Petti Pictures
SWEET, FLUFFY NOSTALGIA
PAGE THIRTEEN
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Petti Pictures
PAGE THIRTEEN
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If EVER there was a picture which
explains why guys growing up in The Era Freud, where art thou?
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(below)
BB Bloomer calls this a bubble dress -
in the 50s, we called it the memorable sack dress (very special).
'Sack dress' has come to mean something else these days, certainly not
bouffant.
This may be an overexposed
picture, but the important element Provided by Neil M.
is intact: displayed petticoats from the 50s!
...with a
pleated skirt to boot!
(below) Images from Bal Tabarin in 1956
Excerpt and pictures from a feature article of
an unidentified magazine of The Era: 'Poppet' is an English word, that
is, a word used by the English, to describe everything a girl, should be.
It means 'pretty, lovable, warm, gay and pleasant to the touch.' Our gal,
Sue Van Orden, is a perfect example of a poppet. Or, as we'd put it,
(These images were quite small, so we apologizze for
the quality, but they are worth posting, as is the quaint text) (below) Larry G. provides these
images taken in 1957 at a dance studio A nice
prom images page.
Love the almost-bell skirt...
a real live doll.What makes Sue different from
other girls we know, is that special quality of more bounce to the ounce,
the mark of an unspoiled and un-mixed up kid.
