Great quote, given to me by Lori:
“Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.”
Yves Saint Laurent
The funny thing was it came in a little envelope with a note saying it reminded her of me. But when I pulled it out of the envelope this is what I read:
Making a difference in our environment is as simple as driving a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Huh? I looked at it and looked at it, until I finally turned the magazine clipping over. Who would have thought there’d be little statements like that printed on both sides of the page? lol
I find that important in whatever I’m wearing. The main thing I do is “Quick, what do I see first?”
It needs to be my face and neck area.
I’ll tell you what I’ve been shopping for in summer dresses, though: maternity dresses! No, don’t
congratulate me or call the Guinness Book of Records. They fit closely at top, the empire line
actually sits under my bust, the rest of it floats away and keeps me cool, yet I can look very
dressed and stylishly demure. The first one I found is a dark navy sleeveless with a vee neck – but not too low a vee because I hate camis – with an all over print of very small white styllized flowers. I got inspired by the Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style where they suggested this kind of print in the gamine section. It’s my new favorite dress. It isn’t so hot here yet as to need it but need it I will.
One other kind of dress that I would like is something with a little ladylike authority. I was
thinking of a coatdress. Remember those?
I have actually been thinking about something similar to that lately – just that maternity dresses are so cute, why couldn’t they be worn by anybody that they fit correctly?
It seems like we are overdue for a comeback on coatdresses and the like.
YSL could say that because his dresses were exquistely made. I’d say what is important is fit.
Since maternity dresses are usually tent styles, they could be worn by anyone who can handle this volume. It’s almost impossible to find a swingy loose style (that is not way above the knee) in any other department! But is “demure” is an effect achievable by anyone past childbearing age?
re coatdresses; a good coatdress is tailored, and the tailoring adds to the cost to produce. That’s why you see so many dolman sleeves: cheap to make.
One dress look I really don;t get is the slipdress with a tee beneath. Looks clumsy and destroys the lightness of the dress.
psst, Duchesse, I’m sexy. We also don’t have a car and I walk everywhere or take public transportation and live in an urban ghetto. I dress modestly, always, and never wear, for example, sprayed on jeans. I don’t buy jeans for how they make my butt look as women are said to. If I wear more form-revealing clothing, then it’s on the occasion I am walking briskly somewhere. In my neighborhood, I don’t notice any other women wearing skirts other than an occasional
very short, tight one. Women who wear skirts are considered probably “working.” I wear knee length skirts or longer if I want to feel graceful. I don’t wear straight skirts because I want the mobility. Same for high heels.
Besides, – I read your blog – we have very different styles though are the same age. I’m more
girlish and mischievous. And sometimes tomboyish in my. feminine-leaning “costumes.” I play at it.
That is too funny! (And a good point by YSL.)