic covering all over it and a new color console television.

In the basement, they had what was basically a small apartment: a whole kitchen with appliances and a table and chairs, another console television, and a sofa and chairs around it like a living room. They did most of their regular living in this basement set up.

I guess this is/was common for some people, but it was the first time I had ever seen anything like it.

I thought it was a very "rich people" thing to have, having two different living quarters in your house.

by Anonymousreply 438July 10, 2019 10:31 AM

Cocktails with paper umbrellas

by Anonymousreply 439July 10, 2019 12:06 PM

This is the most delightful thread.

by Anonymousreply 440July 10, 2019 12:32 PM

PuPu Platters there was nothing on the patter was exotic but the way it was served was.

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by Anonymousreply 441July 10, 2019 1:12 PM

In my house, flaming poopoo platters were something completely different.

by Anonymousreply 442July 10, 2019 5:42 PM

Anything silky. Though I didn't come to gauge the difference between real silk, rayon, and nylon till later.

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by Anonymousreply 443July 11, 2019 8:15 AM

Lisa Douglas' farm wife wardrobe on Green Acres.

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by Anonymousreply 444July 11, 2019 8:31 AM

Being an Architect living in a high-rise with a portly male butler with a British accent like Mr. French in Family Affair. I was only 3 years old when it came out so it must have been on TV in repeats. Forgot all about it, don't remember any of the plots. But now that I think of it, I am living in a pretty nice condo in the sky, and I ended up being a designer. No butler, sigh.

by Anonymousreply 445July 11, 2019 10:01 AM

My mother’s red lace dress and her bottle of Femme perfume. My father’s tux jackets: ivory, black, and midnight blue.

by Anonymousreply 446July 11, 2019 4:17 PM

BOB MACKIE'S CREATIONS

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by Anonymousreply 447July 11, 2019 5:15 PM

[quote] I was such a piss-elegant little embarrassment

I love you, r402!

by Anonymousreply 448July 11, 2019 5:51 PM

Concorde

New York retailers, all of them - and getting their catalogs in the mail

Opium

Woody Allen's vision of NYC and its people

Our neighbors' Oldsmobile and Buick convertibles

Sade, MTV's London Calling

Early 80s GQ, going to a GQ fashion show in 1981 at the Highland Park Village theater, and meeting Michael Schoeffling and the blonde one (Iannucci?)

My Village Voice subscription

Andy Warhol's Interview

Under Arrest (original location) and VVV Records

The New Romantic movement

by Anonymousreply 449July 11, 2019 7:52 PM

Circa 1984 as a working class college freshman, I thought Camembert and water table crackers were fancy

by Anonymousreply 450July 11, 2019 11:33 PM

Well, they are.

You were RIGHT.

by Anonymousreply 451July 12, 2019 6:23 AM

Fashions by Ohrbach's

by Anonymousreply 452July 12, 2019 7:40 AM

There should be a part two for this thread.

It should be about these things you thought were glamorous as a kid/young person, eventually acquired or experienced, and then were disappointed or not as enthused as you thought you'd be.

For me, this would be leasing a brand new Mercedes and then a brand new BMW. $500-$600 lease payments, and it impresses others, but I can honestly say I don't see myself doing it again.

by Anonymousreply 453July 12, 2019 10:08 AM

Living in Greenwich Village before the 90s when it was the center of the universe for Gay life and culture. Plus it was the place for artists, musicians and actors to call home.

Now it's full of trust fund babies, lawyers and money men from Wall Street.

by Anonymousreply 454July 12, 2019 10:28 AM

My friend’s mom had a hanging oil rain lamp in the entry way of their house. I thought it was so fancy.

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by Anonymousreply 455July 12, 2019 12:15 PM

^ circa 1978

by Anonymousreply 456July 12, 2019 12:16 PM

R455 How interesting. I've never heard of rain lamps. Now I want one!

by Anonymousreply 457July 12, 2019 1:04 PM

A peignoir. I’m still not quite sure what that is but it sounds glamorous.

by Anonymousreply 458July 12, 2019 3:19 PM

R458

C'est ça, un peignoir...

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by Anonymousreply 459July 12, 2019 6:53 PM

A peignoir without marabou trim and matching stiletto slippers isn't worth flouncing in.

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by Anonymousreply 460July 12, 2019 7:30 PM

[quote] Circa 1984 as a working class college freshman, I thought Camembert and water table crackers were fancy

I thought those Carr's water crackers were somehow sophisticated. Now, I don't get it at all. They taste like paper to me (bland, flat texture). Communion wafers are more tasty.

by Anonymousreply 461July 12, 2019 8:12 PM

Thanks, R459, but - R460, now THAT's how I sort of pictured a peignoir!

by Anonymousreply 462July 12, 2019 8:52 PM

Don't forget the bed jacket, R462; best worn in the throes of nervous exhaustion while receiving one's peers from the Wives' Philanthropic League.

The nicer models have a hidden flask pocket.

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by Anonymousreply 463July 12, 2019 9:35 PM

That's lovely, R463. If it's silk, not synthetic, it's luxurious and elegant as well as glamorous.

This one is also quite nice, perhaps for winter wear (whereas the example at R463 is more summery).

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by Anonymousreply 464July 12, 2019 11:03 PM

I've never understood bed jackets. I've heard them referred to in early 20th century writing, but I've never seen one and don't understand their correct use. Were they used for lounging around the house? For receiving social calls while lying in bed (WTF)? For greeting one's husband at night, from the other twin bed? Were they considered sexy? If so, how could they be considered sexy?

Was there a men's equivalent?

by Anonymousreply 465July 12, 2019 11:09 PM

The most glamorous accoutrement whilst one is wearing a bed jacket is an Academy Award!

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by Anonymousreply 467July 12, 2019 11:20 PM

I practically had to scream that I wanted a bed jacket before my dumb as a stump nephew got the hint.

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by Anonymousreply 468July 12, 2019 11:25 PM

Is there a difference between a peignoir and a caftan?

by Anonymousreply 469July 12, 2019 11:37 PM

R469, I believe a peignoir is generally a rather fragile garment that practically wilts to the touch of a warm embrace. While a caftan can be a rather sturdy garment, such as worn by Elizabeth Taylor to encompass her generous proportions.

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by Anonymousreply 470July 12, 2019 11:43 PM

Them oil lamps are what you saw in dago houses. They used olive oil.

by Anonymousreply 471July 12, 2019 11:48 PM

Thank you, R470. I don't plan on owning either one, but if I did I think I'd want a caftan because I'm sure if my Siberian Husky were to jump on me her claws would catch and rip the delicate fabric of a peignoir. This is why I can't have nice things.

by Anonymousreply 472July 13, 2019 12:01 AM

R472, The courtesans of La Belle Époque wore peignoirs, and were known to awaken and take 'air baths', where they would sit before an open window, exposing their breasts to the cold morning air, which of course, enhanced the pertness of their bosoms. A manly man such as myself would prefer a hearty caftan, to sweep through my rooms with an air of confidence. When I was a youngster, though, I doubt I would make the distinction. When I read that the geishas of ancient Japan used nightingale dung to whiten their complexions, I was perplexed at locating a source.

by Anonymousreply 473July 13, 2019 12:13 AM

If we still had Craigslist personals I'm sure you could find someone to…"supply"…you with dung, R473. There are guys who probably wouldn't even charge you.

I like your description of courtesans of yore and their titillating air baths. Personally, for indoor use I tend to favor a plaid Pendleton shirt and nothing else, å la Donald Duck. I'm sure if I were to wear either a caftan or peignoir I'd knock something over with it as I swooped through the house. I mean, both garments seem designed for swooping, or what's the point of owning one?

by Anonymousreply 474July 13, 2019 12:29 AM

R474, I'm also one of those science nerds, besides all the other threads I visit. I leave the scat threads to Erna (blessed!). I know that nightingales are only native to the Old World. I've refrained from trying to acquire really dubious sorts of relics and fossils when they have no hope of being replenished. Silk, on the other hand, can be grown in many countries. I eventually ended up paying (I can't seem to spell the more correct term) for custom drapes made in silk. I will meet my maker all by myself.

by Anonymousreply 475July 13, 2019 1:26 AM

[quote]For receiving social calls while lying in bed (WTF)?

It is exactly that, R465. A women would receive callers - typically other women, certainly never a man alone, except her physician or perhaps another professional acting in his professional capacity, such her lawyer (so she can disinherit her ungrateful children) - while she was in bed due to illness or post-natal confinement. It used to be quite common for people to take to their beds due to illness, perceived or real, for extended periods of time.

Hospital stays used to be much longer than they are today.

Women used to give birth at home and remained confined to their beds for some time thereafter.

During all of these experiences, naturally one would want to look one's best, and what could better serve that purpose than a pretty bed jacket?

by Anonymousreply 476July 13, 2019 1:41 AM

french new wave cinema

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by Anonymousreply 477July 13, 2019 1:41 AM

^^ a womAn would receive callers ...

by Anonymousreply 478July 13, 2019 1:43 AM

john phillip law

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by Anonymousreply 479July 13, 2019 1:53 AM

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

I still think they were the hottest movie couple of all time. Google-image them and thrill to the glitz and glamour!

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by Anonymousreply 480July 13, 2019 2:09 AM

r458 A peignoir. I’m still not quite sure what that is but it sounds glamorous.

A peignoir is simply a dressing gown, but when we Americans think of them, it's as part of a set with a matching negligee (lingerie style nightgown, sometimes short.) They were all the rage made in colorful synthetics from around the 1950s on. (Well, that's when they went mainstream, I think.)

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by Anonymousreply 481July 13, 2019 2:19 AM

peignoir on left, negligee on right

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by Anonymousreply 482July 13, 2019 2:20 AM

R476, a dip of the pegnoir to you! You describe bed jackets with such taste and elegance. They should use it on Wikipedia - hopefully that's not where you got it. But I love you.

by Anonymousreply 483July 13, 2019 2:38 AM

[quote]r465 I've never understood bed jackets. I've heard them referred to in early 20th century writing, but I've never seen one and don't understand their correct use. Were they used for lounging around the house?

A bed jacket is cropped to waist length, so your upper body is warm while you're sitting up in bed reading, or talking on the phone or whatever. You could sleep in one if your arms or shoulders got cold outside the covers at night ... but they're really for that in between time when you're in bed, but not asleep.

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by Anonymousreply 484July 13, 2019 2:40 AM

Taking to one's bed: Doesn't that sound glamorous in itself? Something Princess Margaret would do.

by Anonymousreply 485July 13, 2019 3:06 AM

Drssing for dinner. We were visiting my grandmother one summer,when I insisted upon wearing dress clothes to dinner.

The adults thought I was dressing to attend Wednesday night church services.

by Anonymousreply 486July 13, 2019 3:23 AM

Lava lamps.

by Anonymousreply 487July 13, 2019 4:56 AM

I had a tube of Lancaster Lait Bronzant — not to be confused with suntan lotion — that I carried around with me hoping it would be seen.

I used allowance money to buy it at a European airport (I think it was Zurich) after seeing Lancaster posters with naked women while waiting for my mother to shop. Between the naked women and the fact that airport shops were, in my mind, the domain of jetsetters, I just knew that it was infinitely superior to whatever the peasants like my family were using. Lancaster was for people like me.

(I’m making myself cringe so hard right now.)

As soon as we were back from vacation, the tube started going everywhere with me. I’d take it out to recess and put it on, offering to let the kids I liked smell it while shooing the others away. I even put it on my window-side arm at red lights hoping the car next to me would see. I was a mess.

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by Anonymousreply 488July 13, 2019 5:58 AM

There was also something called a "duster," which was not so glamorous. The large pockets were for holding your cigarettes and matches.

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by Anonymousreply 489July 13, 2019 6:13 AM

R488 love that story, and totally relate.

by Anonymousreply 490July 13, 2019 9:09 AM

R488 - I thought Ambre Solaire was the height of sophistication and associated it with the Saint Tropez 'jet set' as a gayling in 1976.

by Anonymousreply 491July 13, 2019 10:52 AM

I wouldn't be caught dead with a logo appearing on any of my clothing now, but as a young gayling I was often seen wearing Izod's alligators and Polo shirts while sporting the hot shoes of the day.

by Anonymousreply 492July 13, 2019 11:03 AM

[quote]I wouldn't be caught dead with a logo appearing on any of my clothing now,

It's hard to unpick an embroidered logo from a shirt, but it can be done. Halfway through is when you start getting impatient and "jabby", and that's when it can all go to hell.

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by Anonymousreply 493July 13, 2019 4:09 PM

[quote]Them oil lamps are what you saw in dago houses. They used olive oil.

Bullshit you racist troll, I grew up in a all white middle class neighborhood, everyone had one. Obviously not high class but no different than how tacky most middle class whites decorate today. I remember seeing them at Sears in the lighting department. Across from the Lava Lamps. There used to be a lot of different designs. The kids bought the Lava Lamp, the parents bought the fancy Rain Lamp. In fact there was a mall in Los Angeles (which has no Italian neighborhood) that had a 2 story rain lamp in the center like a water fountain.

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by Anonymousreply 494July 13, 2019 5:11 PM

Having a soap addict mother All My Children along with Dallas and Dynasty informed my sense of sophistication. Also my grandmother, called everyone 'love' and I thought she was amazing so picked up that one. Remember that got a reaction at the Sunday dinner table...

by Anonymousreply 495July 13, 2019 6:44 PM

Having a soap addict mother All My Children along with Dallas and Dynasty informed my sense of sophistication. Also my grandmother, called everyone 'love' and I thought she was amazing so picked up that one. Remember that got a reaction at the Sunday dinner table...

by Anonymousreply 496July 13, 2019 6:44 PM

[quote]In fact there was a mall in Los Angeles (which has no Italian neighborhood) that had a 2 story rain lamp in the center like a water fountain.

That was at Topanga Plaza, one of the Valley's first true shopping malls. When I was a little kid I thought that rain fountain was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. A few years later you could buy little rain fountains that were a foot or so high, but I thought those were high kitsch at its zenith.

by Anonymousreply 497July 13, 2019 9:54 PM

I always wanted a lorgnette. I tried taping an old pair of eyeglasses to a chopstick, but it wasn't an effective experiment.

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by Anonymousreply 498July 14, 2019 12:03 AM

Since I’m old, I thought watching cliff divers in Acapulco while drinking cocktails was jaunty elegance. I think the only thing flying off the cliffs in Acapulco now are the hacked bodies lift tossed by the drug cartels.

by Anonymousreply 499July 14, 2019 1:17 AM

Commercial air travel. And no wonder!

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by Anonymousreply 500July 20, 2019 6:30 AM

^^^I guess we imprint on certain things as children that stay with us all our lives. For me, the iconic Boeing 707 is most beautiful jetliner ever built. It’s the symbol, to me, of air travel. Look at the slender body, knifing through the air like an arrow. Look at the sleek lines, the wide, swept-back wings, the four seemingly unobtrusive engines. It’s so much more stylish and elegant than the stubby airborne buses that fly around today. Of course, the 707, like all airliners of the time, crashed regularly. But it looked very glamorous as it went down.

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by Anonymousreply 501July 20, 2019 6:35 AM

I thought California was the most glamorous place imaginable. I actually told a babysitter that my parents were not my real parents, that I was adopted from California.

by Anonymousreply 502July 20, 2019 5:12 PM

I always wanted to live in a big, beautiful mansion like the Clampetts.

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by Anonymousreply 503July 20, 2019 5:17 PM

Floor length curtains.

My mom only used cafe curtains.

At age 6, I tid them back with yarn in an attempt to improve things[bold] : o

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by Anonymousreply 504July 20, 2019 6:21 PM

Swimming pools, movie stars

As a kid the Beverly Hillbillies were the definitive of anything glamorous. If they drove Imperials (Mr. Drysdale) that was the best car. All you needed was three million dollars and off you went to the most glamorous town in the world, Beverly Hills, where you would buy a stately mansion and lead a truly glamorous life. I just never understood why they didn't buy a better car or clothes

by Anonymousreply 505July 21, 2019 1:48 PM

When I wrote up my Christmas wish list in the 1970's I put everything I needed to decorate my bedroom in colors of orange and yellow. Down to my bedspread, shag carpeting and a cool lamp.

My mother said, "boys don't ask for those things" and she decorated my room in a western saloon style with signs that said "Beer 5 cents" and "No guns allowed".

I hated it and flounced for days.

by Anonymousreply 506July 21, 2019 2:08 PM

New neighbors moved in across the street in the mid-'60s and they had a white Cadillac Fleetwood sedan with this blue brocade interior. I thought it was most elegant thing ever when the Mrs. took the neighborhood kids in it somewhere.

It even had power VENT windows -- front and rear! -- and airplane like footrests for the back seat passengers.

I thought that car was very glamorous and I always hoped I'd see someone we knew when riding in it so I could blithely wave at them from the backseat.

by Anonymousreply 507July 21, 2019 2:19 PM

R507, was it like this one? You were right. It was glamorous. It still is.

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by Anonymousreply 508July 21, 2019 7:45 PM

Vintage Caddies were sumptuous with luxurious interiors and had useful gadgets and features.

Todays Cadillacs are crap.

by Anonymousreply 509July 21, 2019 7:52 PM

Corvettes

by Anonymousreply 510July 26, 2019 2:10 AM

Blonde finger waves.

by Anonymousreply 511July 26, 2019 2:29 AM
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by Anonymousreply 512July 26, 2019 7:49 AM

Cars that were designed to be driven by a chauffeur.

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by Anonymousreply 513July 26, 2019 10:25 AM

My parents moved into a new house the neighbors has 2 Lincolns like this one. One in white the other in gold, I thought it was glamorous to have 2 Lincolns..

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by Anonymousreply 514July 26, 2019 2:37 PM

[quote] Things you considered glamorous when you were a gayling

Faye Dunaway

by Anonymousreply 515July 26, 2019 3:00 PM

For some reason, glitter rock facades on bungalows looked glamorous. We lived in an old farmhouse with too much yard.

by Anonymousreply 516July 26, 2019 3:14 PM

R515

The way FD enters in the Villa...

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by Anonymousreply 517July 26, 2019 8:11 PM

Women's white 1960s boots! I thought they were the absolute height of glamour when I was a little prisspot.

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by Anonymousreply 518July 26, 2019 9:11 PM

Bentleys, Concorde, and anything from Asprey

by Anonymousreply 519July 26, 2019 9:38 PM

And with good reason, R518. Those white boots were everywhere. Every store. Every magazine. Every television commercial. Few fashion trends hit as big as that did.

by Anonymousreply 520July 26, 2019 9:38 PM

Guess Jeans

by Anonymousreply 521July 29, 2019 6:47 AM

Limousines

by Anonymousreply 522July 29, 2019 6:52 AM

The Rainbow on Sunset was very glamorous.

by Anonymousreply 523July 29, 2019 1:06 PM

A couch in a bedroom. Imagine getting out of bed and lounging on the sofa until you felt like breakfast. What a life!

by Anonymousreply 524July 29, 2019 9:15 PM

When I was a kid and vacationed with my family, chauffeurs at airports holding up signs were very interesting to me and definitely the height.

I believe some of my early fantasies about things I didn’t yet fully understand related to these uniformed private transportation professionals.

But so funny. When I grew up, and finally had a driver waiting for me with a sign at the airport, my first AND last names were both misspelled. Perfect.

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by Anonymousreply 525July 29, 2019 10:25 PM

Ascots. Wore one with blue oxford shirt when I was 17,

by Anonymousreply 526July 29, 2019 10:35 PM

[quote]r517 The way FD enters the villa...

Oh, no no NO! Surely, it's the way she enters her gallery opening in EYES OF LAURA MARS, complete with bitchy gay assistant fending off nosy reporters!

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by Anonymousreply 527July 30, 2019 2:18 AM

And expanding on that, R524, a bell that you could ring that would bring a crisply uniformed servant into your room with your breakfast tray. I'd love that now, coffee, toast, fruit salad and yogurt brought in on a tray with my mail and the day's newspaper. *sigh*

by Anonymousreply 528July 30, 2019 3:07 AM

Wait. Someone thought Rene Auberjonois was glamorous?

by Anonymousreply 529July 30, 2019 3:31 AM

studebaker avanti

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by Anonymousreply 530July 30, 2019 3:40 AM

A magnifying mirror on a vanity surrounded by a circle of lights. sugar cubes fountains street signs made of stone cufflinks balustrades sarsaparilla Drambuie Vail Buick 225 yew hedges window boxes with flowers Santa Barbara mission style

by Anonymousreply 531July 30, 2019 4:19 AM

I had a thing for concept cars, less the girls. Besides the fact that I was a gayling, I literally couldn't figure out what they hell they had to do with a beautiful car.

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by Anonymousreply 532July 30, 2019 11:56 AM

I love reading about how all of us, as tasteful youths, made these desperate, makeshift attempts to glam up our dreary normal lives.

I'm now remembering how impressed I was by wall-to-wall shag carpeting. Any home that had it seemed quite sophisticated to me.

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by Anonymousreply 534August 13, 2019 1:30 PM

A friend's family sold their house which was on the same block as my family's house. They moved into an apartment complex. Today, I wonder why they did that. Was there some financial setback that caused it?

That was of no concern to me when I was 10. I saw their apartment and was overwhelmed with the perceived coolness of it all. Especially the turquoise appliances in the kitchen. We had a washer and dryer in the basement, but this apartment complex had the coolest laundry rooms. I loved the commercial dryers and the fact that for 10 cents you could spin around in one.

I desperately wanted my mother to sell our house and move into an apartment. She must have thought she had given birth to the stupidest child on earth.

by Anonymousreply 535August 13, 2019 1:39 PM

Carrying a briefcase.

A neighbor, no idea what he did for a living, used to go to work every morning carrying a Gucci briefcase.

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by Anonymousreply 536August 16, 2019 9:37 PM

Carrying a briefcase.

A neighbor, no idea what he did for a living, used to go to work every morning carrying a Gucci briefcase.

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by Anonymousreply 537August 16, 2019 9:37 PM

The kindness of strangers.

by Anonymousreply 538August 16, 2019 9:40 PM

When the mistress of the house is lying in bed and the cook comes in with the day's menu for her approval.

Also trays for those who prefer to breakfast in bed.

by Anonymousreply 539August 17, 2019 1:17 PM

Having your meals brought up on a tray IS glamorous! Especially breakfast!

Unless, of course, Baby Jane is doing it.

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by Anonymousreply 540August 17, 2019 8:26 PM

I loved the credits of Eyes of Laura Mars.

So elegant, so 70's!!!!

I bet at the time those large credits in that font looked very au Courant!!!

by Anonymousreply 541August 17, 2019 8:31 PM

Glamour!

by Anonymousreply 542May 15, 2020 1:06 AM

After Eights.

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by Anonymousreply 543May 15, 2020 1:12 AM

Martini

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by Anonymousreply 544May 15, 2020 1:13 AM

Dixie Livingware

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by Anonymousreply 545May 15, 2020 1:15 AM

Breakfast At Tiffany's

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by Anonymousreply 546May 15, 2020 1:16 AM

PAN AM

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by Anonymousreply 547May 15, 2020 1:17 AM

Mother dear

by Anonymousreply 548May 15, 2020 1:17 AM

Mother dear

by Anonymousreply 549May 15, 2020 1:17 AM

What's "Mother dear"?

by Anonymousreply 550May 15, 2020 1:20 AM

Multi-line Touch Tone Phones

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by Anonymousreply 551May 15, 2020 1:27 AM

Peggy Lee, especially this cover on an album my nan gave me!

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by Anonymousreply 552May 15, 2020 1:29 AM

My mom’s collection of Avon decanters and her sunken living room with powder blue shag carpet.

by Anonymousreply 553May 15, 2020 3:45 AM

The 1960s glamour girls in furs and jewels in the opening of the Jackie Gleason show. “From Miami Beach....”. Can’t find a clip.

by Anonymousreply 554May 15, 2020 4:36 AM

A dress uniform with a kilt.

by Anonymousreply 555May 15, 2020 5:05 AM

An example

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by Anonymousreply 556May 15, 2020 6:16 AM

sterling silver flatware from Christofle

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by Anonymousreply 557May 15, 2020 6:50 AM

my grandmother's Vanden Plas Princess.

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by Anonymousreply 558May 15, 2020 9:48 AM

It even had sandwich tables in the back.

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by Anonymousreply 559May 15, 2020 9:49 AM

& a walnut dashboard.

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by Anonymousreply 560May 15, 2020 9:50 AM

Indoor plumbing

Electricity

Not getting an eviction notice every month

Some type of semi recognizable meat product for dinner once a week

Clothes that weren’t hand me downs or bought at Goodwill

Paying for groceries with actual money and not food stamps

Kids who got an allowance each week

A pizza that was ordered and delivered to your house

by Anonymousreply 561May 15, 2020 10:34 AM

Wall-to-wall carpeting (in the 60s-70s)

by Anonymousreply 562May 15, 2020 10:42 AM

A friend's mother had these displayed, and I would stand in front of the glass and try to decide which color I considered the fanciest.

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by Anonymousreply 563May 15, 2020 12:46 PM

I like those R563!

by Anonymousreply 564May 15, 2020 12:50 PM

I couldn't quite figure out what R274 had described, but a little googling revealed this glorious ottoman. Behold the glamor!

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by Anonymousreply 565May 15, 2020 10:19 PM

Oh my dear sweet lord R565. Who thought up this? I'm an elder and never saw such a thing. I guess it's not the sort of "antique" that keeps well. It would be a heck of an item to own today, so campy!

by Anonymousreply 566May 16, 2020 3:30 AM
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