On 23/04/2014 6:45 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/22/2014 4:50 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> I would not object to a woman in a sleeveless stop with straps...
>> thinking camisole..... but when I googled it to make sure of the
>> spelling I was surprised to see it defined as underwear.
>
> Camisoles *are* undergarments. When I think "tank tops" I mean
> sleeveless tops with wide shoulder straps, not something that looks like
> the top half of a slip.
>
> Not allowed to wear halter tops, either. There must be something wrong
> with showing your back and shoulder blades. I'd *kill* for the silk
> halter top Grace Kelly wore in the Hitchcock film, 'Rear Window':
>
> http://classiq.me/style-grace-kelly-...rear-window-12
>
>
> Shocking! Heh. Management is always yammering about wanting to entice
> younger people to buy/build homes here. Maybe if they'd stop being so
> prudish it could happen.
>
> I suspect a lot of these rules are in force due to people who have
> grandkids visiting all the time. Sorry, mom forgot to pack his 'Little
> Lord Fauntleroy' suit. LOL
>
> Jill
In the 60s, a well-known female journalist went to dine at a snooty
restaurant in London. She was refused entry as she was wearing a pant
suit. So she went to the loo and removed her pants and then entered the
dining room. Her jacket passed as a mini, all the rage then!!
Graham