There is a show on AMC that I just love, 2 shows actually, Breaking Bad and Mad Men. But the show Mad Men really captures my attention because it is about ad executives in the early 1960's. There are things about the time period that I love, and some not so much, other things I am flabbergasted about.
For instance, I was flabbergasted to see a time period where you left your trash on the grass when you went for a picnic or camping. I was born in 1968, in my lifetime the "indian that cried" about "keeping america beautiful" became popular. I'm a smoker (yes, still) but to be reminded of how many people actually smoked and that there was no place it was not accepted (including hospitals) is amazing to me. I do remember being able to smoke on an airplane, bus and at work (wow, I am getting old).
But the one thing I really like about the time period, women were very womanly. I know, I know, women were not taken seriously in the workplace etc. However, being glamorous was part of your everyday world. I happen to really enjoy being a woman. The early '60's highlights the over the top fashion of the time period, literally vacuuming with pearls on. High heels were an everyday thing, as was "hiding the magic" as I call it. You woke up, put your face on and had breakfast ready all by 7:00 a.m. Say what you will, I like that part of being a woman. Don't get me wrong, remember I am the one that loves to fish and camp, not much makeup and glamour to all of that. But, I miss the dresses and high heels that were common place at the grocery store.
Long hair piled high into intricate hair do's, pantyhose with a seam in the back...it just makes you feel good to be a woman. The 1980's had an element of this, but we were too much into the "man suit" look to really be womanly. Not since the time period of the early 1960's have women been so feminine.
I think I'll do my nails...I feel like being a smoking hot woman.
Malicious Extrapolation
9 years ago
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Ugh, personally I lived thru the 60's and am old enough to remember it. There is a reason the backlash of the 50's and early 60's were hippies and burning bras.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the thought of having to be "on" all the time. Me, I'll take being able to go to the store sans makeup and being able to be paid what my male co-workers are. Doesn't make me feel any less womanly. high heels are a part of my day every day as are skirts and makeup, but now I wear them because I want to not because it is expected of me.
I honestly think it was mainly on TV that people did the house work in their heels. I sure as hell never saw my mother or other relatives look ANYTHING like Beaver's mom. LOL
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of my mom in the 60s, she was wearing flip flops with hair toes and double knit stretch shorts.
Hell, I'm my mom!
with you on this Misty. TV and memory always has a way of making history seem better than it was. I never saw my mom vacuuming in anything but old pedal pushers.
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