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Conference turris::womannotes-v3

Title:Topics of Interest to Women
Notice:V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1078
Total number of notes:52352

92.0. "Inner Visions" by LYRIC::BOBBITT (pools of quiet fire...) Thu Apr 26 1990 10:03

    
    Another transplant from V2....this time on inner facets and visions you
    have within yourself - which you may evince outwardly daily, may reveal
    on special occasions, or may only see in your dreams and your mind's
    eye....
    
    -Jody
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Note 911.0                        inner visions                       60 replies
TINCUP::KOLBE "The dilettante debutante"             19 lines  26-DEC-1989 12:18
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    In a typical new year's closet review I have realised I have three
    times as many clothes as I need. In fact, there are items in my
    closet that I haven't worn for years - like the suits left over from
    my "dress for success" (gag) phase of life.

    I sat down and tried to decide what I should keep and ran smack into
    the idea of just what image I want to present to the world. Like it
    or not we all make a statement about who we are by the way we dress.
    
    I have a strong tempation to dress as my inner self. That persona is
    fond of men's clothing - the way they wore it in the 16th and 17th
    centuries. Tall boots, tight breeches, vests and flowing full shirts
    all topped off with a feathered hat. Since my hobby is riding I'm
    well supplied with the boots and breeches. I've even worn a modified
    version of this to work, I got a few strange looks. :*)

    Anyway, I was curious what inner visons others may have that would
    affect the way they dress if we could wear anything we wanted. And
    why shouldn't we dress as we please? liesl
    
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92.1white tie and tailsDECWET::JWHITEthe company of intelligent womenThu Apr 26 1990 15:238
    
    since i am fortunate enough to live and work in an environment
    where i can and do wear whatever i want, my 'inner vision' of myself
    is already my 'outer vision'. on the other hand, the 'real me' is
    a symphony orchestra conductor, a vocation that has it's own
    traditional mode of dress, not suitable for everyday wear. i do
    wish i got to wear it more often.
    
92.2yUSCTR2::DONOVANcutsie phrase or words of wisdomFri May 04 1990 06:284
    Jeans, a baggy sweater, sneakers,
    
    That's me,
    Kate
92.3LEZAH::BOBBITTpools of quiet fire...Fri May 04 1990 09:478
    Sometimes it's tie-dye, ratty jeans, led zeppelin, aviator sunglasses.
    
    Sometimes it's nothing but black
    
    Sometimes it's jewels and gems and flowing skirts and scarves
    
    -Jody
    
92.4not too far from reality (sometimes)RAB::HEFFERNANJuggling FoolFri May 04 1990 14:0411
Jester hat - purple and, green, and pink with bells on the ends...

Big floppy clown shoes.

Brightly colored clothes.

Big smile on my face.

Doing silly things and goofing around and juggling...

john
92.5to the pointASHBY::GASSAWAYInsert clever personal name hereFri May 04 1990 14:456
1. T-shirt, pants rolled or cut off at the knee, and Chucks.

2. Dressed in black

Lisa
92.6silkyPARITY::DDAVISLong-cool woman in a black dressFri May 04 1990 15:205
    Silky, satin lingerie, a la Rita Hayworth or Jean Harlow!
    
    Silk shirt, jodphurs and riding boots!
    
    -Dotti.
92.7MANIC::THIBAULTCrisis? What Crisis?Fri May 04 1990 16:1311
re:     <<< Note 92.2 by USCTR2::DONOVAN "cutsie phrase or words of wisdom" >>>
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�    Jeans, a baggy sweater, sneakers,
    
�    That's me,
�    Kate

No, Kate that's me!!! :-)

Jenna
92.8STAR::RDAVISYou can lose slowerSat May 05 1990 20:299
    As in the court of Charles II.  Particularly as in portraits of John
    Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (; >,).  I have a black velvet jacket, frilly
    shirt, tight blue slacks, and pair of boots with which I occasionally
    try to fake it.
    
    Failing that, my Converse All-Stars, blue jeans, Love & Rockets (comix
    not band) t-shirt, and black leather jacket will do jes fine.
    
    Ray
92.9How I choose to dress: mood, purpose, activity...XCUSME::QUAYLEi.e. AnnMon May 14 1990 09:150
92.10Pure as the driven snow...TLE::D_CARROLLThe more you know the better it getsTue Jun 05 1990 14:3724
My leather inner vision became an outer vision with the purchase of a
motorcycle.  :-)

Anyway, while trying to decide what to wear to my father's wedding, I
remembered an inner vision I have had for years.  As a child from about
10 onwards, whenever I pictured myself in my minds-eye, I was dress in
a knee-length gauzy cotton dress, pute white.  It is a flowing dress
(which is blowing in the wind, blowing off the sea, because in my inner
vision I am standing on a beach at sunrise, facing out over the ocean),
of a very simple cut, peasant-like, and notted at the waist with a red
rope sash.  I also have very long, silky hair, which is also blowing in
the wind.

I used to try to draw this image when I was a kid - it was the only
person image I ever tried to draw (I am not much of an artist.)  I am
surprised I had forgotten about it.

I tried to find this dress for my father's wedding (I forgot that only
the bride is supposed to wear white) but couldn't find it anywhere.  Any
suggestions?  (The style seems very "granola", and all the stores I can
find would never carry something so unsophisticated.  And no one wears
*white* anymore.)

D!
92.11TINCUP::KOLBEThe dilettante debutanteTue Jun 05 1990 19:5213
    Gee, here in Colorado I can think of several stores. They are all the
    sort that also sell exotic jewlery and counterculture type clothes. Don't
    these exist on the east coast anymore? Places that sell South American
    clothing also should have this sort of thing.

    I got married in a Gunnysaks dress that was similar to what you
    describe. They are often sold in department type stores. I could also
    swear I've seen the scene you describe in some impressionist painting.
    It seems very familiar. liesl

    p.s. D! have you read a book by Ann Rice called The Gate to Eden (or
    something like that?) The heroine ends up in a dress like that after
    doffing her customary black leather. ;*)
92.12mineWMOIS::B_REINKEtreasures....most of them dreamsTue Jun 05 1990 19:568
    Long flowered dress, sandals, flowers in my long flowing curly
    hair...

    :-)

    BJ

    (can you tell I'm sort of a 60's hold over?)
92.13is there a difference?MILKWY::JLUDGATEWhat&#039;s wrong with me?Wed Jun 06 1990 13:3210
    re: .11
    
    most of the stores that carry counterculture type clothes in
    new england only carry black.
    
    or maybe i am thinking sub-culture.
    
    but along the south american lines.....hey d!, maybe you could
    check out Banana Republic or stores like that.
    
92.14a place you can tryOCTOBR::GRABAZSwalk into splintered sunlightWed Jun 06 1990 13:394
D! - try New Moon in the Nashua Mall, they have alot of the type
clothing you are talking about...

Debess
92.15India Palace [or something]YGREN::JOHNSTONbean sidheWed Jun 06 1990 14:116
Rt.27, Acton Mass. on the right just before one would cross over the bridge
to Maynard.  There's usually a rack or stuff out front on the pavement, but
the selection inside is fairly extensive.  I've found it to be substantially
less expensive than New Moon.

  Annie