Category: Fashions of the day

LJ’s Style

LJ’s style…where did this conversation come from…oh, now I remember:  one of my gfs was talking to me about her 15 year old daughter and how she had so much style for her age.   Not just the style of her clothes but also how she wore each piece – well.  She made such an impression that she was constantly receiving praise from her teachers, family members, other girls her age, etc…It definitely got me thinking, Growing up Hollis I really didn’t have any style.  I was the baby girl of the Hollis family and one of 9.   My father Jonie B., my mother Jean, one older brother, one younger brother and 4 sisters.  And since I was the  “baby girl” of the family, my style was whatever clothes I could fit into that year that had been passed down to me (smile).

To this day, my style will forever be eclectic and sometimes even out of the ordinary.   I’m not complaining, merely stating a fact (double smile).

Here are some of the many styles that I (LJ) possess today…

 

Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner:

 

My Caffeinated Wake Up look

 

My Healthy Lunch Choices look

 

My Fave Sushi Dinner look

 

Work:

 

My chit chat at the water cooler look

 

My “Taking Care of Business” look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My “I’m feeling myself” look

 

Church:

 

My ‘Too Blessed to be Stressed’look

 

Gym:

 

My daily workout gear look

 

 

Post Work Events:

 

 

My ‘I hope they like this arrangement’ look

 

My ‘I hope I picked out the right outfit out for this event’ look

 

Romantic Dates:

 

My Valentines Day Birthday (VDay/BDay) Look

 

My Dinner and a Movie Date look

 

Play Dates:

 

My Jumping into the Weekend Look

 

My Ski Date look

 

My pool party look

 

My Good Book with a Cup of Java look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vacations:

 

My ‘On My Way to Vacay’ look

 

My Second Day of Vacay look

 

R & R:

 

My Contemplating This Life look

 

Bedtime:

My Hot Bubble Bath Before Bedtime look

 

And finally, My Getting Ready for Bed After A Loooooong Week of Work look!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made of Wood…

I’m listening to a ’70s station on the radio the other day and one of my favorite songs by The Dramatics comes on, “Whatcha see is Whatcha get,” and it really got me thinking…

They don’t make music like they used to…

It also served to remind me that I grew up in a time when records were made of vinyl and album covers (LP or “long playing” covers) were a small work of art.  Records (disc formats: 33s, 45s and 78 RPMs) were played on boxy turntables back in the day and we even owned one that had a needle that needed a penny on top of it just to keep it stable (smile); and they were affordable!  A 45 single could run you somewhere between 75 cents to one dollar and a whole album (LP) could run from eight to ten dollars… Also, your favorite song wasn’t as accessible as it is today.  There was no Google or other search engines to go to when you just had to hear  that song.  You actually had to wait and hope the DJ would play your song on the radio or better yet, your parents owned the record so you could hear it at your leisure.

I loved Saturdays though because although we did not have YouTube, what we did have featured a lot of Rhythm & Blues & Soul music all in one place.   It was called Soul Train (the musical variety show on TV).  It was the center of my world back then and my show!  I planned my Saturdays around it.

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I marveled at the dancing, the fashions, the too-easy-to-solve word puzzles, and Don Cornelius’s ability to use his charismatic personality to captivate audiences each and every week.

I wanted his job, as it seemed like it was more a labor of love than a daily grind.

At any rate, the 70’s were a special time, there were no smart phones for people to listen to music out of and dare I say, we were far less distracted as a result.   Plus, music seemed to possess real meaning, as we sang along to heartfelt lyrics which oftentimes conjured up deep thoughts.

‘Watcha see is Watcha get’ by The Dramatics is just one example from the ’70s of a song with meaning.   As it turned out, it was far more than a song lyric, it was a way of life for me, a pre-teen coming of age in the small town of Groton, CT…