tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post364829425586114921..comments2024-03-14T16:03:32.434-04:00Comments on Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing: Madeleine's Hosiery: A Top Secret Retro Lingerie Store in QueensGertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04314542159287533507noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-67799076129110131612013-03-21T05:17:23.519-04:002013-03-21T05:17:23.519-04:00Thanks for the great sharing! These sexy Wholesale...Thanks for the great sharing! These sexy <a href="http://www.sammydress.com/Wholesale-Hosiery-c-17.html" rel="nofollow">Wholesale Hosiery</a> was given to me for new hope this past year and it has gotten some heavy use. Thus an idea began to blossom.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943322861664370081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-65821544368947590442012-08-28T12:48:01.839-04:002012-08-28T12:48:01.839-04:00I decided today to start reading your blog from th...I decided today to start reading your blog from the beginning, and came upon this post...and then I saw the photo! Madelein's?! I live a few minutes from there! Haha! You used to live in Astoria, too! :D And yes, most of the stores around here are like that, don't take photos, and are unwilling to give information. It's just NYC, I suppose...Caerphillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092619307263596888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-60463670723560951682012-08-05T08:56:38.308-04:002012-08-05T08:56:38.308-04:00I live in Astoria and love this place. Maybe they ...I live in Astoria and love this place. Maybe they want to keep their privacy for their customer's sake. You say that you were just doing a blog on the history of the place and snapping pictures but maybe they thought you were lying. It's hard to trust people at timesKikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-73527863913699344952009-08-07T04:20:07.168-04:002009-08-07T04:20:07.168-04:00I lived in Astoria for several years and I CANNOT ...I lived in Astoria for several years and I CANNOT believe I never passed by this shop. I agree with the comment above that maybe they don't want actual customers because then they'd have to locate new stock and couldn't be the fantastic retro undie time capsule that they are. <br />I love your blog by the way -- it's very inspiring because I've been contemplating sewing dresses from vintage patterns I have.Catherine Shuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759711296632260503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-46827375017367047452009-07-21T07:51:13.029-04:002009-07-21T07:51:13.029-04:00Good morning Gertie, Perhaps they don't want m...Good morning Gertie, Perhaps they don't want more customers. Consider this; the stock is shrinking, so there may be nowhere to get fresh items (A 24" girdle? Yes dears, everyone, regardless of the numbers wore a girdle. You weren't dressed without one) I wore stockings, not pantyhose and would love to find them for my over-the-hill calves. The ones I preferred were silk, which now run about $50.00 and up, mostly up. Large cotton panties, you betcha, those very heavy older women are modest and need someone who will have the sizes they need. Had you looked further, I'd bet the farm you would have found all-cotton, with circle-stitched DDD+ cups, bras with four hook backs. <br />What this store most likely feared were comments that would hold their less-than-size 2/over sixty/unfashionable customers up to ridicule. Those customers are loyal shoppers and the store cares to keep their custom. I say, "Good for them" NehmahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-53765305468406785792009-07-15T18:15:33.818-04:002009-07-15T18:15:33.818-04:00How utterly disappointing! I would love to have a ...How utterly disappointing! I would love to have a shop like that here in Richmond, VA. We have some decent vintage clothing shops but nothing like that. I have an idea...call to find out when the manager will be there and show up armed with a plate of home-baked brownies and a big smile and tell them you want to help them make more money by writing a wonderful review of the shop and telling all your friends about it. If they pass up free marketing/promotions then they're idiots!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352397730365845446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-47811917567832227982009-07-15T10:49:52.115-04:002009-07-15T10:49:52.115-04:00This story cracks me up. Don't you wonder how...This story cracks me up. Don't you wonder how some places stay in business with service like that?Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509701797671179274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-52156463757212542132009-07-15T07:38:32.462-04:002009-07-15T07:38:32.462-04:00So weird! I'm a conspiracy theorist, so I thin...So weird! I'm a conspiracy theorist, so I think it's obviously a gang hangout :)mjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270657379178402124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259455441759015869.post-10893788684562231792009-07-15T06:19:57.083-04:002009-07-15T06:19:57.083-04:00Wow, what a pity! What with all the retro-comebac...Wow, what a pity! What with all the retro-comeback a la Mad Men, a store that specialises like this could really cash in.... get themselves a web presence/online ordering, a blog.... too bad Mr Manager wasn't in Gertie, you could have pitched him some sort of an idea to run a blog for him ;o)EmilyKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202548680341378684noreply@blogger.com