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| Clare |
Posted - Jun 08 2004 : 5:37:33 PM
Hello all,
Just thought I'd pass on this source for everything "old fashioned" or tried and true. My summer catalog arrived today and there's always something interesting that catches my eye. For you younger generation, there may be some things in there you've never heard of, and for me, I stop and say, "Oh yeah, I remember that!!"
Here's a link to the cool tie bandanas we were discussing recently: http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/prdSell.asp?ProdGroupID=14935
They are offered at a decent price of 2 for $12.50.
And new to me is this Tangee lipstick. Have any of you gals heard of this before? It's orange in the tube, but it turns the perfect shade to compliment your skin tones. I may have to try it, as I'm a less-is-more kind of makeup girl. http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/prdSell.asp?ProdGroupID=23316&DeptID=-1&XSellSrc=14935
~Clare
Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural |
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 08:40:41 AM
Sheryl-lyn, if you've got your eye on the nightgown I'm thinking of (the long white cotton with the sweet little buttons and pin-tucking, about 60 bucks?)--I treated myself to that nightgown this year. Rather than sleep in it, I use it for late afternoons on the porch (we're real rural, so privacy's not an issue), after I've taken a good long shower, shampoo etc. to de-grunge myself after a day of outdoor chores. It's lovely to feel every little breeze (on a mostly breezeless day) while I sit out there with a tall glass of iced tea, smelling the lavender, listening to the birds and the faint bubbling of the water in the frog pond, trying to decide whether my current application of toenail polish will get through another week intact....Makes me feel young and pretty as well as deliciously cool. Enjoy your trip -- and BUY that nightgown! |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 14 2007 : 06:08:49 AM
I am going to Vermont in a few weeks and plan to make a stop at the store. I too, have always wanted a nightgown from there and may actually splurge on one. While it is a little pricey, it is such fun to wander the store and remember all the good old days. I can actually smell my nana when I go there and it makes me happy since I miss her so much still! |
| The Handmaiden |
Posted - Jul 11 2007 : 7:13:47 PM
My favorite part of this thread was recognizing some farmgirls names I've missed seeing jpbluesky, bramble, clare, meadowlark!
What a walk down memory lane...smiling all the way. I wore some of the mentioned fragrances, but my two favorites were Heaven Scent & Jungle Gardenia. My mother must have skipped the lesson on how much to wear, because everytime I went to my boyfriends house and came thru the back door, his father would yell from the den, "Kim's here! I can smell her!" At the time I thought it was a compliment. Now I'm mortified. I used dippity do on my bangs and then "taped" them down with some kind of pink hair tape. Can't remember the name. All I know was everything had to be STRAIGHT!! Bonne Bell anything was the bomb & Seventeen the bible. ALtho' it seems quite different today!
Loved platform shoes and BIG bell jeans with the 1" zippers!! Real hip-huggers! I never used the mentioned lipstick. I had two older sisters who wore Blistex - made you're lips look white. They also taught me to pinch my cheeks and bite my lips for color. I was 6 and they were 15 & 16.
well, thanks Clare for getting us on this fun roll. I've always wanted a nightgown from VTC. Anyone ever bought one?
"Faith shall finish all that Hope begins."
joan walsh anglund |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jul 11 2007 : 06:06:49 AM
It was fun to read back through this thread of conversation. I still check Vermont Country Store for items. Right now I want another homespun tablecloth, but they have gotten so expensive! I will wait to buy it. The only place I have found them is in the Vermont Country Store catalaogue.
Anyway, in going through old boxes from my childhood last week-end, I came across my old hairnet. After I rolled my hair, I would then put on a large netted hairnet over it. I did this every night! How in the world did I sleep?
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 10:31:48 PM
Oh, this is so much fun reading all this! Memories! Thanks Clare for the heads up on the website! I signed up to get a catalog!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| PlumCreekMama |
Posted - Jul 10 2007 : 8:54:58 PM
My sloggers make awful noises when my feet get wet too, but what I really hate is the loss of traction. I wear them to do my chores, so I always get water in them and can't hardly walk without crushing my toes. Plus my feet have permanent dirt ground into my skin from where the holes are! 
Does anyone remember One Step? It was a creme rinse my mom put in me and my sisters' hair after our baths to make it comb easier in the days before conditioner. I think Avon made it. I still miss the smell!
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| cecelia |
Posted - Jun 30 2005 : 4:52:07 PM
The best "stuff" I remember ever using was a body wash/shampoo which was actually made with real honey (this was way before the onslaught of body washes). I can't remember who made it (it may have been Bonnie Bell). It made my hair very soft, the scent didn't last (or else it would probably have attracted flies!).
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| PJJ |
Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 10:39:39 PM
How 'bout the original Coppertone self-tanning lotion? It made your skin absolutely orange -- and ran if you sweat with it on.
I adored Bonne Bell, although I think it was a harsh cleanser, in retrospect. But it was "the thing" used a lot for the makeovers in Seventeen magazine. And hard to come by in a small town store.
Dippity-Do was necessary for trying to control curly hair, even if it didn't work.
What about foam rollers? If you didn't have curly hair (and sometimes even if you did), you spent most of Saturday in foam rollers -- or orange juice cans if your hair was long -- so you would look "beeutiful" on Saturday night, or Sunday for church.
Paula J.
Paula J., with Ty, Cara, Brody, Blue, and Fidget |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 6:03:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MeadowLark
I broke down and bought some rubber garden clogs called Sloggers. They were half off and reminded me of Earth shoes, and very comfortable. The trouble with them is when they get moisture in them I sound like I am passing wind when I walk in them. I could probably scare the birds away when I am wearing them!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html
Meadowlark -- my garden clogs "pass wind" too!!! Thanks for a good laugh.
Kay
Proud Member of North Clark County Farmgirls |
| psouper |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 12:03:07 PM
Bramble,
I am a girl of the 70s too - I had totally forgotton about 10-0-6!! I used that after I scrubbed the heck out of my face with Listerex Scrub.
My first deoderant was called Tussy.
Girls used to wear that sort of stick blusher that changed colors on your face, but it all looked rather orange.
Does anyone remember shoes called Yo Yo's? They were a kind of platform sole with a hole in the heel. I had 2 pairs.
Now wearing my birkies,
Polly
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 10:55:36 AM
My garden clogs do the same sound. My kids think it is hilarious. I have had the same old pair of blue Birkenstock garden clogs for 10 years now. They really last..but do have awful sound effects! I usually just wear socks and that solves the problem. On hot days though, who wants to wear socks???????
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 09:45:03 AM
I have very high arches too Clare!!! If I wear them in public I will wear the footlet socks. When I am "slogging" in my garden, only the birds and bugs will hear and they don't count!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
| Clare |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 08:36:34 AM
Ahh Meadowlark... I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience this phenomenon. It happens in my garden clogs, and most recently I got a pair of birkenstock type sandals with a good arch support.... well I have high arches already and this makes continual contact and thus the sound effects.... I can't wear them at work without socks!!!! Embarrasing walking down the hall! Jeepers..!!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 06:40:20 AM
I broke down and bought some rubber garden clogs called Sloggers. They were half off and reminded me of Earth shoes, and very comfortable. The trouble with them is when they get moisture in them I sound like I am passing wind when I walk in them. I could probably scare the birds away when I am wearing them!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 10:34:44 PM
I still love White Shoulders cologne. My grandma used to get it for me every year for my birthday until she died. Now my husband gets it for me at Christmas.
I wear birkenstocks now (when I am not in my trusty Nike's) but was not into them in high school. I remember wearing my Dittos pants so tight that I had to lay on the bed to zip them, with bobby brooks sweaters and platform shoes. And I had the feathered Farrah Fawcett hair in my Senior picture. Oh brother!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 9:23:34 PM
I still have my oval mirrored dresser tray with the gold filigree edge!!! Of course it doesn't hold any Evening in Paris - YET!!
I'm so excited that someone knows where Virden, IL is!
Kay
Proud Member of North Clark County Farmgirls |
| bramble |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 9:01:50 PM
I guess my birkenstocks and clogs have taken the place of my earth shoes! I too had knee high lace up boots ! What were we thinking?
As for Avon: what about "Field Flowers"? That will forever remind me of my Gram because she gave it to all of us old and young. Shalimar reminds me of the first yucky boyfriend I ever had! He bought it and insisted I wear that scent! It wasn't too long before I insisted he take it and wear it himself! I still have a bottle of L'Air du temps because I love it but have to be in the right frame of mind to wear it! I like light and flowery but hardly ever wear scent because it bothers alot of the children with asthma at school.
Here's another blast from the past: Dippity Doo and Brill Creme (a little dab will do ya!) Heaven help us ! We are in a product time warp!
with a happy heart |
| cecelia |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 4:18:18 PM
I remember reading about those colognes but I never had the money to buy them - my aunt always gave us Avon for Christmas though. After college the white go-go boots were in style, so I bought a pair to go out with my girlfriends - believe it or not, wigs were also in style then (early '70's); we all went out wearing out boots (I had a purple pantsuit, being too shy to wear those mini shorts with the knee hi boots), wearing out wigs. I was so afraid it would blow off (no chance there, it was like wearing a cap 2 sizes too small). I still have Earth shoes, and I think I'm sometimes not sure whether I'm a hippie mama, farmgirl or just me!
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 3:20:00 PM
I still wear White Shoulders and L'Air du Temps! My first grown-up cologne was from my mother and it was L'Air du Temps when I turned 16 in 1972. Does anyone remember the old Avon fragrances like Topaz and Here's My Heart? Those were a staple on my mother's dresser. I also loved Shalimar. I bought the new Light Shalimar, it is more subtle. Bramble I remember I had to have that feather hairdo like Farah Fawcett in 76. I looked like a hooker then. All that poly and glitter and those horrible platform shoes. No wonder I have weak ankles now. I will never know how I could run across my college campus to class in those things. Oh and I wore my jeans so tight I had to lay down to put them on, then tucked them in the knee high leather boots. I also had a pair of Frye boots when I was in to the hippie, earthgirl look, and a pair of those wierd earth shoes too. One day I would be hippe mama, the next day a disco diva! I was confused back then...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 12:24:26 PM
Mum, Noxema, Clearasil, White Shoulders, Evening in Paris....all names that bring back a visual of exactly where they were kept in our house growing up! We had one bathroom, so we all had our "boxes of stuff" that we took into the bathroom with us. No one could keep their actual things in there except daddy and with his shaving stuff (which was Gillette). Mom always used a deodorant called Hi and Dri. Remember that one? It was the only one that her skin sould tolerate. I have not seen that one in Vermont Country Store!
Of course, Mom had her perfume tray (oval with ornate trim sitting on a doily on her dresser) and that is where the White Shoulders and her body powder Le Air Du Temps (spelling?) lived.
Kay, Virden was just a little ride from my home town - Springfield.
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
| bramble |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 12:00:25 PM
I love Vermont Country store and one of my favorite things I ever bought from them was the flannel grandfather nightshirts! They wear like iron are really comfy and warm and the fabric just gets softer and softer!
Now for a trip down memory lane for all you teeny boppers from the 70's!
SeaBreeze skin lotion, Bonnie Bell Lipsmackers, Love's Baby Soft and Lemon scents, blue eye shadow, frosted nail polish, Farrah Fawcett hairdos with big combs in your back pocket, "designer" jeans, concert T shirts , platform sandals, fair isle sweaters, straight leg jeans( East Coast thing I'm told), wild printed Hukapoo quiana knit shirts,
and the demise of civilization with the advent of DISCO!I was 16 in 1976 and it was not an attractive era, clothes were UGLY! And... every boy that took you out smelled like he had bathed in Aramis or Canoe colognes!
I also remember my father making fun of Evening in Paris perfume. He used to say "Evening in Paris? More like midnight in The Meadowlands!"
The Meadowlands was an enormous landfill that was just hideous and I think alot of the bad rep NJ got was from it's existence! Luckily we lived no where near it!
with a happy heart |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 11:18:47 AM
OMG! I had totally forgotten about Tangee lipstick and Evening in Paris!! I'm a born in '52 baby boomer and these two items were staples for a teenage girl in the 60's. I was a freshman in high school when my mom let me get Tangee lipstick -- major orange lips. I got mine at the Ben Franklin Dime Store in Virden, IL. I used to love to go there and look at all the makeup.
I'm ordering some Tangee so I can show my daughters!
Anyone remember when Maybelline came out with the black liquid eyeliner? Painting on that thick black line and then the stuff would flake off about after 2 hours. My mom wouldn't let me wear it so I took it to school and put it on. Only problem was that I forgot to wash it off one day before I came home! Needless to say my mom wasn't too happy!
Kay
Proud Member of North Clark County Farmgirls |
| Eileen |
Posted - Jun 25 2005 : 7:38:44 PM
I was a White Shoulders girl myself! Mum, who knew. It made all of the underarm parts of my blouses turn sort of yellow after a while.
My sister had the Evening in Paris. We were always at such sixes and nines with each other that I did not want to smell like her too so I chose the White Shoulders. Used to buy my poor father bottles of Old Spice for every birthday and christmas. he must have had a dozen bottles of it stashed away in his closet. The thing that I remember from back then was the hair pomade that the barber always used on my dads hair after a haircut and a shave. It smelled so good I could have spent my day following him around sniffing in his wonderful scent. Wish I knew what it was called.
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Jun 25 2005 : 12:58:08 PM
Rosemary, '56 vintage here... I love your style of writing! This forum has jarred long deep buried memories of my misspent youth like nothing I have ever run across. I loved those glass deoderant jars as a kid! My fav was the little Ice Blue Secret jar with little daisies on the label. I was a 5 year old girl clammoring for jars of deoderant. My Mom must have been mortified or wondered if I had a cleanliness issue. I carried my little treasure in a black velvet evening purse everywhere. Nothing like being prepared!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jun 25 2005 : 12:21:19 PM
[quote]Originally posted by MeadowLark
Rosemary, Welcome!! I surmise you are a baby boomer!
BUSTED! (Well, but only lately. Back in the day, I stuffed my $1.98 circle-stitched cotton 32AA bras with nylon socks to fill out my Bobbie Brooks blouses.)
<snipped for focus on the following> You mentioned jars of Mum... Cannot recall this, what was it?
Ha! And you call yourself a baby boomer. Oh, wait. You called ME a baby boomer. Well, then, plop that cushion down on the floor at my feet for yourself, dearie, and let me tell you how it was back in <swirly music, misty filters> Mum was a cream deodorant that came in the afore-mentioned little white milk-glass jars. You had to smear your fingers in it and wipe the stuff all over your underarms, then wash your goopy fingers before touching anything else, by which time, if you were lucky, it would have dried enough not to stick to your clothes, which felt like the "all grown up in 7th grade" equivalent of your Mom plastering your flannel nightgown to your chest with Vicks Vaporub. It made us tougher. The kids today have it too soft!
...I remember buying artificial fingernails,
HUSSY!
...jars of Noxema,
You know, the real glass jars are selling on eBay for a small fortune now. Who knew?
...ten o six lotion by Bonne Bell
Ooh, I loved it. Another great smell, by the way, no?
...and Nestle Hair Hi Lights. Every mothers nightmare at that time!
Oh yeah. I remember bending over the utility sink in the laundry room, pouring that stuff over my hair from a saucepan-- and using another saucepan to catch the runoff so I could manage several "applications." I guess it was diluted henna or something, right? My mother didn't object to it because she'd used it herself when younger. It made your hair shiny, I think.
...Any way, back to the Evening in Paris... Mom said it did not smell the way she remembered.
She's probably right. I know Caron came out with an anniversary edition of Fleurs de Rocaille that was nothing like the original. I found a sealed bottle of the original on eBay about a year ago, in its original (gorgeous) packaging and all. That was my "killer date" fragrance back in the day. Happily, my husband loves it. Wasn't Evening in Paris just basically rosewater? I remember it was very very sweet.
...I have thought about ordering Tatiana perfume. From the disco era...
Oh dear, the Disco Era! We have much to answer for, I'm afraid, we baby boomers. Tatiana rings a bell, but I can't remember the fragrance. It blends in my feeble memory with the odor of sweaty polyester and Dr. Scholl's blister pads. Ugh!
...I love looking at Vermont County Store catalog too. I am still waiting for them to offer " Bobbie Brooks" brand clothing. I loved those cotton blouses. Glad you found this site! You will love it. Jenny from Kansas
Thank you, Jenny. I already do.
Rosemary
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