It’s a fact that I am, have been, surrounded by very strong
women.
These women are touchstones for every aspect of my life: home,
academic, style, philosophy and love etc. I don’t make this statement as a
detriment to the men in my life just I look to these women as beacons to
compare my own life with, especially as I start to realise I’m doing alright.
As I’ve mentioned before in this Blog, I’m still searching
for a style niche. I’m regarded as being fashion aware and if someone I work
with was to describe me they’d say: “funny, glam, stubborn and booky” (I’m not
conceited, I just asked a work colleague and that is what he bravely said-from
the other side of the desk). However, if I ever have to do something official,
important or difficult I have a guise that I don. Black, red lips/nails,
pearls and/or bling. This is me, as much as Earl Grey tea, listening to Billie
Holiday, scrawly handwriting, over usage of the word ‘lovely’ or love of dusty
bookshops. The women I look to and return to for confirmation are pictured
above, each unique and terribly glamorous.
I sometimes sit at my dressing table
methodically brushing my hair only to say to the ‘Art man’ if only I looked
like Wallis/Blow/Coco. To which he’ll respond: ‘they had money and other people
to do things for them’ whilst this is true and I thank the ‘Art man’ for his truth,
I still wonder what I can do to rub a little of their magic on me. So I’ve
found a compromise….Ms Hepburn.
Simple in her taste and style; kind with her words and
loving to her family. Now that’s the role model for me.
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