Suffering for Fashion - Page 2

katex · 22-01-2007, 20:32

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Originally Posted by cashman

know what you mean katex, lol all my toes are squashed and point inwards thanks to fashion (winklepickers) thank god for the advent of brothel creepers i thought at the time.

Tee hee Cashman, glad to hear you men suffer whilst trying to strut about yer peacock feathers, however, whilst you were wearing the winkle pickers,I was suffering with the sugar starched net underskirts scratching the back of me legs ...

As LancsDave says though .. think you are immune when you are young and don't consider the long term damage, do you ?

cashman · 22-01-2007, 20:39

yep katex it aint just women.

Wynonie Harris · 22-01-2007, 23:11

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Originally Posted by cashman

thank god for the advent of brothel creepers i thought at the time.

I'll tell you something for nothing...these blue suede brothel creepers I got the other week are the comfiest shoes I've ever had. It's like walking on air!

Sorry for the thread wander...

katex · 22-01-2007, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I'll tell you something for nothing...these blue suede brothel creepers I got the other week are the comfiest shoes I've ever had. It's like walking on air!

Sorry for the thread wander...

Ah, but is it a little too late Wynonie ..

Wynonie Harris · 22-01-2007, 23:18

Kate, it's never too late to rock 'n' roll...and anyway, you lot told me, don't worry about your age, just go for it...so I did!

katex · 22-01-2007, 23:22

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Kate, it's never too late to rock 'n' roll...and anyway, you lot told me, don't worry about your age, just go for it...so I did!

No !! Only meant have your feet been damaged already and glad to see you have learnt sense .. didn't mean too late to have fun and dress as you wish x

Wynonie Harris · 22-01-2007, 23:27

Oh, I see, sorry, Kate. Yeah, like Mr C, the old Beatle boots did tend to knacker my feet a bit in the 60's. Think that's why these creepers feel so nice! Bought from a shop just round the corner from Affleck's, too!

garinda · 22-01-2007, 23:28

I have too many fashion faux pas to list, but here are just a few:-

The full length white coat with photographs of myself sewn on, with poetry in French painted on top to look like blood.

Old man's pyjamas complete with espadrilles, worn in the snow, which disintigrated the rope soles by the time I got to college.

Boot polish worm in the shape of sunglasses, that wouldn't wash off.

A tunic which had both foot long nipples and a phallus, with the word SEX painted on the front, made out of 50's curtains.

A sari, worn with Docs.

A suit knit on broomsticks, that looked likle seaweed.

A plastic pac-a-mac, painted with a swastika and a star of David.

This all period was crammed into a five year period, after which I discovered that it was much more fun to tell people what to wear, than to wear it myself.

Tinkerbelle · 22-01-2007, 23:31

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Originally Posted by garinda

A sari, worn with Docs.

LOL! That actually sounds pretty cool

katex · 22-01-2007, 23:33

Do you realise I am trying to get to bed here, but you lot keep bringing me back !!

Garinda, they all seem pretty 'comfortable' to me .. LOL

cashman · 22-01-2007, 23:37

forgot to mention the winklepickers not only crucified my feet,but when they rubbed they gave me very painful corns on my little toes,which became even more painful when i cut em off with a razor blade after copious amounts of bitter.

garinda · 22-01-2007, 23:41

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Originally Posted by cashman

forgot to mention the winklepickers not only crucified my feet,but when they rubbed they gave me very painful corns on my little toes,which became even more painful when i cut em off with a razor blade after copious amounts of bitter.

I had a pair of those too. When they came in briefly with the New Wave thing.

My size 10's, double G fittings, forced into the most unnatural point imaginable.

I still have the bunions to prove it.

steeljack · 22-01-2007, 23:51

kind of topical , a 15 year old lad tried to dye his hair and is head swelled up to football size
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/6287901.stm

my question is .......why would a 15 yr old lad want to dye his hair ? and why would the lads parents think it okay ?
he should be out playing football not dying his bloody hair .

ok , I've become my Grandad

cashman · 22-01-2007, 23:59

dont know any bloke of my era that dyed their hair? perhaps medallion men do? its a sign of the times i think.think dye does yer scalp no good,so that could be suffering for fashion?

garinda · 23-01-2007, 00:00

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Originally Posted by cashman

dont know any bloke of my era that dyed their hair? perhaps medallion men do? its a sign of the times i think.think dye does yer scalp no good,so that could be suffering for fashion?

Err.... Elvis! He was naturally dark blond.

The rot set in in 1956.