tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post4699616132109603260..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: The Original Ugly Sweater ContestPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-51058686711645362382012-01-19T15:00:47.334-05:002012-01-19T15:00:47.334-05:00Watford Pat--Thanks for the info. The only one I k...Watford Pat--Thanks for the info. The only one I knew was John Inman. Wish I could have found more photos from this book.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-50753656108737369182012-01-19T14:50:58.136-05:002012-01-19T14:50:58.136-05:00Wow - This must be celebrity knitwear of the 80s -...Wow - This must be celebrity knitwear of the 80s - What a find!<br /><br />Who would have thought back then that they would all have their own wikipedia pages by now?<br /><br />The guy at the top and the middle of the first set looks suspiciously like a young Christopher Biggins - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins<br /><br />The young lady in the middle appears to be a youthful Bonnie Langford - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Langford<br /><br />The gentleman in the yellow train sweater is Gyles Brandreth MP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyles_Brandreth<br /><br />I wish I could put a name to the lady next to him, she looks very familiar.<br /><br />The guy cutting a dash in the red piano sweater and scarf is Ian Botham - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Botham<br /><br />...and of course, the late John Inman at the end - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_inmanWatford Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306381851464725835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-80713364343412472222011-12-17T15:37:49.483-05:002011-12-17T15:37:49.483-05:00Doesn't matter, gorgeous. We all have our like...Doesn't matter, gorgeous. We all have our likes and dislikes: one trailer-park-methhed sez a certain thing's cool, you may not agree (and vice-versa). C'est la guerre. Meet me in Heaven, girly. We’ll have a tonOfun for the length and breadth of eternity. On earth, grrr, we have whorizontal taxes - the death of U.S. Upstairs, however, we can fly: like a true, major’s child, we were born 2B wild [literally! Pop was USAF!!] God bless you. Love you.-blessed holy socks, the non-perishable-zealothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241446130197185049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-19083055481179321282011-12-17T13:23:01.668-05:002011-12-17T13:23:01.668-05:00I forgot to mention that I do love the kitty cat s...I forgot to mention that I do love the kitty cat sweater. Even Vogue Knitting did a cat theme in the 80s. It was the fruit that threw me off! Graphics were really popular for 80s sweaters patterns...it must have been the video gaming influence.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-12587581186359393082011-12-16T21:15:37.756-05:002011-12-16T21:15:37.756-05:00C'mon... the kitty cat jumper is rather cute ;...C'mon... the kitty cat jumper is rather cute ;-)<br /><br />In the same vein, you might also like the blog <a href="http://whatnot2crochet.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow">What Not To Crochet</a><br /><br />-- NoraNick and Nora Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622813032953302131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-32225576022785726102011-12-15T19:38:59.899-05:002011-12-15T19:38:59.899-05:00I've made sweaters like that!I've made sweaters like that!Teena in Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875608173791872449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-22905814212675577922011-12-15T18:28:53.451-05:002011-12-15T18:28:53.451-05:00This reminds me of all the clothes I've gotten...This reminds me of all the clothes I've gotten for Christmas over the years that I wouldn't be caught dead wearing...:)JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830586696690222760noreply@blogger.com