[2newyorkers]

Originally Posted by mac9

Here is a website that sells patterns for birdie blouses.My happy sewing place...: McCall 764: The Birdie Blouse

This is not the blouse I meant. Do you remember the blouse Ann Margaret wore in Bye Bye Birdie when she went to the dance club? It exposed your stomach and had ruffles on the front. Maybe it was a Long Island thing to call the blouse a birdie.