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More on The Inflatable Petticoat!

Recently, I was contacted by Crinolyn, the webmistress of Crinolyn.com, regarding my earlier post about those cute "inflatable petticoats" from years gone by. She sent me the following photos from ads that were in the Montgomery Wards Catalog. I just love the idea used with the full slip/petticoat! She also included these photos that are the colorized versions of the earlier ones I had posted. Aren't they amazing? Crinolyn happens to OWN one of the petticoats! She graciously took the time to take and send along photos of it for me to share with my readers. Thank you Crinolyn for taking the time to contact me and for sharing these wonderful pictures with all of us!
Posted by Suzanne in TX at 10:01 AM Craftola said...

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March 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM 
Oh, forgot to say that I'd never heard of the inflatable petticoats!!!!

March 25, 2009 at 10:32 AM 
Stopping by for the UBP. Cool stuff! Stop b y my blog & say hi

March 26, 2009 at 8:22 PM 
Suzanne - so glad to find your post on the inflatable petticoat. I had one! Have mentioned over the years that I was jealous of my cousins because my aunt would let them blow their slips up much fuller than I was allowed - my mom absolutely denies any knowledge of this slip or my limited puff - smile! Now I was only 6 or so and surely didn't buy it myself - maybe a gift from grandma, I don't remember. But so happy to have some pics to send to my mom!! Proof of the blow-up slip does exist!!

December 23, 2009 at 11:49 AM 
hahahaha....this is so funny! It was only tonight at my daughter's wedding shower that I was talking about the inflatable slip when I was a little girl. I said I surely wish I still had it because no one else I know has ever heard of them....hahaha We also talked about playing jacks! WOW! Would have loved to taught my girls to play jacks!

May 6, 2012 at 1:28 AM Sara Clemens said...

Hi All:

I remember petticoats but not the inflatables . . . and our moms dressing us in these cute little slips and party dresses. Rather full skirt, I remember, so bending over was a major problem. I remember wearing them to class, too.

Or maybe not because we were kids but, yes, I remember the bouffant skirt look and, no, I didn't push my kids into them.

Yikes, 40-50 years ago.


March 16, 2015 at 11:37 AM 
My sisters and I had these. We loved them!
No one else seemed to remember them. What wonderful memories we all have of our Mom getting them ready for us to wear at Easter.

June 21, 2015 at 10:11 AM 
I had a inflable slip I wish I still had it!!!

September 23, 2016 at 7:07 PM 
I wish I still had mine too. I loved it. Many have not heard of them; it would be fun to show them they really did exist!

January 23, 2017 at 6:45 PM 
I had one of these back in the late 50's but few of my friends remember them either. I found one on Etsy a couple of years ago and every now and then I'll see one on Ebay. I'd love to get my hands on one and show my daughter and grand daughter.

June 8, 2017 at 12:32 PM Wepa said...

I don't even know what caused me to think of the inflatable slip I had as a little girl. When I googled it, was delighted to see that others remembered having one as well. In this day and age it sounds pretty crazy to my adult children but blowing air into that inner tube and twirling around in the slip was such a pleasurable memory for me!

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