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powdered her pretty nose |
Caty wrote: |
but I think in later ooks there is some mention that powder & a little pink lipstick was acceptable for the older girls. |
Katherine wrote: |
I get the feeling that it's very much about age. EDB's characters seem to stay as schoolgirls and then suddenly grow up when they are Seniors. So as Seniors, wearing makeup, considering engagements are acceptable, but not before. |
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Don’t you see that if they’ve started making themselves cheap in one direction they won’t stop at it; they’ll be cheap in others? |
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No one wants a mere child to take too much interest in clothes. But at your age, Ruey, you ought to be taking more than you do. |
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It’s all Betty and Elizabeth, of course. The little asses have got it into their heads that they must begin to think about their appearances, |
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a very feminine delight |
jennifer wrote: |
I've noticed that trend before. At fourteen the girls are mischevious middles - they play silly pranks, act up in prep, have midnight feasts - all fairly innocent (if obnoxious) childhish behaviour. Then, at about fifteen there is a sudden transition into miniature adult - responsible, contientious, a good disciplinarian, studious, reliable.
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Elinor came into the room, very dainty in he coral-pink frock with her dark hair swung round her head in smooth plaits. Elinor smiled at her. 'Joan tells me the Head has asked you to take charge of her for the present,' she said in her clear-cut, well-bred voice. Hope you'll enjoy the evening, Joan. Rosamund will look after you as far as she can, I know.' She nodded pleasantly at the pair with a smile Seniors at the Chalet School might use a dust of powder and even a little pink lipstick on state occasions, but it had to be properly applied |
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Joan's idea of a semi-evening frock was a bright scarlet jersey-cloth heavily braided in black and far tooold-looking for a schoolgirl. Her hair had been artificially waved and crinkled over her head in stiff waves. She wore a large cameo brooch which swore at the red of her dress and a string of red beads. She was also powdered and lip-sticked in a way that had made Elinor nearly gasp aloud |
Eilidh wrote: |
I very rarely wear make up - if I'm going out I wear very little (mascara, lip gloss, somethimes eye shadow) but day-to-day I never do. I don't have time in the morning, and tbh, I would have no idea where to start. |
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my daughter's new secondary FORBIDS the piercing of ears. Girls who have already pierced their ear-lobes, says the prospectus in a most disapproving fashion, may wear the smallest possible gold or silver plain stud. |
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I'd agree with most of the posters so far who have mentioned 'class' and often less than thinly-disguised snobbery as reasons for disapproving of people wearing make-up and/or jewellery. It certainly persisted in my own school in the late 1990s.
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Cath V-P wrote: |
But with EBD maybe the intention was the important thing? Subtle make-up used as discreet enhancement vs. lots of it used as blatant advertising? I'm not sure. |
Cath V-P wrote: |
But with EBD maybe the intention was the important thing? Subtle make-up used as discreet enhancement vs. lots of it used as blatant advertising? I'm not sure. |
Maeve wrote: |
I just reread Goes To It and am struck by how everyone - the staff, Joey, the prefects - react to the 14-going-on-15 year olds experimenting with nail polish, lipstick, etc. |
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