tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post8985543182136865128..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: THE BOOBY TRAPWelshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-84665072794601486522013-07-01T23:54:15.468+02:002013-07-01T23:54:15.468+02:00Thanks for the stories and the vote of confidence,...Thanks for the stories and the vote of confidence, Lee!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-90039352719240069512013-07-01T01:47:12.080+02:002013-07-01T01:47:12.080+02:00Times and attitudes certainly have changed, that&#...Times and attitudes certainly have changed, that's for sure. <br /><br />Back in 1965 Jean Shrimpton visited our fair, uncorrupted shores. Shrimpton stirred up the stiff and proper ladies of Melbourne (those who believed they were "stiff, proper, upright ladies, that is!)by wearing a white mini-skirt to the Victoria Derby...a lead-up race to the Melbourne Cup! Oh! My God! Shrimpton's "dress" was 10cm above her knees! And Lordy! Lordy! On top of that she wore no hat, no stockings and no gloves!!! The ladies were fainting and having heart palpitations!! What a to-do it was!! A storm in a mini!!<br /><br />A high profile TV personality here in Aus caused much controversy and heart attacks in 1975 when he imitated crow calls on live TV (his impersonation upset many of the "high brows" because it reminded them too much of another word...that was their bad luck, if you get my meaning!)!!! He was booted off and the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal banned him from doing live television...he had to then pre-record everything!<br /><br />I remember upsetting a few of the oldies and stiff-upper-lippers at a wedding back in the early Seventies...the dress I wore displayed a little too much of my boobs for their liking...poor dears...not my boobs...those poor souls who stood shuddering in their panty-hose clad feet! I loved that dress. It was long...black and white wide vertical panels. I was working in the fashion industry at the time and it was one of our labels...it was a Carla Zampatti design. The company had signed Zampatti to a contract to design a range for the season. Zampatti designs are highly rated here. She is an Italian-Australian...having migrated to Australia with her family as an eight year old.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Zampatti<br /><br />That's more than enough out of me, I think. Keep wearing what you want to wear, Pat....and keep telling it as it is! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-50212266702259453572013-06-29T21:21:31.649+02:002013-06-29T21:21:31.649+02:00Hi, Betty. Yes, sometimes you still see that, alth...Hi, Betty. Yes, sometimes you still see that, although now some widoes do this from choice, not because of any societal rules. And some people of all ages still wear mourning for a year after a bereavement.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-66426340074337556582013-06-29T16:32:46.915+02:002013-06-29T16:32:46.915+02:00I remember going to St. Peter's in 1970. I wa...I remember going to St. Peter's in 1970. I was pregnant at the time, but my skirt was considered too short. I ended up pulling it down around my hips to make it longer. Fortunately I was wearing a long maternity top and could do it. I'm wondering how much things have changed. When we were in Sicily there were rules about how widows dressed and many wore black for life. Do you still see that?Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068151073417372746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-86418008057512109252013-06-28T23:07:29.583+02:002013-06-28T23:07:29.583+02:00Totally agree, Rosaria. Thanks, Liz and glad you a...Totally agree, Rosaria. Thanks, Liz and glad you agree.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-77382656719697306942013-06-28T18:04:07.991+02:002013-06-28T18:04:07.991+02:00You keep flaunting it, welshcakes!
I couldn't...You keep flaunting it, welshcakes!<br /><br />I couldn't believe the fuss over the dress either.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-67362784148823552042013-06-28T05:02:04.998+02:002013-06-28T05:02:04.998+02:00You're in the right place for flaunting your f...You're in the right place for flaunting your femininity. The problem is having the right bra,something not easily remedied. I'm still searching.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com