Dress
Pink dress, late 1950s, E.1990.3.3.a
“Everyone was going into town on the tram at the same time. Everyone all dressed up, on their way to the dancing, the cinemas and pubs. The atmosphere was terrific.”
Robert Cardle
Comment by Sarah Wood
I was getting dressed up ready to go out but was really unsure about my skirt. It was pretty short and because I was going on the bus I thought it might be a little too short. You know – because the step to get up onto the bus is so high you have to lift your foot about 2 feet into the air just to step on!
From: Sarah Wood
Comment by Rachel Lees
At an Edinburgh taxi rank at Christmas I noticed how fancy everyone looked, elegant dresses, sparkly sandals, black ties and kilts. Glaswegians take more of a casual approach to fashion.
From: Rachel Lees
Comment by Iain Simpson
I would get on the 61 bus on Maryhill Rd and head down the town to Tiffany's dance hall totally secure in the knowledge that I was one of the coolest folk around and then become slowly aware of the sniggering … old men who reckoned I was totally colour blind and probably gay to boot judging by the frills and the smells.
From: Iain Simpson
Questions by Glasgow Museums
Have you ever chosen your outfit according to the transport you’ll be using? Or ever been on a night out where the journey was the best part of the evening?
Eye Witness by Willie Dewar
My sister made her own dresses for going out to the town – they were all unique. No one else would have one like it.
From: Willie Dewar
Eye Witness by Alex Robertson
I used to go out to the dancing on a Saturday night with a couple of my girlfriends. This was in the late sixties and we all thought we were the height of fashion. My brother-in-law, whom I had known all my life, used to say `you can’t go out in that; it’s a broad belt not a skirt’. We all loved our mini skirts and he was just an old fuddy duddy. We used to walk down into the village for the bus into Glasgow but very often, he would be at the bus stop waiting for us to get off the last bus.
From: Alex Robertson
