Reply #28: starched petticoats, ruffled undies, stockings in all colors

[Solly Mack]

That's how my mother dressed me.

One day my teacher carried me from room to room to show off a particularly intricate petticoat and pair of very starched ruffled undies my mother so happily dressed me in....it was picture day.

My dress was so full, the teacher couldn't contain herself from lifting it up...and then I was hauled from room to room. Not that she could have missed the undies...the act of sitting exposed them ever so briefly.

"Oooh!Look at those!" "How precious!"

I always wore dresses with light petticoats to school just never before one that poofed out as much. Teachers almost always commented on my dresses and how nice it was to see girls still wearing "that style"


I blamed my mother for that bit of embarassment...she was dressing me afterall. She smiled when I told her about my experience and thought it "too cute!"


I was finally allowed to drop the petticoats...but not the ruffled undies or the stockings. That came later.

I think I got to wear pants to school in the 4th grade.

Ask me how many dresses I own now :)