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[UpNorthGorgy]

I am glad the girdle and slip days are over but had to wear "proper" undergarments. She always said when shopping, "Where are you going to wear this?" Jackets were lined and seams finished.

[haddon9]

@PhilaLady1 I can honestly say that the number one piece of advice up until the time mom passed (2021 at the age of 94) was to save money. 

Buy only on sale, save for a rainy day (even if that day arrived), don't live beyond your means....you get the idea.  She was a child of The Depression and lived everyday of her life as if it were still the 1930s.

I never learned fashion or even cooking tips.  We were kids that were to go find our own amusement and she never read or played with us.  I felt like we (my brother and I) were a bother.

Fortunately my dad who worked full time & went to college at night majoring in physics found the time to read & play with us occasionally.

[tansy]

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@haddon9 wrote:

@PhilaLady1 I can honestly say that the number one piece of advice up until the time mom passed (2021 at the age of 94) was to save money. 

Buy only on sale, save for a rainy day (even if that day arrived), don't live beyond your means....you get the idea.  She was a child of The Depression and lived everyday of her life as if it were still the 1930s.

I never learned fashion or even cooking tips.  We were kids that were to go find our own amusement and she never read or played with us.  I felt like we (my brother and I) were a bother.

Fortunately my dad who worked full time & went to college at night majoring in physics found the time to read & play with us occasionally.

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My mother was similar, @haddon9.  I don't remember playing or cooking with her.  I ruined her figure so she didn't have another kid.  

[mildoo]

My mother told me to always buy good shoes and not go with cheap fads.  Your feet will thank you.  She also told me that "your mother is your best friend."  I found both to be true.

[SunshineCats]

My Mom was  able to pay more for her clothes when my Dad moved up in his job and always looked very pretty. She always told me to pay a bit more for things and have quality over quantity!  

[Desert Lily]

My mother always dressed impeccably, always. The woman had a lot of clothes. She must've shopped while I was in school. But she took me on the train Fridays after school to buy me a weekly outfit at Marshall Fields (or occasionally Gimbels). Then we'd meet my dad for dinner at a restaurant.

It was my grandmother who taught me how good clothes are made. She was a seamstress/dressmaker/pattern maker. My grandmother was always impeccably dressed too.

[Jk9]

I don't remember my mother ever saying anything positive about my clothes.  So, I guess she taught me to be hypercritical of my clothes and how I looked.

[SactoSue]

My mother taught me to buy the coordinating pieces of an outfit because that was the only way you would ever get the colors and fabrics to match.

She also taught me to buy several colors of the same item if I really really loved the fit and the price was good.  She was right about that, too.   

[Sooner]

My mother was a true follower of fashion--she read W magazine.  She loved clothes.

Me?  Not so much.  I want to look great, but don't follow fashion as such.  What I learned from my mom was clothers can be a power tool, clothes tell people who you want to be, and clothes do NOT make the woman.

Love, kindness, joy, and service to others are what makes the person.  

[cjm61]

@Bonkers1 Gosh, thinking back, my mom never really gave me advice. In fact, I think she asked for my advice more often than not.