Ines de la Fressange is the daughter of a Marquess, face of Chanel, runway model and muse to Roger Vivier. As if that isn’t enough for one person in one lifetime, she is also the author of a bestselling book; Parisian Chic – A Style Guide. I was taking copious notes right up until the point where she declared that ‘many women think they look better in heels, but this is quite wrong’ (apparently ballet flats are the ‘chois...
“BIG MISTAKE…Big… HUGE!” This morning I came across a Joan Rivers’ quote: “Never let a panty line show around your ankle.” So… and this is a profound thought… some women go shopping… so that they can wear the clothes they bought last time they went shopping…to pretend to shop. Think about it. Everyone knows you can’t look like you’re airbrushed after you’ve tried to buy a pair of jeans in Barneys. Finding the perfect pair of jeans is the...
This morning I discovered that I had been the victim of fraud, rather than a victim of my usual cavalier accounting methods. Someone had dined out at my expense at Denny’s. Fortunately the bank spotted that this would not be my restaurant of choice and blocked the card. Now this is where being a writer comes in handy…everything is material. My head was racing… How do you spend a hundred dollars at Denny’s? I wondered. There’s a lack of creative imagination for...
It’s raining here this morning. Okay I know it’s October, but you have to understand that Californians have a pathological fear of getting wet unless we’re at the ocean or in the pool. We have mudslides and flooding, but you will rarely hear that from us. We’re in denial. I was in Wholefoods at seven o’clock, carefully negotiating my way around the hazard signs that were already causing a hazard. California is a litigious part of the planet and...