tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post855962990806318643..comments2024-03-28T10:36:04.929-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On "Love, Loss, and What I Wore"Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54570874774014903732009-12-24T16:34:28.665-05:002009-12-24T16:34:28.665-05:00re D.C. I'm not sure what the producer's ...re D.C. I'm not sure what the producer's plans are. I know we're opening in L.A. next fall. And I think she'll be bringing it to various U.S. cities.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411754800258148030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89101143521154067592009-12-24T08:46:32.347-05:002009-12-24T08:46:32.347-05:00I remember this book well. Please bring the play t...I remember this book well. Please bring the play to the DC area?G.M. Malliethttp://gmmalliet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13069668358492662272009-12-23T18:29:04.209-05:002009-12-23T18:29:04.209-05:00Welcome Delia. I remember the book very well becau...Welcome Delia. I remember the book very well because my husband was at Workman when it was first published. Can't wait to see the show but it's got to be with a gang of girlfriends so that we can yak about it after over drinks.<br />I remember..my first pair of leather pants which I bought with<br />my Vegas winnings (first and only time I ever shot craps.) A navy blue Karl Lagerfeld jacket that I wore far too long past its prime. The raspberry silk jacket I was wearing the first time my husband kissed me. (all together now...aaaawww.)<br /><br />Then, of course there was the peach colored prairie dress I was forced to wear at a cousin's wedding. All the bridesmaids wore them in different colors. Truly frightening..Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29476213305530071502009-12-23T17:38:05.023-05:002009-12-23T17:38:05.023-05:00Better late than never, just got to read this grea...Better late than never, just got to read this great interview, I'm on distinctly Paris time. Love the idea, how clothes define us. I have to admit that I wore overalls and dunham tyrolean hiking boots through much of my childhood and I have a feeling my mother was looking forward to accentuating the more masculine side of me, when I rebelled is it any wonder I opted for thigh high mini skirts?roseduncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15118410619397319552009-12-23T17:38:00.688-05:002009-12-23T17:38:00.688-05:00Better late than never, just got to read this grea...Better late than never, just got to read this great interview, I'm on distinctly Paris time. Love the idea, how clothes define us. I have to admit that I wore overalls and dunham tyrolean hiking boots through much of my childhood and I have a feeling my mother was looking forward to accentuating the more masculine side of me, when I rebelled is it any wonder I opted for thigh high mini skirts?roseduncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13418628162662206702009-12-23T17:19:04.560-05:002009-12-23T17:19:04.560-05:00I hope you all get to the play. It's been the...I hope you all get to the play. It's been the most fun to do it. I'm sitting here thinking about how many clothes I have to put on tonight just to leave the house and not freeze to death. It's so daunting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411754800258148030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84504691103786794012009-12-23T17:19:03.705-05:002009-12-23T17:19:03.705-05:00I hope you all get to the play. It's been the...I hope you all get to the play. It's been the most fun to do it. I'm sitting here thinking about how many clothes I have to put on tonight just to leave the house and not freeze to death. It's so daunting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411754800258148030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42130322984285595672009-12-23T17:18:53.243-05:002009-12-23T17:18:53.243-05:00I hope you all get to the play. It's been the...I hope you all get to the play. It's been the most fun to do it. I'm sitting here thinking about how many clothes I have to put on tonight just to leave the house and not freeze to death. It's so daunting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411754800258148030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62949466118314151902009-12-23T16:59:44.526-05:002009-12-23T16:59:44.526-05:00Hello, Roberta's sister Sue! So happy to see y...Hello, Roberta's sister Sue! So happy to see you! I was never invited to a prom, either. Sympathies. Both of my older sisters were.<br /><br />I used to sew a lot - made all my own maternity clothes and adorable little dresses for my babies. Tended toward ragland sleeves because I had a heck of a time making the shoulders come out right.<br /><br />Car coat - such an old fashioned expression. I think the idea was that it was short (hip length) so it was easy to get in and out of your car.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31478200678018449132009-12-23T15:42:07.581-05:002009-12-23T15:42:07.581-05:00Hi sister Sue! I had forgotten about the drapery.....Hi sister Sue! I had forgotten about the drapery...and the fact that you didn't have a date. It was a very rare turnabout! And yes, the jumpsuits were absolutely hideous--striped sleeveless tubes with zippers up the front...Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18474212978052795432009-12-23T15:39:31.342-05:002009-12-23T15:39:31.342-05:00I love the interview story Jan. I forgot about the...I love the interview story Jan. I forgot about the suit in my closet--it was the mid-seventies and for some reason I had to have a three piece black wool pinstripe pantsuit. Honest to god, I looked like I belonged in the Mafia...I'm saving that for the right costume party, not because I think it will come back into style:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1996453841092473702009-12-23T15:21:27.814-05:002009-12-23T15:21:27.814-05:00Roberta's sister Sue, here...I absolutely reme...Roberta's sister Sue, here...I absolutely remember the Snowflake Ball corsage, and also the fact that Roberta was invited to it, AND I WAS NOT! Even if the guy was a dweeb.<br /><br />Our parents said we could have as many clothes as we could sew ourselves, and we took them up on it, lots of cute short dresses and silly jumpsuits. The worst thing we ever made were matching short and top sets which we stitched by hand out of floral upholstery fabric. It must have been a really boring summer, but we were so proud of our outfits. We rode all over the neighborhood on our bikes showing off, though probably the 50s moms wondered what we were doing out there with couch remnant material draped over us...<br /><br />Susan Cerulean<br />Tracking DesireSusan Ceruleanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14895347568193665247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29591946245634569762009-12-23T15:14:49.540-05:002009-12-23T15:14:49.540-05:00Hi Delia. The show sounds wonderful. I'm tryin...Hi Delia. The show sounds wonderful. I'm trying to think when I can get to New York soon to see it.<br />Since I spent a lifetime of wearing uniform I really had no chance of self expression until I was in college. Then I went crazy, of course. A friend and I used to see pictures in Vogue and then cut out matching outfits on our dorm floor. I was literally sewn into a ball gown once. Thank God the stitches didn't come apart as I was dancing.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61114877100575020842009-12-23T14:14:51.488-05:002009-12-23T14:14:51.488-05:00Car coat. What a funny thing. (What does that even...Car coat. What a funny thing. (What does that even mean?) I haven't thought about car coats in years.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30061747515309791342009-12-23T13:53:54.671-05:002009-12-23T13:53:54.671-05:00Hi Delia,
Thanks for coming to visit Jungle Red an...Hi Delia,<br />Thanks for coming to visit Jungle Red and I'm dying to get to NY soon so I can see your play! <br /><br />I remember the first suit I bought after college for job interviews. It was a terrific looking, styliss light wool suit, with a thick leather belt that showed off your waist. And below the knee but slit skirt. And they were pretty high slits.<br /><br />It was completely inappropriate for a job interview,<br /><br />It was a really good thing I'd done internships at college because that was the only way I got my first newspaper job!Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18059059728825078932009-12-23T13:23:40.147-05:002009-12-23T13:23:40.147-05:00She so did... My all-time worst clothing present ...She so did... My all-time worst clothing present was a bottle green ersatz-suede car coat with black stitching. I wore it and wore it and it simply refused to wear out. Only now do I appreciate how hard it is for a grownup to even imagine what item of clothing a kid will like.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-596788223773557302009-12-23T12:46:22.542-05:002009-12-23T12:46:22.542-05:00Don't know how to scan or I'd scan in Hall...Don't know how to scan or I'd scan in Hallie looking cute in black velvet. What I remember about Christmas was, I'm sad to say, clothes-wise, that my mother always bought me the most awful things -- and I was always pretending to like them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411754800258148030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62278772003863351052009-12-23T12:32:12.220-05:002009-12-23T12:32:12.220-05:00Hallie, It was the blouse that Ann Margaret wore i...Hallie, It was the blouse that Ann Margaret wore in the movie. And she filled it a lot better than I did!Ruth McCartyhttp://www.ruthmmccarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78221778291114481042009-12-23T12:17:04.585-05:002009-12-23T12:17:04.585-05:00Since so many of our outfits carry so much emotion...Since so many of our outfits carry so much emotional meaning, thanks to the events we associate with them, I'm amazed that we manage to clear out our closets to any extent. <br /><br />I think we women also believe (and know) that clothing gives people we meet clues about us or who we want to be.<br /><br />So, I've kept a few things that I haven't fit into for years because they remind me of an event then that made me happy. That these garments can be regarded as "classics" hasn't motivated me to set them free and re-home them, though. ;)<br /><br />But it's probably time to send them on their way. Maybe even long past. :)RhondaLhttp://www.thehorseyset.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55240815646998752902009-12-23T12:15:28.399-05:002009-12-23T12:15:28.399-05:00How well I remember Delia's crocheted dresses,...How well I remember Delia's crocheted dresses, the deep turquoise one in particular...My own most memorable items were Capezios, like the cobalt blue flats with a fluffy green-and-blue fabric flower decorating the top of each shoe. And have any of you read a children's book call THE HUNDRED DRESSES?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81453670813015582762009-12-23T11:44:22.819-05:002009-12-23T11:44:22.819-05:00Are there pictures of the matching dresses? I want...Are there pictures of the matching dresses? I want to see the matching dresses!Mlle Inattentivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941967811157062853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11087842357210734052009-12-23T11:34:18.868-05:002009-12-23T11:34:18.868-05:00Ruth! Spill -- what's a Bye Bye Birdie blouse?...Ruth! Spill -- what's a Bye Bye Birdie blouse? Must be something Ann-Margaret wore...and filled.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69118609345513920822009-12-23T10:32:10.530-05:002009-12-23T10:32:10.530-05:00Great interview. I remember wearing my "Bye ...Great interview. I remember wearing my "Bye Bye Birdie" blouse and feeling great. I must have been twelve or thirteen years old at the time.Ruth McCartyhttp://www.ruthmmccarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4571005206577192602009-12-23T10:13:50.441-05:002009-12-23T10:13:50.441-05:00Hi Delia, we're so happy you came for a visit!...Hi Delia, we're so happy you came for a visit! I am dying to see this show...<br /><br />I have two sisters--my mother was very big on dressing us alike, at least for holidays--Easter hats and full skirts with puffy sleeves, like that. Many of them she sewed for us. And we all sewed too--I made some dreadful outfits. I never went to a prom, but I did get an invite to the Snowflake Ball from a boy I barely knew. I think I sewed something in red velvet, but the strongest memory is the wrist corsage--it covered my forearm from elbow to fingers. Luckily it was delivered early so we had a chance to prune it back.<br /><br />My first wedding dress was also handmade--a knee-length wrap dress in off white. The minister's kid wanted to know where my "bride suit" was...Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35338257485703920972009-12-23T10:13:15.332-05:002009-12-23T10:13:15.332-05:00Thanks, Delia, for your email. I'll never tell...Thanks, Delia, for your email. I'll never tell, either.<br /><br />Hallie, you are still the baby. And I'm pretty tired of you beating all of your JRW sisters at tether ball. You never told us you were a ringer.<br /><br />I remembered my favorite favorite thing. <br /><br />It was a royal purple wool, double-breasted, gold-buttoned, bell-bottomed pantsuit that I bought in 1966 on Carnaby Street. (You can instantly picture it, right? I was Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club FAN.)<br /><br />Oh, I was cool in that. (It must have been--hideous.)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com