tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post7061623496827007217..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Return Engagement: A 1954 Prom DressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26513517993263861542014-05-22T21:51:17.752-04:002014-05-22T21:51:17.752-04:00I love pink, because she is a cute angel incarnate...I love pink, because she is a cute angel incarnate. I've been looking forward to be able to wear such a PROM dress, PROM without any regret.<br /><a href="http://www.ulovee.co.uk/princess-prom-dresses-c167/" rel="nofollow">princess prom dresses</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267140668281459345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-64856879626967993252014-04-23T19:15:35.779-04:002014-04-23T19:15:35.779-04:00If you'd like to see previous guesses and the ...If you'd like to see previous guesses and the answers, please check out the original post here at http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-1954-prom-dress.html<br />I do suspect that there was a crinoline but for some reason it wasn't preserved, as the dress was. The bolero was definitely popular. I have pictures of relatives wearing this style, but with the skirt flaring out. LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33578130233992009372014-04-23T11:10:56.039-04:002014-04-23T11:10:56.039-04:00Your posts about Strawbery Banke inspired me to (f...Your posts about Strawbery Banke inspired me to (finally!) visit there in summer 2013. It was marvelous! Total love...gardens are fab, admission price is reasonable, Portsmouth is a great destination,GSGreatEscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362042499522934670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87147532633236090672014-04-23T06:23:18.850-04:002014-04-23T06:23:18.850-04:00Another vote for a speaker, because of the fabric....Another vote for a speaker, because of the fabric.<br /><br />I would not have suspected that dress came from my era, when prom dresses usually were worn with crinolines. The whole dress looks wrong, somehow, for that time period.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33882603453726820262014-04-23T06:19:19.736-04:002014-04-23T06:19:19.736-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-35349344599371281142014-04-22T18:16:47.665-04:002014-04-22T18:16:47.665-04:00The furniture is either a television (with the pic...The furniture is either a television (with the picture tube screen obstructed by the flounced skirt) or a console stereo. My grandparents had similar furniture in their living room. I can't tell if the skirt is wide enough to accommodate a crinoline; it seems unusual to see a narrow flounced skirt from the 1950s.Linda Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825540029998336337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10417668951270315852014-04-22T12:48:51.051-04:002014-04-22T12:48:51.051-04:00I can't help thinking that the dress really ne...I can't help thinking that the dress really needs a stiff petticoat to hold out the skirt!<br /><br />Between the pictures? I hope you don't mean the lamp, which looks very much like the one sitting on my piano! And I agree, it looks as if all that stuff is sitting on a speaker.Lilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-64278157926546225632014-04-22T10:03:55.248-04:002014-04-22T10:03:55.248-04:00My mom was a high school sophomore when this dress...My mom was a high school sophomore when this dress was made. :-) <br /><br />From what little I can see of the furniture behind the dress, the pictures are on, it could possibly be one of the "furniture" style phonograph sets. The texture of the side panel is a lot like the fabric that covered the radio and record player speaker grills back then.<br /><br />Maybe a search for images from old Sears catalog furniture pages could answer the question of what exactly it was. :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290963921486838613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-75011843659572902052014-04-22T03:41:43.104-04:002014-04-22T03:41:43.104-04:00There is something beautiful about what _we_ wore ...There is something beautiful about what _we_ wore - fresh, modern, smart. But there is something terribly old fashioned about what _our mothers_ wore. Although my mother had babies by 1954 and wasn't going to any school ball, this dress reminds me of her era. Awful!!!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com