Woman lives as if it's 1958

[appnut]

Only photos thus far I've seen are all fashion.  Haven't seen any photos of her "authentic" kitchen appliances.  But you can search for her name and find quite a bit if so inclined.

Meet the woman who lives every day like it’s 1958 — from her clothes to her appliances

Laci Fay loves the 1950s — ever since her grandparents described it to her when she was younger — and pledged to live every day like it's 1958.

www.yahoo.com

 

[chachp]

Thank you for sharing that

 

<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">I grew up in the 50's and I remember my Mom wearing the red lipstick and gloves.  Our neighbor smoked filterless cigarettes and I remember the butts in the ashtray with the deep red lipstick marking.  I remember her card clubs and when they would have couples over for dinner.  We'd eat early and get shuffled off to another part of the house.   I wonder if she wakes up early in the morning before her husband to put her face on so he never sees her without makeup.  That was a big deal back then.  I can remember how my Mom would get so flustered around the time my dad would get home from work making sure we were quiet and dinner was ready, etc.</span>

  

<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">I watched the video all the way through and when she was in the kitchen there was a peek of the dishwasher which is modern.  The stove and frig however were vintage.  It's a cool house.</span>

 

[turquoisedude]

We should all chip in and get her a vintage KA or Sunbeam mixer, too... LOL  

 

[frigilux]

I was born in 1959, so there were still a lot of cars, appliances and furniture from the '50s around when I was a tyke.  God, wearing hats everywhere---both my parents did that.  Also recall getting dressed up a little to go shopping downtown. My mom wore only dresses 'til I was in high school. Her house dresses weren't fancy, of course, but she always dressed to the nines when going out. She finally broke down and got a couple of double-knit pant suits in the '70s.  File that one under Fashion Disaster, LOL.

 

I think they--and their house--look great!

 

Thanks for the link, Bob.

 

[ea56]

I Was Born In 1951

and I remember 1958 like it was yesterday.  My Mom always wore makeup.  She had her foundation and face powder custom blended at Charles of the Ritz first at the Macy’s in downtown Richmond, Calif. and then later at The Emporium in El Cerrito, the later on at the Big E in Santa Rosa when we moved to the country. 

 

Mom was only 4’9” very petite and had been a model for a dress shop in Oakland called “The House of Nine”, back then size 9 or under was considered to be small.  She never went out to dinner, shopping, or downtown, for anything other than groceries  without a hat, gloves and hose.  If she got a run getting into the car, it was back into the house to change stockings.  She had a hosiery account at Macy’s and all she had to do was present herself at the hosiery counter and they pulled out her card and knew just what size and color to give her, all packaged in those flat hosiery boxes of yore.  She would then pull her Macy’s Charge- A- Plate out of her purse, which was an aluminum card about 1”x3” with the name and acct.number of the acct. holder written on a manilla backing on the other side, and the Charge -A -Plate had its own little brown leather case.

 

My Mom was a little more progressive than the other women on both sides of the family.  For daily wear she frequently wore pants, usually tailored wool that were lined.  But I also recall her doing house work in dresses too,  and she always wore heels when going out.

 

 Her lipstick color of choice was always some shade of pink, she thought red was old fashioned.  Bettie was always determined to be ahead of the curve as far as fashion was concerned.  Before my father died in 1962 she had her hair done twice a week, and was always stylishly  coiffed.  She was a very beautiful women.  When she passed away in 2004 at her funeral my cousin Ray got up and said a few words, and said something that would have pleased her to no end, he said, “My aunt Bettie was a poor man’s Elizabeth Taylor”, and she was.  She had a white chiffon dress in 1958 that when she wore it she was the spitting image of Liz in “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”.  If you’ve ever watched “Call The Midwife” on PBS, the character Trixie is fashion forward like Bettie was, always on top the the new trend.

 

Those were the days all right!  Sorry to go on so, but when I read reply #1 all these memories came flooding back.  We only get on Mom, and we all think ours was the prettiest and best, as we should.

 

Eddie

 

[vacbear58]

Mrs Maisel

For anyone who likes these times I recommend The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime) which opens in 1958 - where many of the styles and many of the attitudes mentioned above are clearly defined. Gotta say, I loved it!

Here is a taster



And another

 

[firedome]

Mrs. Maisel...

is awesome. Before they started filming at Scott's resort, the actual name of the Catskills resort featured in the film and actually located about an hour from where we live in Binghamton, they contacted me about using my '58 DeSoto Firedome (now you know where my internet name came from) for the production. I turned them down as I already had a potential buyer, who did end up buying it, but my car could have been a star! Pic was taken just before before it went away to Tuscon AZ.

 

[askolover]

That car makes me think of Christine...except she was a '58 Plymouth Fury

 

[turquoisedude]

Oh Roger... That DeSoto!!  Well, thanks to the latest stock market crash my hopes of ever even being able to afford a burnt out one found in a field in Idaho is now out of the question... Sigh.... 

 

[tolivac]

1958--The year the RCA 10H AM transmitter I used to use a WPGC AM/FM was built-beautiful chrome glass-and---mercury vapor rectifier tubes that flickered with the modulation!And had a fifties table radio placed beside that transmitter-had the radio playing while the 10H was used.

 

[maytag85]

Didn’t grow up in the 50’s or 60’s since that time was before I was born, but I do remember seeing these googie type buildings here in Southern California and I still see them from time to time here in Southern California

 

[d-jones]

She pulls off the look very well, but the guy she's with could use some work. There's nothing about his appearance that says 50's to me and his epic failure detracts from her successful effort. Of course there's always the possibility that he isn't even trying to pull off a fifties look and was just along for the ride, in which case, never mind.

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