This commercial from ca. 1968 is Fab.

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by Anonymousreply 19October 23, 2022 8:06 PM

Why don't women wear curlers in their hair anymore?

by Anonymousreply 1October 23, 2022 2:10 PM

You had to be really down at the heel to wear curlers out in public back in the day.

by Anonymousreply 2October 23, 2022 2:15 PM

How to Be Well Groomed (1949)

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by Anonymousreply 5October 23, 2022 2:26 PM

Where were clips like r4 and r5 screened? High schools?

by Anonymousreply 6October 23, 2022 2:30 PM

Damn you r2, I almost peed in my bed. I haven't heard that phrase in a long time. I can almost hear my mom and aunts gossiping. Brought me back to good times.

by Anonymousreply 7October 23, 2022 2:31 PM

My late mother considered any woman who went outdoors in curlers (especially out shopping), to be the most appalling TRASH!

by Anonymousreply 8October 23, 2022 2:34 PM

I remember my mother thinking that a woman who wore curlers in public was poor white trash. It just wasn’t done. Even when the woman had a scarf over the curlers and nobody could see them, it was still considered bad taste.

by Anonymousreply 9October 23, 2022 2:36 PM

Same as smoking on the street.

by Anonymousreply 10October 23, 2022 2:37 PM

The spectacle on screen of Divine in curlers could have been the beginning of the end. Thanks John Waters!

by Anonymousreply 11October 23, 2022 2:37 PM

Exactly, r10.

And eating on the street.

by Anonymousreply 12October 23, 2022 2:41 PM

r6 yes and sometimes younger especially as the times quickly progressed, along with immigration services, employment offices, youth organizations, etc. it also appeared in even some movie theatres, especially in rural towns.

by Anonymousreply 13October 23, 2022 2:50 PM

r6 Well, not r4 save for movie theatres. It's possible someone might have recommended it while counseling newlyweds and other temperamental relationships. But it was essentially softcore porn that passed the smut test to be shown wider than more risque films.

by Anonymousreply 14October 23, 2022 2:56 PM

I wouldn’t know about such things. I have naturally curly hair.

by Anonymousreply 15October 23, 2022 3:41 PM

Were Spoolies considered more acceptable?

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by Anonymousreply 17October 23, 2022 5:11 PM

Our Samantha would NEVER be caught in public with curlers in HER hair.

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by Anonymousreply 18October 23, 2022 5:37 PM

[quote]Why don't women wear curlers in their hair anymore?

Hot curlers and curling irons became available. I remember my mother's hair dryer with a hose running to a shower-cap like bonnet. Game shows awarded those big dryers like at salons which were desirable because they dried hair quickly.

by Anonymousreply 19October 23, 2022 8:06 PM

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