She also included these photos that are the colorized versions of the earlier ones I had posted. Aren't they amazing?
Crinolyn happens to OWN one of the petticoats! She graciously took the time to take and send along photos of it for me to share with my readers.
Thank you Crinolyn for taking the time to contact me and for sharing these wonderful pictures with all of us!
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Oh, forgot to say that I'd never heard of the inflatable petticoats!!!!
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Suzanne - so glad to find your post on the inflatable petticoat. I had one! Have mentioned over the years that I was jealous of my cousins because my aunt would let them blow their slips up much fuller than I was allowed - my mom absolutely denies any knowledge of this slip or my limited puff - smile! Now I was only 6 or so and surely didn't buy it myself - maybe a gift from grandma, I don't remember. But so happy to have some pics to send to my mom!! Proof of the blow-up slip does exist!!
hahahaha....this is so funny! It was only tonight at my daughter's wedding shower that I was talking about the inflatable slip when I was a little girl. I said I surely wish I still had it because no one else I know has ever heard of them....hahaha We also talked about playing jacks! WOW! Would have loved to taught my girls to play jacks!
Hi All:
I remember petticoats but not the inflatables . . . and our moms dressing us in these cute little slips and party dresses. Rather full skirt, I remember, so bending over was a major problem. I remember wearing them to class, too.
Or maybe not because we were kids but, yes, I remember the bouffant skirt look and, no, I didn't push my kids into them.
Yikes, 40-50 years ago.
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My sisters and I had these. We loved them!
No one else seemed to remember them. What wonderful memories we all have of our Mom getting them ready for us to wear at Easter.
I had a inflable slip I wish I still had it!!!
I wish I still had mine too. I loved it. Many have not heard of them; it would be fun to show them they really did exist!
I had one of these back in the late 50's but few of my friends remember them either. I found one on Etsy a couple of years ago and every now and then I'll see one on Ebay. I'd love to get my hands on one and show my daughter and grand daughter.
I don't even know what caused me to think of the inflatable slip I had as a little girl. When I googled it, was delighted to see that others remembered having one as well. In this day and age it sounds pretty crazy to my adult children but blowing air into that inner tube and twirling around in the slip was such a pleasurable memory for me!
My sis and I had them. A favorite memory is the Polish wedding when the adults were drunk enough not to notice the kids jumping fully dressed into the pool. How we laughed at our skirts floating around us.
So happy to find your photos of this petticoat... I had one and dearly loved it!
i also had one of thes inflatable slips , i mentioned them to a couple of my friends who thought i was crazy because although the same age they had never heard of theee! i loved blowing them up and how pretty they made my dresses full like shirley temples lol! my mom had us dressed w our lil dresses with white lace gloves and little hats w lace too and cute paten leather shoes sometimes she would give us a furry puff for our hands ! a trip down memory lane somewhat 50 years ago !!! you can’t imagine how happy i was to find your blog , brings back so many ! thank you!! i look forward to seeing more products from that era!
My sister and I wore these when we were very young. I remember blowing our slips up to get dressed for Sunday school.
I had an inflatable slip! My mother worked at our local Montgomery Wards catalog store and she bought it from one of their clearance catalogs. I have never known anyone else who ever heard of them let alone had one!! I remember wearing it when our little country school had grade school try outs for cheerleader. To this day, my sister describes my cheerleader movements as stiff and I have to admit they were!! Since I have no athletic prowess, I like to believe that it was that blow up slip that helped me win…was that cheating? ? Surely as I jumped at the end of the cheer, that slip seemed to hide my stiffness, making it appear I was floating back to the ground. Go Blue Devils!
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