On 4/23/2014 10:13 AM, graham wrote:
> 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

Graham, I remember hearing about that (probably here). I remember the
first time I was allowed to wear pants at school. Also in the 1960's.

Jill