Retro Style Seeker Gifts

"I'm just waiting to become fashionable again"

A man wearing a ruff and a feather cap

'Something for the weekend, Sir?'

'Now that I've lost weight, I can't afford new clothes in my size.'

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

"Can you make wishes on fake eyelashes?"

"Oh to be young and in love and wear things cut on the bias."

Mr. Punch's Fancy Ball

"I think I speak for my entire generation when I say, 'Yes, I will have another drink.' "

"If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping."

'I'm too hot to trot.'

Pampered and poodled.

"And now. . . which shoes?"

Life Store Guide: Make-up and jewellery

Marilyn Monroe - Spot the Difference

'These fit just right. Do you have anything too tight?'

'Half-baked beans, low fat variety' "Who says we have no taste?"

"I can never get my sunglasses on my head the way my hairdresser does"

Old rocker.

"Are you looking to accentuate or camouflage?"

Mister Pretty Shoes

"Of course, on casual Fridays I'm the fifties Elvis."

Goldilocks and the seventeen black shoulder bags

"I don't like your application."

'They've certainly got designs on your purse!'

Old hippie gives peace sign.

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

'I know I complimented you on that outfit last time you wore it, but that was in 1980.'

"So what if people do laugh? The world can use a little more laughter, can't it?"

"Do you do much walking?"

"Of course, lots of women are just going bare-headed."

'Thirty years from now, this will seem terribly quaint and awash in charming period detail.'

"If there's any one lesson we've learned from the eighties, it's how to shop!"