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Summer 1986: enroute from Hay to Wauchope. An absolute stinker. Mum dressed us in matching terry towelling. Canary yellow for me, pink for my sis. Dad, in a big bond white singlet and terry toweling hat. Mum in too short jumsuit. Style was lacking and we were blissfully oblivious; together.
– Sharni Montgomery, Sharnanigans
Did you own some clothes made from terry towelling? Did your dad where a Chesty Bonds singlet?
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Oh yes, I had the little short/top combos, and a green halterneck dress which I had my 2nd year school photo taken in, they were the coolest thing back in the 80s!
In 1979 the MUST HAVE on my fashion wishlist was an electric blue towelling strapless dress (as seen in Dolly). I never got it, but perhaps that’s just as well because back then I had nothing to hold it up LOL!
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OMG – I remember that exact same dress. It was the first Dolly mag I read!
I had a TT “boob tube” in pink, shocking hot pink. Shorts similar to the ones you’re wearing and Mum made my sister and I co-ordinating jumpsuits. We thought we looked fabulous!!
x Marnie
And, of course, you were!!
Oh the terry-toweling phenomenon – I most definitely had a one-piece-rainbow-striped-terry-shorts-singlet-jumpsuit. And a yellow one too!
Rainbow?! Now, I’m SO jealous!!
Ah, yes, terry toweling very short shorts…but my father never wore a singlet on it’s own, Chesty Bonds or not.
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There seemed to be only one short length back then!
what a trip down memory lane this post is…..love it.
As the go-to girl for all things fashion, do you thing terry towelling clothing will ever come back into fashion??? It sure was comfy (and didn’t need ironing) but I can’t see my daughter adopting the look. However I thought the same about high waisted shorts and now she loves them.
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Exactly Shaz! Never say never xx
I love this photo. It looks like it came from our albums. Your sister could have been me. I had the same hair colour, cut and expression. I dreamt of terry towelling outfits but I was stuck wrapping my self in towels or rolling them down my leg and fashioned into a hat with ‘long hair’.
Thanks for sharing.
Rachel xx
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I know! It could be from my family album too!
I love this, it has a very Australian summer feel to it that I guess reminds so many of us of our childhoods. I have photos of my mum and I in hot pink matching Terry toweling dresses. Yes I was 6 and my mum, whilst very stylish, did dress us matching occasionally!
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I think it was the thing to do Martine … Your mum would have just been following the trends!
Gosh! That photo could have been of my family, except my dad would have been wearing light blue shorts with his chesty bonds singlet, mum would have been hidden under a floppy white hat and enormous sunnies and my terry towelling dress was blue!
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Mine was blue too … it was the summer of 1980 and I thought I was the bomb!
Isn’t it funny how we all had really long and skinny legs back then.
Not so much kids of today!
I had a gorgeous blue strapless jumpsuit one. Loved it!
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I didn’t appreciate my legs enough back then!