Continuing on the family road trip; the day before we had stopped in Leadville, Colorado, which redeemed itself with its thrift store. The $2 dress turned out to be a perfect fit and I wore it for many years; I'm actually about to try to sell it on eBay. My mother told me what it would have cost in the late 50s; it was by Ceil Chapman, a black lace cocktail sheath with a white chiffon insert in back. I'll find or take a photo to insert later. It does appear (on me) in a short I made in 1979 which I need to get transferred from Beta!
Wow, I've never got round to googling Ceil Chapman till now. I found out her dresses are worth much more than I expected and from this blog I learned she was Marilyn's favorite designer: http://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profiles/blogs/ceil-chapman-the-female-dress-engineer However, I also learned that one could buy Ceil Chapman dress patterns, and I think my dress might have been handmade for one. It's got an embroidered CC label sewn in, but as I know that Vogue Patterns used to include designer labels (I made a Dior suit once). And although I know couture was all hand-sewn back then, on this one the stitches aren't as even as one might expect in couture. That's all on the inside though; the dress is impeccable and was barely worn when I got it for two bucks. Now the chiffon is stained from years of hanging in my damp childhood closet... :-( But I'd still wear it if I could fit into it!
(More info once I can see some information about the patterns; I'm on a slow computer which at the moment will not open any new sites...)
I would get carsick a lot when I was a kid, especially when reading (and I was always reading!) but I can't remember a time that I did after this. I guess I outgrew it.
The main reason I included this entry was for my comments about Aspen… And I claimed not to be a punk rocker!
26 July 1977
The next day we went around downtown. That Goodwill store was soooo neat and cheap! But no dressing rooms and we couldn't stay long and you couldn't buy Girl Scout dresses. I still haven't tried on the $2 dress I got (originally several hundred!!) Then I found the Tiger glasses! [I'm not positive, but I think these were tiger-striped sunglasses, which I would have bought as a present for Tiger.]
I got really carsick and we stopped in Aspen. I felt so gross. I don't like the people around there – too athletic and mellow.
We stayed in Basalt. That's weird that the restaurant had Chinese food. But the dumb waitress forgot to bring me my cookie!
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