Does anyone wear a muff anymore? Know what one is?

[bobbieinok]

Vaguely remember having one as a little girl in the 40s.

Read on internet they were common in US until the 50s.

[rzemanfl]

1. I remember girls using them in the '50s. I will bravely search the word on Amazon.

Being a guy and all that.

[still_one]

2. What is the difference between a scarf and a muffler?

This assumes you are not referring the muffler that absorbs sound from the noise of an engine, because that would be very uncomfortable to wear I suspect

[elleng]

9. Not muffLER, but MUFF.

See pics below.

[still_one]

10. Thanks

[elleng]

11. OK!!!

[still_one]

12. I actually did mix it up, so thanks for the correction and heads up

[whathehell]

3. I don't know if anyone wears them anymore..

but I had one as a four year old in the early 1950's.

[rzemanfl]

4. They are still for sale-

https://www.amazon.com/Wed2BB-Faux-Hand-Muffs-Women/dp/B016NQ59L4/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=muff&qid=1553985605&s=gateway&sr=8-3

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I always had s muff from late 40s thru the 50s. I haven't seen

one in a while.

[hlthe2b]

6. Just searching on Amazon for muff yields at least a dozen...

Frankly, I could see one coming in handy at a very cold football game.

[shraby]

7. I had one as a little girl too.

I felt sooo elegant.
Mine had a ribbon or something like that. It went around my neck so it wouldn't drop on the ground.

[elleng]

8. Yes, had one in the 40s.

Actually have a picture of me with it!!!

[Itchinjim]

13. I don't wear them but I dive into them occasionally

Somebody had to say it.

[Arazi]

14. Most pullover sweatshirts have a front pocket zone that acts as a muff

[Arkansas Granny]

15. I remember having one as a little girl. The only place I've seen them lately is

in knitting pattern magazines. I haven't actually seen one in use for decades.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. I had one or two as a little girl in the 1950s.

They are hugely impractical, because it's kind of like having your hands in handcuffs. Soft, fuzzy, but still handcuffs of a sort.

Gloves are more practical.

[ProudLib72]

18. That's what I think too

Very impractical. Gloves make more sense. Evidently, heavier gloves were not stylish enough for women back in the day?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. It's really more connected to women

being made helpless in various ways. A lot of women's clothing does that. High heels are a good example.

I have worn high heels myself, both when required for a job (yes, they were) or because I liked them with a particular outfit. But when I see a movie with a woman wearing six inch stiletto heels while walking all over NYC, I know I'm seeing that because the males who are making the movie are fetishizing that.

[ProudLib72]

20. Or foot binding!

I've been watching Marco Polo on Netflix, and there are some scenes of binding a young girl's feet (and what it will take to undo the damage).

So I will agree with you about making women helpless to one extreme or another.

[bobbieinok]

23. Read somewhere high heels started with male French aristocrats in17th ? century

Found that really odd.

[tblue37]

26. Before even that, Mongol warriors wore "high heels" to anchor their feet as

they rode. Notice that cowboy boots are also "high heels."

[sarge43]

29. Louie 14 was on the short size, so high heels

If Lew had worn a tutu and fish net hose, the rest of the court fanboys would have.

[KT2000]

17. tried to make a fur one

for a doll outfit. Failed - it was impossible to turn inside out.
Had one as a kid but found it impractical as I needed my hands to function. I thought it was just for standing still for a picture or something.

[Leith]

21. I had one in the early 60s

A hand-me-down. Unlike gloves and mittens, it really kept my hands warm while inside it. A muff would be good for when watching a football game or some outside winter sport.

[akraven]

22. Lots more comfy than gloves!

Alaska chiming in - yeah, we still do.

[Coventina]

24. I had one as a kid in the 70s. n/t

[tblue37]

25. No, because women need their hands to actually do things like open doors and

carry bags. A muff "hobbles" the hands, so we wear gloves instead. When women sat there and waited for men to do all those little hand necessities for them, they could use a muff.

[Runningdawg]

27. Yeah I wear/use one

It's actually a 2 for 1 - it's a purse too. I wear it in the winter when I am dressed nicely and don't want to carry and purse and gloves. I have a matching hat as well. A friend brought them to me from Yugoslavia in the 90's.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

28. You mean these?????

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To keep the hands warm?

[MFM008]

30. I has one in the 60s

[Iris]

31. I had one as a child - late 60s/early 70s

Wished for one this past winter.

[customerserviceguy]

32. With the advent of the smartphone

and the seemingly constant need to use them that many people have, this is a fashion trend that is not coming back any time soon.

[deek]

33. Oh yes!

I'm 61 am remember having a white rabbit fur one when I was a child. Who knows if it was really white rabbit fur? God I hope not!