Morale Boosting For Fortysomethings

“An extra special outfit…something just that little bit different, that will be noticed in a crowd.”

They got that right.

I don’t even know where to begin. This is a Vintage Thingie all right, the kind that makes the over-40 woman feel like – well, like a Vintage Thingie! The dress, the coat, and oh my God, the hat! The hat! What the hell is the hat in aid of? Oh, I see, it is a sophisticated hat. Thanks for telling us. I don’t think I would have come to that conclusion on my own.

And the dress is smart. And the coat is dashing. And sleeveless. OK, I’ll buy that last bit. It is sleeveless.

The only “very important occasion” I can see wearing this to is maybe going to the circus. Or being in the circus.

I am 45 but I am not joining the Over 40 Club, I can tell you that. I don’t think anyone did in 1971 either, except the model in this picture. And I’m not sure she is all that happy about this…

This advertisement has been brought to you as a delicious part of your Vintage Thingies Thursday – for more VTT goodness (sans silly hats!) please visit the Apron Queen!

(Advertisement from the British magazine Woman’s Weekly, 1971)

A Little Something Shiny

Elizabeth over at the wonderful Thoughts From An Evil Overlord very kindly has given me the Brillante award. Thank you so much, Elizabeth! I love the look of it, too, it reminds me of Bejeweled 2 (not that I play computer games very often, ahem! But that is one of my faves…)

Here’s the deal: choose at least 7 blogs to pass this along to, link to them, link back to me – and, um, tell them what’s up!

It was really hard to pick who to give this to, because I read a lot of wonderful blogs. Good golly, you guys are all really brillante! But here we go, plunging on nevertheless -

Life On Planet Bill
I Love Retro Things
The Mad Vortex
Lit and Laundry
Hollywoodland
GoRetro!
Retromodgirl
Memoirs of an Apron Queen

Speaking of whom (Apron Queen) I had better get my vintage skates on and find a Vintage Thingie to tell you about. So I’ll go off and do that, and if you come back again later today, you’ll find it right here! (Well, above here really, like whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on a sundae…)