tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post4064142383811388417..comments2024-03-28T09:40:37.931-04:00Comments on Femulate: Remembering Frederick’sStanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259788604423472207noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-78199879976417640322018-01-27T18:34:47.320-05:002018-01-27T18:34:47.320-05:00What's up, every time i used to check website ...What's up, every time i used to check website posts here early in the morning, as i enjoy to learn more and more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-58629603730167377732014-09-06T19:12:20.910-04:002014-09-06T19:12:20.910-04:00My first purchase was sheer tights (= pantyhose), ...My first purchase was sheer tights (= pantyhose), while I was a teenager. The sales assistant simply smiled nicely, put them in a bag and took my money, and that was it, but I was shaking with nervousness. I hadn't yet figured out hosiery sizes, so they turned out to be too small for my long legs, but I wore them anyway, secretly in my bedroom. Much later on, now living on my own, I bought my first clothes of my own, mail order, including a corduroy A-line skirt that I remember fondly, now long since gone in a purge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667855693602768531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-65429265857113226662014-09-06T07:21:58.500-04:002014-09-06T07:21:58.500-04:00Actually my first purchases were from my local Woo...Actually my first purchases were from my local Woolworth's department store. I guess that might age me a bit. After learning my sizes, Frederick's mail order was my next step. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-85451613360666918832014-09-05T08:08:09.964-04:002014-09-05T08:08:09.964-04:00My first purchase, was a pair of black patent 3 in...My first purchase, was a pair of black patent 3 inch heels in the mid-80s. We were on holiday in the near from a town called Street in Somerset, the HQ of the shoe company Clarks. The town was just full of shoe shops and as my wife took then as now, every opportunity to look for shoes, we spent ages checking out one shop after another... <br /><br />Diversion: <br />You may say that is normal for a girl to constantly scan the shoe landscape, but in the case of my wife it’s also very frustrating, as she has very small feet (2-3 UK) and finding something that looks good and fits is for her a nightmare. Usually when she is occupied rummaging around in the small sizes, I’m sent off to buy at least one pair of men’s shoes (boring) so that she doesn’t get a guilty conscience when she, on the rare occasion, finds something! So when I’m told to do my own rummaging, I am always on the lookout for heels in my size 9UK (not so boring). It’s an almost hopeless situation in a "normal" shoe shop, but I look anyway. <br />End of Diversion:<br /><br />…. After countless shoe shops we entered a small long dingy establishment. My wife stayed at the front and I slowly wandered to the back, and there in the gloom bathed in a single ray of light I saw them! It was like a vision, imagine the God sequence from Monty P’s Holy Grail - I didn't hear the choirs, but near enough! <br />I could not believe it, they looked like they could fit! I started to get nervous. So often in the past my excitement was dashed when I looked at the size, usually 2 sizes too small and the only way I would have been able to put them on, let alone walk, was with serious cutting off of toes! <br />I took a deep breath and turned them slowly over. They were 8 and half! was I dreaming? Just then my wife startled me by taping me on the shoulder. She looked at the shoes and back to me and asked “Do you want them”? I looked at her dumfounded and then heard the choirs! I slowly nodded, she took them out of my hands, went off to the front of the shop to buy them. I could have gone with her but held back being at that moment totally embarrassed and excited at the same time. I thought it would be better to say out of sight. The shoes were obviously not for her and I didn’t want the assistant to put 2&2 together. She probably did anyway, as we walked out of the shop with my prize in my arms! <br /><br />I still have them, the leather has, let’s say, “matured” over time and so they now fit without pain. The heel tips have in the now disintegrated, but they were my first... <br />My precious-is-cis! <br /><br />Abigale ;-)<br />Abigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-16534653087851953902014-09-05T00:09:19.217-04:002014-09-05T00:09:19.217-04:00My gateway to feminine clothing was hosiery. I st...My gateway to feminine clothing was hosiery. I started purchasing Berkshire plus size hose at Mervin's and Target had a great selection of plus size tights. After that I found a cute green juniors skirt in the JC Penny's catalog, which I promptly found and purchased in our local store. But that all went away in a purge. Alana Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512114465602147188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-77282771000094915732014-09-04T20:30:06.029-04:002014-09-04T20:30:06.029-04:00I forgot to say how cute you look in your Frederic...I forgot to say how cute you look in your Frederick's finery!lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-74570786837214306482014-09-04T20:28:54.759-04:002014-09-04T20:28:54.759-04:00When I was a very young divorcee, my sister took m...When I was a very young divorcee, my sister took me to Fredrick's (the actual Hollywood store.) My strongest memory was changing in the large single changing room (like a ballet studio, with a long mirror at the end) and being in there with a lot of different women, including some really lovely femulators. I got the most wonderful unsolicited advice from them-- about what to wear to flatter my shape (too thin, then) and coloring. I remember feeling a lot more confident when I left the store than I did walking in.lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-26459792816505124792014-09-04T16:00:10.087-04:002014-09-04T16:00:10.087-04:00Like Pat, the Frederick's catalog was my favor...Like Pat, the Frederick's catalog was my favorite. i actually "stole" one from my aunt's house once and hid it at home. i don't think there was ever a better catalog in that era when it came to feminine finery.<br /><br />sissy terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723953840000339991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-68006838398013236332014-09-04T09:09:35.887-04:002014-09-04T09:09:35.887-04:00I wish that I could remember my first items and wh...I wish that I could remember my first items and when and where I bought them. I do remember the Frederick's in every mall though and I also remember thinking it was such the ultimate in femininity.Nadine Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115982789260659611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-90935618490335434322014-09-04T08:45:06.751-04:002014-09-04T08:45:06.751-04:00One of my most treasured (and well hidden) possess...One of my most treasured (and well hidden) possessions as a kid was a Fredericks catalog. To me the products depicted were magical.<br />PatPat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372432081562643074.post-37057151594355523702014-09-04T07:27:48.760-04:002014-09-04T07:27:48.760-04:00My first real purchase was a wig from Sears. Yes,...My first real purchase was a wig from Sears. Yes, back in the day, Sears carried wigs! (A department in their "Softer Side") As with you, I don't think I used the Halloween excuse, but I also didn't get to try them on and compare styles. I saw one (mid length, blond) that I liked and bought it. I didn't get to see how it looked until I got it home. But it lasted me quite a while - strong as any Craftsman tool I ever got at Sears!Julie M Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335088569492502222noreply@blogger.com