One of my favorite addictions is looking at vintage lingerie ads. If I find one I Iike, and I have the same type of lingerie, I'll try to match the pose. It's great practice, and lots of fun. You can learn a lot about posing too.

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I think it would be fantastic to stumble upon a vintage suitcase with some fine clothing from a bygone era. Actually, I wouldn't like to literally 'stumble' upon it, lest I sprain an ankle or worse. But you get the point.

Sure it would probably smell a bit musty from all the years tucked away with no ventilation. But a fresh cleaning would restore them and bring back their luster. Here I'm holding a fine rayon gown made by the Juliana Lingerie Co., circa 1948. Smallish line of lingerie, but distinctive. One of my true treasure pieces.

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I do just a bit of sewing, and used a old half slip with a vibrant butterfly pattern to cut out the two appliques I stitched onto this vintage high-waisted shapewear panty. The panty has a power mesh top that’s still got plenty of good strong compression - perfect for minimizing and shaping any lower tummy flab that a gal might have. I just love the look and feel of this type of shapewear. Bra is a vintage Adonna full-figure model.

I really love the colorful appliques that were sewn onto these mid-century lingerie items – something you don’t see enough of anymore. They really accent lingerie and make it as beautiful to see as it is to wear.

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The old 'oh my -- I fell and am so helpless on the ground here with my flowers in hand' pose. Vintage full girdle and pegnoir robe.

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So, I was managing my Flickr photostream this morning to determine which of my 1,000 pictures (mostly private and archived) I should post as public, and which ones I should delete to make room for new ones. The 1,000 limit is because I've always had a free account, since I'm the ultimate 'free rider'.

Then I noticed there was this little PRO sign under my icon, and wondered - what the heck? Is Flickr trying to lure me in by having me click on this? So I took a chance, and very much to my surprise, I somehow or another acquired a PRO account. (But it's only valid till sometime in 2020).

So, now the great mystery: How did I wind up with this, when I know that I never spent any money for it? Either Flickr made a booboo, or is doing one of those famous 'free trial' offers, or......some anonymous sugar daddy (or sugar mommy) went and bought me a PRO account. I literally have no idea.

What this means is I don't need to keep deleting old photos in order to post new ones. However, it doesn't make sense to keep a lot of old ones viewable since no one ever goes back to look at your old pictures. (Just like no one ever washes a rental car).

Oh yeah, I nearly forgot. This is a vintage "MIss Mary of Sweden' girdle I'm wearing. I had an entire writeup in mind about how the incredible compression of this Swedish-engineered shape wear had left me so breathless, I collapsed on the floor and lay unable to rise. But, I guess you'll just have to use your imaginations.

But if you see a Swedish woman named Mary searching about for her lost girdle, tell her to contact me.

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