I used to own a lovely pair of polyester slacks in muted salmon with slanted pockets, they were the sort Yootha Joyce would have worn in George & Mildred. Sadly, they were ruined by burn holes caused by dripping hot ash from a joint and when polyester burns then it's whoosh like the gossamer of a dandelion clock.
Monday, 12 August 2013
Lorraine Bowen - The Zester Of Polyester
One of the UK's best loved cabaret entertainers and my personal favourite Lorraine Bowen, talks about her love of polyester fashion.
I used to own a lovely pair of polyester slacks in muted salmon with slanted pockets, they were the sort Yootha Joyce would have worn in George & Mildred. Sadly, they were ruined by burn holes caused by dripping hot ash from a joint and when polyester burns then it's whoosh like the gossamer of a dandelion clock.
I used to own a lovely pair of polyester slacks in muted salmon with slanted pockets, they were the sort Yootha Joyce would have worn in George & Mildred. Sadly, they were ruined by burn holes caused by dripping hot ash from a joint and when polyester burns then it's whoosh like the gossamer of a dandelion clock.
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I absolutely love Lorraine. She is a star. I also love a nice bit of polyester the brighter and more Mildred the better... 'tis a shame it goes up at the sight of a flame. xx
ReplyDeleteCrease resistant and ready to wear straight from the washer. What more could you ask for?
DeleteIndeed. My gran had a pink quilted housecoat that I used to dance about in when I was little. A Polyester Princess if you will. When I got older, I used to wear it out and about. She was so proud of me.
DeleteMy Gran wasn't as glamourous unfortunately, she used to wear one of those wrap arounds that Hilda Ogden wore, often with a beige cardy on top, but she used to let me set her hair in rollers and when she was engrossed in the telly, I would colour her white hair using felt tip pens.
DeleteHousecoat vs. dressing gown...Now I know what to wear when my next installment of "Benidorm" arrives at the door.
ReplyDeleteShe didn't convert me to polyester but I may have just become a Lorraine Bowen convert.
Definitely a housecoat, you can nip down to the shops wearing a housecoat, whereas a dressing gown would just look slovenly. According to my itunes account Yumbo Centre has been played 24 times, Born This Way by Lady Gaga 12 times and Nana Mouskouri's White Rose Of Athens just a mere 4 times!
DeleteI was hoping my Leisure Suit would come back in style!
ReplyDeleteWhere's the gold medallion? Your leisure suit would have gone down a storm in Scotland, all the lassies would have thrown their knickers at you, especially in Dundee, it's still 1970 there.
DeleteBrushed nylon isn't the same as polyester is it? Yet this clip has brought back memories of sleepless nights wrapped in brushed nylon sheets with the Candlewick bedspread carelessly abandoned to the floor.
ReplyDeleteMum wouldn't let me have the Egyptian cotton because I used to chew holes in it.
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They are both made from plastic thermo polymers so you could say they're from the same ilk. Those Candlewick bedspread, I remember them well, I had one in green, my sister had a pink one and by parents had one in purple, with tassels, tres chic. I also remember seeing a picture of the Laughing cavalier on my dad's side of the wall and a picture of Whistler's Mother on my mother's side. I wonder what that was about? I'll have to ask. It's amazing what you can remember all those years ago.
ReplyDeleteI remember paintings of battleships... and Constable prints... and some really peculiar swirly grey wallpaper.
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My parents had a decorative painting of Constable's Hay Wain in a plastic frame made to look like gold, it was also a clock, running off a single AA battery. Purchased by Grandma for 8 'wins' at the bingo.
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