tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post4164205800975619580..comments2024-01-17T20:44:37.660+00:00Comments on USEFUL or BEAUTIFUL: Plus ça change,Lucillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-2504554829117730702014-10-15T22:48:12.607+01:002014-10-15T22:48:12.607+01:00E.M. Delafield reminds me ever so slightly (minus ...E.M. Delafield reminds me ever so slightly (minus the vulgarisms and cussing) of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones' Diary. Women looking at themselves in full length mirrors is rarely a satisfactory occupation no matter what generation they happen to represent. My daughter has recently become the beneficiary of the results of a weeding out of my own wardrobe. She was very happy and looked gorgeous in my castoffs. Sigh.<br /> <br />I love your cardigan! Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-23504371898380485272014-10-15T14:48:32.279+01:002014-10-15T14:48:32.279+01:00Your cardigan is lovely, that would cheer me up on...Your cardigan is lovely, that would cheer me up on the darkest and coldest of days.<br /><br />I love E M Delafield and am in the process of acquiring many more of her books, free for the e-reader, from the Guttenburg Project. She was a prolific writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-85296656739807620802014-10-14T17:35:55.070+01:002014-10-14T17:35:55.070+01:00I love a culotte!I love a culotte!Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-13997954414759073702014-10-14T15:03:29.271+01:002014-10-14T15:03:29.271+01:00A return to my school uniform would be very loweri...A return to my school uniform would be very lowering . Puffed sleeves ! Divided skirts ! <br />However your cardigan is hugely cheering .<br /><br />I've always wondered exactly where The Provincial Lady sent her parcels off to ... and who were the ( presumably ) even more provincial and cash-strapped ladies who bought her discards . <br />SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-15155509542023910472014-10-14T07:07:03.143+01:002014-10-14T07:07:03.143+01:00Yes that worked! Thanks for persevering. It certai...Yes that worked! Thanks for persevering. It certainly ought to be easier not to feel instantly dated by the wrong hemline or size of hat. But maybe rules (like school uniforms for instance) make dressing easier.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-63751495131370349752014-10-13T22:48:16.046+01:002014-10-13T22:48:16.046+01:00Oh Poor Provincial Lady - don't know whether t...Oh Poor Provincial Lady - don't know whether to laugh or cry! Is it easier do you think, 84 years on with our 'anything goes' fashions? Love your cardigan Lucille, and thank you for the link. You prompted me to figure out how to reply to your blog at last (I've always used the name/URL option so hope this works..)artistfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699911696263583824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-14521838126933039842014-10-13T21:41:15.394+01:002014-10-13T21:41:15.394+01:00I just never look in mirrors, or at least not full...I just never look in mirrors, or at least not full-length ones. <br /><br />I do like your cardigan. Very cheering. Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-26409715074062001952014-10-13T19:57:21.598+01:002014-10-13T19:57:21.598+01:00All changing room mirrors have that special featur...All changing room mirrors have that special feature. Conversely I have a special mirror in the bathroom taken from a skip may moons ago. It does the best reflection and I will never part with it.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-54233644758512518962014-10-13T19:55:42.848+01:002014-10-13T19:55:42.848+01:00You'll be the first to know.You'll be the first to know.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-60991469820764101672014-10-13T19:55:02.660+01:002014-10-13T19:55:02.660+01:00I did once retrieve something from an Oxfam shop. ...I did once retrieve something from an Oxfam shop. It was an inadvertent donation of something just bought in the shop next door.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-11411874675470705582014-10-13T19:35:04.176+01:002014-10-13T19:35:04.176+01:00Oh dear, sounds very familiar -- I do like your ne...Oh dear, sounds very familiar -- I do like your new cardigan, though. <br />The worst thing is, the door I come through in the morning, on my way into the office, is glass, but also has (I'm sure) a slightly skewed reflection -- so that even if I looked vaguely okay when I left the house, I look extremely dowdy in that door. I try to remember not to look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630924445657816001.post-30598233508346353932014-10-13T19:19:34.388+01:002014-10-13T19:19:34.388+01:00Does she have anything helpful to say for those oc...Does she have anything helpful to say for those occasions when you need the skirt that you have just donated to Oxfam?alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.com