Ruth Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Has anyone else been irritated today by the latest rantings of Helena Frith Powell in the Sunday Times? Not for the first time she goes on about being a Frenchwoman means having to wear matching lacy undies and that the Brits don't do so. She has lived in France for 6 years so of course she speaks as an expert!! Having lived in France full time for 12 years I don't profess to have intimate knowledge of my neighbours' undies but can remember well buying.....along with many friends.....matching lacy sets from M&S in shades of cream and dusky pink!! All this was about the woman who woke up thinking she was French and how she would have to chage her ways! She also says that the male equivalent would have to stop going down the pub and asking for a lukewarm beer asking instead for'a glass of your finest Burgundy along with olives stuffed with anchovies'......for aperitifs....best Burgundy?....nuff said Bonne Annee Ruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Ah - didn't Helena Frith Powell write 'Two lipsticks and a lover' ? The only book I have ever bought as a hardback and donated to the Charity shop in the same month ! Enough said [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Never mind all that, tell us more about the dusky pink underwear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I guess her six years have been spent in Paris or one of the other cities. She has obviously not, in all that time, visited a market in a rural Normandy town and seen the underwear that real French women choose - jumbo size, sort of peachy fleshy shade of dusky pink, very strong industrial-grade elastic and not a hint of wispiness or lace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 WHATTTTT!!! They are supposed to match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 The dusky pink set included matching suspenders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I must admit that my mother in law always looked shocked that I didn't have matching underwear and she was from a mining community in darkest northern England and born in 1924. I'll have to ask friends about this. I have no idea as to what underwear my french friends wear, not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymr Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 My brother in law and myself spent many a market day last summer sat outside the local bar watching the locals dive into the "pile it high, sell it cheap" undies stall opposite.Whilst waiting for our OH's of course.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yes Andy, I was going to say that all the markets have a fancy underwear stall, colours a bit garish though. Also supermarkets sell them, and this is in deepest rural Gers. Whether people actually wear them is another matter. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I have seen matching underwear sets but they seem to stop at a certain size and be targetted towards the younger woman , shall we say. After that, it all goes down hill ![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I didn't think girls wore undies anymore? Maybe I'm mixing in the wrong company[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 There must have been an offer on leopard print at some time as our youngest reports to us that her friends mum wears a string in that pattern............other half cringes at the thought!As for matching sets.........more[img]http://bestsmileys.com/flashing/6.gif[/img] good luck than management with me I am affraid, first ones I get my hands on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 [quote user="Ruth"]Has anyone else been irritated today by the latest rantings of Helena Frith Powell in the Sunday Times? [/quote]That woman has always irritated me!I have not read the ST, I'll admit, but I'll risk it and assume this is the same line she was peddling for a TV program a couple of years ago, when she had to humiliate herself (all in the name of journalism) and go to various chic underwear shops in Paris to get kitted out...Stereotype, bored, yawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymr Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Oh for the days of Playtex......woops sorry wrong forum[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 [quote user="Chris Head"]I didn't think girls wore undies anymore? Maybe I'm mixing in the wrong company[:D][/quote]Well definitely saves on a lot of hassle if you ask me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Undies are for taking off - as Mylene Farmer knows.Mylene on YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Hmm! I would say it's one way of selling records but I hadn't heard the song or seen the video before. But her undies matched , sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 God god, man, she's in the nip! Look away quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 She's very well known. But I believe she's actually Canadian, not French, so maybe the undies rules are different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yes Cass but what a fuss....i can do that in about 20 seconds!! Or am i missing something here? [blink] Oh i can't sing though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Helena Frith Powell was the child of a divorced Italian father and a Swedish mother. She was brought up in England but I think she missed out on the essential advice of all British Grans about being run over by a bus!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 [quote user="Meg and Mog"]Yes Cass but what a fuss....i can do that in about 20 seconds!! Or am i missing something here? [blink] Oh i can't sing though...[/quote]What - there's a sound track as well? I must switch the speakers on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Matching undies ? ! I can't even find a pair of matching socks ! Where is the other sock, I ask. They all seem to be there when they go in the machine, then when they are dry and ready to be sorted, where is the second one ? I have a great big pile of single socks, I keep them just in case the other one might show up one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Me too CA.........i call it Lost Sock Land. See it's that much of an issue i gave it a name!!! (Oh and it has a special bag) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I've given up on socks! Any new socks I buy ar all the same colour and there's always another the same now!!![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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