Dot's Etiquette -1956

City dresses and country dresses. I wish we still needed to know...

DAYTIME DRESSES

1. Appropriateness. The only thing that needs to be emphasized about daytime dresses is that you should buy what looks well on you, on your particular figure and size, rather than what is being featured in the salons. Also, don't think that because you have a basic color scheme -say, black shoes and purse and hat -you can wear only a black dress. At a New York cocktail party, for instance, so many women invariably wear black that to see a woman in a red dress (or a purple or green one) is remarkably refreshing.

2. For those on a budget. In buying on a budget, remember that clothes with simple lines don't date as fast as those that are intricately styled.

3. Summer Dresses. In summer, country dresses can be just as gay as you like, and city dresses are much less formal than they used to be. Cottons are completely accepted now for city wear and, though dark-colored ones are more practical for the office, there is nothing wrong with bright colors or pastels if you can change often enough to keep them clean. Summer dressy clothes in the city -particularly those worn by young women -are more and more bare and gay, so that nowadays a crowd at a Broadway theatre in August would be practically identical in dress to a crowd at a dinner party in a small town in Iowa.

-from Etiquette: The Complete Modern Guide For Day-To-Day Living The Correct Way
By Frances Benton

May you be ever so bare and gay this summer!

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Remembering 1994

Finding some of my closest friends from Ricks College recently has instigated a full blown, unexpected search for lost memories. Old journals and pictures are filling the gaps in my long-term memory. I've been staying up late belly laughing over my former self, laughing to tears. I never knew how funny I was! And I don't mean in a clever or witty kind of way, in a sometimes really embarrassing way. I planned to write about some hysterical journal entries soon, but THIS, just can't wait. Tonight I dug up a photo journal I must have created a year or two after this sophomore year, when I was missing these girls and this little, big piece my life. It's just the comments more than the pictures even, that have caused this late night laugh attack! Maybe it's just late, maybe I'm too tired, and maybe it's only funny to myself and my own experiences with these people...Bobbi Jo, Tracy, and Jody -this is for you. And anyone else needing a refresher course in College Life... in the nineties, in Idaho.

Pleeeease note, in italics is my young, very young voice. These do not necessarily represent my current views.

Dee and friends. Rexburg, Idaho.
Ages 18-19.

I always, always wore bright lipstick -red usually , sometimes pink.
This picture made me remember that.


Me and Bobbi Jo -I sure loved this girl, my rodeo
star!

This is Tracy. I loved her. She was the best dancer of us all.

Dang, too small to read unless clicked to size, so just in case...
About girl on the left, I wrote:
I shared a room with Carrie. She was very nice and laughed at me all the time so of course I loved her b/c she thought I was hysterical. From the moment I saw her I knew one day I'd have to give her a make-over and I WOULD make her cool.
And girl in the middle:
I made instant friends with this girl after one long late night talk. I think her name was Mary. I listened to all her problems that night, felt bad, and adopted her into our group of friends.
And girl second from left:
I always got such a kick out of Tracie's hair do. It was just like that every day. (It was really outdated even then). It was okay though, because she was a cowgirl.


The vest I'm wearing in this picture was SO COOL. It was Jody's and everyone always wore it. It was Esprit, and very trendy.


This page is photos from an F.H.E. night.
I was so mad that that girl laid on his lap in that group picture.
Jody and I started isolating and talking about the guy I liked and the dumb girl flirting w/him.
I was sooo excited to be in a picture with him.
I totally had a crush on him...


until the day I saw him wearing this.



I loved Carrie because she stayed up with me the longest...
...at least 'til like 4 a.m. and then she'd have to go to bed.


I loved to play candy poker.


that hair!
This was my pet pinata named Pedro.

The make-over I'd been scheming from the first time I saw her.
Look at the pride in my eyes!


I put on an unbirthday party for all the roommates: invitations, games, the works, and highly encouraged that they all attend.
Tracie really thought this was lame. I'm surprised she actually came! She was always much more mature than the rest of us. She was older and in the nursing program.


These three went to the Boys II Men concert...
Look! There's Jody in the famous vest! Sisterhood of the Traveling Vest...lol!
The girl in the bottom picture was from Waco, TX.
She was very interesting -loved to dress slutty and wear bright red lipstick and she had a missionary she called Todd E. Bear.



I dyed my hair red and had a hair crisis for the next two years because of it.
I remember that hair crisis too too well. It eventually went from pumpkin
to pineapple, just like Frenchie in Grease.


WHY, why are we so cute?!
We'd always say this to each other before going out.
Jody -I miss you. It's hard to believe we could let ourselves lose
touch. I hope to find you soon! I love you!


One more I could not resist even though I should:
Girl not pictured for obvious reasons...
this girl (I forgot her name) she was...slutty and loved black guys and said she tells her mom everything about her sex life. She went tanning like every day.

Two more reasons to drive to L.A.

1-Fish tacos at Taco Surf in Seal Beach. I wasn't there but anything that gets raves out of Chad (the opposite of drama queen) MUST be that good! The recommendation came from my dad. Every time we visit the family in California, not a day goes by without the beloved TACO SURF somehow getting sneaked into the conversation. If we're ever wondering where to eat, it's best not to say it around Papa Surf, or it's his tacos or the highway. So Chad knew just where to take the guys when he was in town, and he was beyond pleased. Now I'm definitely getting some of the infamous tacos next time I'm 10 hours down I 15.

2-Bonbons at MILK, an adorable, corner deli/ice-cream shoppe in West Hollywood. Artie knew just the place to go after our fabulous day in L.A.! We shared an amazing triple chocolate shake, topped generously with whipped cream and the cutest itty bitty chocolate covered malt balls, a yummy veggie sandwich (though, so does not even come close to the wonderment of Staci's now famous veggie sandwiches, but nothing ever will) with tomatoes, roasted red pepper, goat cheese, and BONBONS- the best! Different varieties made fresh, daily. I could say bonbons all day-"just going to Beverly Blvd. for some bonbons"! Now I almost wish I lived there. And we even finished it all off with some homemade butterscotch pudding!!!