Jacket Fabric!? - Page 11

> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>> Oh dear, I hardly dare say how much they cost here: I've found the Ibiza
>> model for something like EUR 27.00. I don't know what makes them so
>> expensive overseas. Do they fly them in first class or are they paddled
>> over by canoe? Really, somebody is making a lot of money with that stuff.
> Any good mail-order places with reasonable shipping to the UK?

> Emily Bengston wrote:
>>
>> The Crocs that I've worn for the past 2-3 years, I have 4-pair, are supposed
>> to be good for diabetics and orthotics. I didn't have problems the last few
>> times I've worn them on planes.
>>
>> DD talks about how comfortable Birks are, and then your comments about them,
>> makes me want to run to the store and buy a pair, especially before we take
>> a 2,000+ trip next month.
>> We're driving to Orlando for the oldest DGD's wedding; thank goodness, it is
>> not a very formal affair. I have my dress, but have to decide on shoes.
>> Emily
>>
>
> There are some choices that are "dressier" than others -
> http://www.birkenstockusa.com/women Especially the silver ones, and the
> Ibiza style. I just look and drool. ;-) Then go search out lower
> prices elsewhere. .

> Juno B wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>
>>> I still 'dress up' for airline and train travel. And
>>> for nice restaurants....... ;-}
>>> Beverly
>> What constitutes dress up?
>
> It's easier to define what's NOT dressed up:
>
> flip-flops
> ragged cutoffs
> Birkenstocks
> 'camis' with bra straps showing
> bottoms (on men or women) with "love-handles" showing
> rips and tears, deliberate or not
> screen printed Ts with vulgar sayings or beer ads
>
>> For me it's very nice pants, a
>> pretty blouse and a jacket, sometimes it's a skirt.
>> Always flat heel shoes because I'd break my neck in
>> anything else. I also wear jewelry. Usually necklace and
>> earrings. Talking about earrings, I started making my
>> own. They are easy to do and very much what I want and
>> not what some store has for me to buy. Juno
>
> Dressed up for me also includes nice slacks and flat shoes,
> a tucked in blouse with a jacket, or a well designed tunic.
> Also, having a little makeup on, my hair well groomed, and
> my nails clean and polished. Earrings essential, necklace
> optional.
>
> It involves being "put together" in such a way that my
> mother would have been proud to be seen with me. No white
> gloves or hat though. ;-) Yeah, I turn 70 next month and
> Mom died 38 years ago, but
> what-would-have-been-her-good-opinion still matters... a
> lot.
>
> This jacket I'm planning is for the BD celebration with my
> aunt, twin sister and brother. We were all (including my
> DH) born a day either side of May 13, and we've celebrated
> together for years. This year my aunt will be 80! I was
> born on her 10th BD. We're all going to a very nice
> restaurant, and I'm planning a celebratory cake for dessert.
>
> Beverly
>
>

> Juno B wrote:
>> BEI Design wrote:
>
>>> I still 'dress up' for airline and train travel. And
>>> for nice restaurants....... ;-}
>>> Beverly
>> What constitutes dress up?
>
> It's easier to define what's NOT dressed up:
>
> flip-flops
> ragged cutoffs
> Birkenstocks
> 'camis' with bra straps showing
> bottoms (on men or women) with "love-handles" showing
> rips and tears, deliberate or not
> screen printed Ts with vulgar sayings or beer ads

> BEI Design wrote:
>> Olwyn Mary wrote:
>>> BEI Design wrote:
>>>
>>>> On this side of the pond, 'film' is "the movies", as in
>>>> "let's go to the movies". Unless you're talking "art
>>>> films". And very few "dress up" even for the symphony
>>>> and the
>>>> opera. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Beverly
>>> And a shame it is, too. We always try to look at least
>>> halfway "respectable"for these things, i.e. dress for me,
>>> coat and tie for him.
>>
>> I still 'dress up' for airline and train travel. And for
>> nice restaurants....... ;-}
>>
>> Beverly
>>
>>
> What constitutes dress up? For me it's very nice pants, a pretty blouse
> and a jacket, sometimes it's a skirt. Always flat heel shoes because I'd
> break my neck in anything else. I also wear jewelry. Usually necklace
> and earrings. Talking about earrings, I started making my own. They are
> easy to do and very much what I want and not what some store has for me
> to buy.
> Juno