Having shirts dry-cleaned is a habit I picked up off Manhattan Brother. After spending many years perfecting the 'front-only' ironing technique, the grab-and-go potential of a freshly laundered shirt feels like a natural progression. I bet Donna Tartt gets her huge collection of white shirts professionally cleaned. I'm finding her buttoned-up, androgynous style, quite chic at the moment. I admire her no-nonsense approach to fashion. Anyone read The Goldfinch yet?
Oh, how I would love to come to the Mirror, Mirror conference to hear you speak and to see/meet Ari Cohen.
ReplyDeleteI have a book to recommend to you, and although it might be too late for you to use in your talk, it IS one of the best books on fashion/being seen/what the heck clothes are REALLY for, that I have ever seen. It is called "The Thoughtful Dresser" by Linda Grant. I've just finished the chapter "The Cloak of Invisibility" which is SO on the money! It talks about the 60s cult of youth-worship, and what happens now that us baby boomers are "the old folks." I think you would enjoy reading it, even if you can't get it in time for your talk.
Personally, people tell me I'm glamorous, which I take to be a real compliment. I think the biggest contributing factor to that is just that I pay attention to what I wear, and when I see people I smile at them as though they are the most fabulous person I have ever seen. I can truthfully tell you, I never feel invisible.
Good luck for the night!
Rosemary from
www.foreveronthecatwalkoflife.blogspot.com
I can not make yor event, know it will be good! In answer to your question I am reading question reading The Goldfinch this very moment for me a definite page turner.
ReplyDeleteI just had a flash of feeling really stupid...I always dry clean my husband's shirts and just never considered doing mine...I think that is going to change this week!! Thanks for your sweet words earlier today on my blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosemary - and yes that's a brilliant book. Will have another quick read before my talk tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the talk! I love Donna Tartt's look, but I fear it would be entirely too high maintenance for me - everything about it is immaculate!
ReplyDeleteGoldfinch is book at bedtime at the moment on BBC Radio 4
ReplyDeleteRosemary - I used a quote from The Thoughtful Dresser in my talk! Thanks for reminding me what a fab book it is.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading The Goldfinch now - it was the first thing I put on my new Kindle. As with Donna Tartt's other books, this one hooks you quickly and then pulls you along - and along, and along. It's easy to fall into her reading and not want to put the book down, but it's not so tense that you feel anxious all the time. I loved her other books, and I look forward to getting a new one from her each decade!
ReplyDeleteI love that photo of her, which I also saw on Amazon. Fabulous style!
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