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Women And Fountain Pen
#1
Posted 09 October 2009 - 21:08
I have been throught a lots of topics here and I have not seen topic about this lovely subject.
Talking about history of fashion and pens, i'm surprised not to find many informations about how women used to wear fountain pens around their neck ( i have not seen yet any real picture of this ).
It is an open topic !
Why and when this trend stopped?
Who launched it?
If you are a woman reading this line, would you wear your pen as in the 30's?
and now?
Have you seen any evolution on design or functionnality for women market?
A huge hello from the most romantic place on earth,Paris :-)
Best
Jean Elie
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#2
Posted 09 October 2009 - 21:54
I've been wearing a VP (Pilot Capless) with gold trim, clipped to my neckline. I don't usually wear a necklace but I think it is nice to wear a pen with a bit of gold showing to catch the light. Because it is capless it is secure and won't leak on my clothes. I would have trouble wearing other pens.
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#3
Posted 09 October 2009 - 21:58
So you are from the one still doing it now, great !
You are right about leaking problems.
Thank you very much et merci encore pour ce délicieux petit mot en français :-)
Best
Jean Elie
#5
Posted 10 October 2009 - 16:20
AbE:
The other thing I remember is my grandmother and great aunt with their 'purse pens'. They had a small purse where they kept their calling cards, a few note cards, some stamps and coins and their pen.
Edited by jar, 10 October 2009 - 16:22.
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#6
Posted 10 October 2009 - 16:48
That s a surprise for me! i ve always been told that ring top were for women only, thank you for this !
#7
Posted 10 October 2009 - 20:59
#8
Posted 11 October 2009 - 01:13
through the ring on the cap. All that a woman had to do was unscrew
the pen from the cap,write whatever she was going to write and screw
the pen back into the cap. She wore it like a pendant around her neck.
John
#9
Posted 11 October 2009 - 09:10
By the way, if someone could upload advertising or real picture showing a woman with a pen around the neck it could be great :-)
Thank you.
#10
Posted 23 January 2010 - 11:09
Edited by Iranna, 23 January 2010 - 11:13.


#11
Posted 23 January 2010 - 13:11
#12
Posted 23 January 2010 - 14:03
Debbie
Hello friends,
I have been throught a lots of topics here and I have not seen topic about this lovely subject.
Talking about history of fashion and pens, i'm surprised not to find many informations about how women used to wear fountain pens around their neck ( i have not seen yet any real picture of this ).
It is an open topic !
Why and when this trend stopped?
Who launched it?
If you are a woman reading this line, would you wear your pen as in the 30's?
and now?
Have you seen any evolution on design or functionnality for women market?
A huge hello from the most romantic place on earth,Paris :-)
Best
Jean Elie
#13
Posted 24 January 2010 - 15:41
Sharon in Indiana
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." Earnest Hemingway
#14
Posted 25 January 2010 - 16:02
Regards,
Richard
#15
Posted 29 January 2010 - 23:11
But my taste leans towards MB 146 sized pens, so they are pretty impossible to wear as a necklace.
#16
Posted 01 February 2010 - 05:22
==========================The only pen I have ever worn as a pendant is the M400 White Tortoise as it is small and light enough to do so. Some co-workers actually think it is a pendant!
But my taste leans towards MB 146 sized pens, so they are pretty impossible to wear as a necklace.
The Pelikan M400, you wear as pendant? Seems long for a pendant, but you are right, it is very light. Does the cap ever come undone?
#17
Posted 01 February 2010 - 13:17
#18
Posted 03 February 2010 - 03:04
==========================The only pen I have ever worn as a pendant is the M400 White Tortoise as it is small and light enough to do so. Some co-workers actually think it is a pendant!
But my taste leans towards MB 146 sized pens, so they are pretty impossible to wear as a necklace.
The Pelikan M400, you wear as pendant? Seems long for a pendant, but you are right, it is very light. Does the cap ever come undone?
I find myself fiddling to check on that cap. It stays closed but it always feels like it's about to fall.
My jewelry tends to single statement pieces worn with black clothes. So the M400 fits right in.
Nice signature! I am an INTJ.
#19
Posted 10 February 2010 - 03:52
Hello friends,
I have been throught a lots of topics here and I have not seen topic about this lovely subject.
Talking about history of fashion and pens, i'm surprised not to find many informations about how women used to wear fountain pens around their neck ( i have not seen yet any real picture of this ).
It is an open topic !
Why and when this trend stopped?
Who launched it?
If you are a woman reading this line, would you wear your pen as in the 30's?
and now?
Have you seen any evolution on design or functionnality for women market?
A huge hello from the most romantic place on earth,Paris :-)
Best
Jean Elie
#20
Posted 10 February 2010 - 03:53
Hello friends,
I have been throught a lots of topics here and I have not seen topic about this lovely subject.
Talking about history of fashion and pens, i'm surprised not to find many informations about how women used to wear fountain pens around their neck ( i have not seen yet any real picture of this ).
It is an open topic !
Why and when this trend stopped?
Who launched it?
If you are a woman reading this line, would you wear your pen as in the 30's?
and now?
Have you seen any evolution on design or functionnality for women market?
A huge hello from the most romantic place on earth,Paris :-)
Best
Jean Elie