If a person were seeking to dress up as a "1950's wife"

LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:17 AM
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If a person were seeking to dress up as a "1950's wife"

for *totally* innocent costume purposes, :dilemma: what would be the uniform?

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XNASA

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:21 AM
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1. I done a lot of research on this subject.

It's my conclusion that June Cleaver makes a faultless model.

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terrya

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:23 AM
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4. Well, of course, Donna Reed could be substituted, as well.

Your basic "wife in a 50's sitcom that does the housework in a dress, pearls and high heels while the husband goes to an unspecified job" model is pretty much interchangable.

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XNASA

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:25 AM
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5. Ah, good call.

I forgot about the pearl necklace.

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Blue-Jay

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:29 AM
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7. How could you forget about that?

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:58 AM
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9. Donna Reed, at your service...

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terrya

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:00 PM
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11. Yep. But, geez...I'd forgotten what a stud Carl Betz was.

Yowza. :-)

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:02 PM
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13. I love Dr. Alex Stone...

too bad no one's airing the show these days.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:01 PM
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12. moved to right spot

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 12:02 PM by Left Is Write

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Orangepeel

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:14 PM
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22. Donna Reed's husband was a doctor

a pediatrician, I believe, although I'm not sure about that. I don't think we were told what Ward Cleaver did.

The dress, pearls and heels are spot on. Gloves and a hat to go out.

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WCGreen

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Fri Feb-17-06 06:33 PM
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62. He was an accountant...

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:48 PM
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65. edited because...

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 08:01 PM by Left Is Write

I'm an idiot. You were talking about Ward Cleaver.

D'oh!

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Orangepeel

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Sat Feb-18-06 10:26 AM
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74. really? I don't remember that at all

and I thought I knew my Leave it to Beaver. I knew it was some sort of business, but I would have guessed B2B sales. Was Fred Rutherford an accountant, too?

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WCGreen

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Sun Feb-19-06 01:02 AM
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75. As far as I remember....

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norml

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:56 PM
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58. You mean like in this 1957 General Electric ad?

http://www.plan59.com/av/av.htm

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:26 AM
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6. I google-imaged "June Cleaver" and got this:

Where are the pearls?!
:P

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SouthoftheBorderPaul

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:30 PM
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25. I had a really crass answer to that question

but I'll just THINK it instead.

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:38 PM
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30. Bwahaha!

Upon re-reading the post, I think I've acquired your thought.:o :rofl:

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Magrittes Pipe

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:22 AM
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2. Apron, no shoes, and a pregnant belly.

;)

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Benfea

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:32 PM
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28. Don't forget the rubber dishwashing glove thingies. -nt

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miss_american_pie

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:23 AM
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3. Pearls

High heels.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:57 AM
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8. See the banner on my blog.

Link in my signature.

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gollygee

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Fri Feb-17-06 11:59 AM
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10. Apron and featherduster

high heels and pearls

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Crazy Dave

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:03 PM
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14. Whatever Mrs. Cunningham wore in "Happy Days"

Do the hair thing too and make sure you post a pic here on DU ;)

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:05 PM
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15. What kind of hair thing?

That's another point I'm considering...

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Crazy Dave

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:07 PM
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16. High and tight around the ears and neck then stacked real high

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SouthoftheBorderPaul

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:31 PM
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27. Mrs. C...

wah wah wah.

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Crazy Dave

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:55 PM
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38. I always liked Mrs. Cunningham better than June Cleaver

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 01:56 PM by DaveTheWave

June Cleaver was too "Stepford Wives" for me while Mrs. "C" was known to tell "Howie" about his ass from time to time.

Also, you never heard June say to Ward "are you feeling friskie tonight?"

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leftofthedial

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:21 PM
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17. high heels and a martini

are the only absolute requirements.

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Tikki

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:24 PM
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20. Great answer ...You just beat me to it...

Tikki

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Tikki

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:22 PM
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18. Walk around in a cocktail dress, with a martini, a filtered....

....cigarette...your hair swept up in a chignon, high heels with stilletto
heels...a large cocktail ring and costume jewelry earrings and necklace.

Introduce yourself as Honey or Nina...

Tikki

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auntAgonist

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:23 PM
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19. Check this out .

http://www.daddyos.com/

fantastic stuff there.

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zanne

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:09 PM
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41. I was there the first time around.

In the Fifties. Enough already.

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JVS

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:48 PM
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21. This

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 12:49 PM by JVS

Or this one in color

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Bunny

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:20 PM
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23. Get a bra that makes your boobs look real pointy. n/t

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Heidi

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:21 PM
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24. Golly, Missus Cleaver, I can't believe you don't know this.

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 01:22 PM by Heidi

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:40 PM
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32. I know! I blame my mother.

She was too busy reading her anthology of dirty-folk-song-poetry to teach me how to properly stuff a turkey, too. :eyes: :rofl:

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warrens

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:51 PM
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37. Looks like every Repuke blond zombie they send to the talk shows

You know, the presidents of bogus "organizations" like Americans for Truth and crap like that secretly funded by Scaife and his buddies to spread disinformation on everything from abortion to coal mining.

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npincus

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:31 PM
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26. synthetics are the way to go.

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jpgray

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:33 PM
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29. Hard-to-explain bruises

:hide:

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:41 PM
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33. On him?

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 01:41 PM by LaraMN

That must have been from over-aggressively "respecting" him.

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dancing kali

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:39 PM
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31. Well, from what I remember of my mother's clothes...

Bra - white cotton, with cone type cups and underwired
Panties - probably also white cotton
Girdle - tight with stays - a garter belt could be substituted
Stockings - your choice of colour - that is if you like beige or suntan
Slip - either full or half
Camisole - if wearing a half slip
Shirtwaist dress - with short or three quarter length sleeves
A nice pair of sensible pumps
Pearl necklace - single strand for everyday use
Clip-on earrings - usually disk shaped and about 1.5 inches in diameter

That was just for everyday, doing the housework wear. If you were going out
don't forget your hat and gloves.

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underpants

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:42 PM
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34. BTW read this marriage contract (WEIRD!!)

I am going to post a thread about it as soon as I get a chance to read the whole thing.

Sicko "Marriage Contract" One For The Ages
Repulsive "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges in Iowa kidnap case
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:45 PM
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35. Oh.my. She's not even allowed pubic hair.

I will never understand the sad psychology of a woman who submits to life with a piece of human excrement like that dude. :wow:

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underpants

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:11 PM
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42. Thread link-there are a lot of really lonely people out there

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4762880

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miss_american_pie

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:48 PM
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36. WTF?

Who is sicker, the man that comes up with that or the woman that agrees to it?

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underpants

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:06 PM
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40. She never signed it

STRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRANGE

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LeftyMom

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Fri Feb-17-06 01:58 PM
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39. What a freak

:scared:

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Misunderestimator

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:15 PM
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43. OMG!!!

Um.... wow.... and that's after reading only the first couple of points.

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JVS

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:20 PM
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44. Well, I gotta give him credit for laying it all out in the open like that

It's much better to do that than to marry someone and then try to create the conditions he desired.

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XemaSab

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:43 PM
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49. Wow! That's something ELSE!

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jmowreader

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Fri Feb-17-06 10:19 PM
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72. That boy's got him a set of cast-iron balls to come up with that

and expect his wife to follow it to the letter like he did.

I can only imagine what would happen if I presented something like that to MY wife...

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China_cat

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:26 PM
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45. I've been reading all these and

can't relate to them at all. My mother was a 50's housewife. I remember her in jeans that were ripped at the knees, my stepfather's tshirts with a flannel shirt over it, heavy socks and boots. Except during hunting season when she wore the good jeans (no holes) with long johns underneath.

She did wear a skirt and blouse to go out but always flats, never heels (she was 5'10" tall) and was known to forget to put on her panties. The shirt would be a team one for bowling night. She never wore jewelry.

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:28 PM
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46. I should probably change the title to "Stereotypical 1950's Housewife."

That was more what my aim was...

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China_cat

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:40 PM
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48. Well, my mother was definitely outside the

sterotypes. And suffered for it. She did the maintenance on her own car, raised and trained hunting dogs, laid block for the basement of the house they built, drywalled the interior, did some of the plumbing.

What she didn't do was cook (we had to learn how in self-defense), clean or other wise do housework.

Come to think about it, what my mother needed was a wife. :)

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:44 PM
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51. Your mother sounds like she was a pretty damn cool lady!

I am eternally greatful to my Dad for teaching me a few stereotypically-male skills. I love people who are an eclectic mix of characteristics and full of surprises.

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China_cat

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Fri Feb-17-06 05:00 PM
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60. Yep, she was

and died way too soon at the age of 40.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:52 PM
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67. My mother got married in 1959...

so she wasn't exactly a "50's" housewife, but she went around in jeans with the cuffs rolled up.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:28 PM
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47. Don't forget to be in black and white

But you can always color up later... if your husband doesn't mind.

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ScreamingMeemie

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:44 PM
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50. Innocent...

:rofl: Suuuuurree! Have fun! Don't forget to "fluff" your hair up and use red red lipstick! :hi:

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Der Blaue Engel

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:45 PM
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52. Funny you should ask this

For no reason whatsoever this morning, I found myself thinking what I would wear if I were dressing as a 50's wife...I had a very vivid image of myself in a tight-bodiced blue dress (complete with darts) with a wide flared skirt, sharp heels, and a smart, A-line coat. Was I channeling you??

Anyway, you could take a tip from my mom:

1960, I think, but still captures the essential Donna Reed/June Cleaver style. :)

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LaraMN

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Fri Feb-17-06 02:57 PM
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53. I rather like this, but I don't know if it's really 50's:

I want it, anyway:

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Der Blaue Engel

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:01 PM
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54. A little slutty for the 50s

But definitely inspired. :)

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TheCentepedeShoes

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:33 PM
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64. Looks like retro 50's

kind of a "Marilyn" look. Go for it.

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atomic-fly

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:39 PM
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55. This works for me....

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norml

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:42 PM
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56. You'll find some good examples here.

Edited on Fri Feb-17-06 03:50 PM by norml

http://www.plan59.com/av/av.htm

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Aristus

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:47 PM
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57. '50's housewives on TV always have white gloves and a small

clutch purse.

God, everybody was so tightassed in those days.

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Ivan Sputnik

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Fri Feb-17-06 04:16 PM
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59. Wear an apron

and grin like a lobotomized maniac.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:50 PM
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66. I love aprons...

I collect vintage aprons.

I'll leave the lobotomized maniac grin to someone else, though.

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sarge43

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Fri Feb-17-06 06:01 PM
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61. Shirtwaist dress, heels, pearls and pageboy do.

If you're lowballing it, chenille bathrobe or a print housedress (Vermont Country Store has some doozies), support hose, scuffies or house slippers, hair in curlers or bobbypin snails.

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xmas74

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Fri Feb-17-06 06:35 PM
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63. There are lots of vintage clothing shops on

Ebay. Some of them even have the "classic 50's housewife" style outfits on there.

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FuzzySlippers

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:57 PM
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68. "New Look" introduced by Dior

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Fri Feb-17-06 08:19 PM
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69. Less glamorous 1950s wives wore a nearly-extinct type of dress

known as a "house dress" with an apron and casual shoes.

This is a 1940s image, but the 1950s versions of the house dress were similar, a plain dress that buttoned down the front.

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Left Is Write

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Fri Feb-17-06 08:27 PM
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70. Yes! Many can be found on eBay by searching on "day dress".

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Catchawave

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Fri Feb-17-06 09:55 PM
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71. Lucy and Ethel !

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jmowreader

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Fri Feb-17-06 10:35 PM
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73. It's strange that you would use the term "uniform"

because that's where you're going to go: to a uniform shop.

Lots of hotels still issue housedresses to their housekeeping staff. Get one of those. Also get a pair of housekeeper's shoes while you're there.

Accessorize with lots of pearls and clip-on earrings.

Makeup? Pressed powder or Max Factor Pan-Cake, red lipstick and nothing else.

Spritz yourself with rose water...and it's like you've been transported back fifty years.

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