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"A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman,
but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination."
-Prabal Gurung

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From an article about the influence of fashion bloggers in last Friday's Wall Street Journal:

"'The idea of who has style is the most democratic it's ever been
and that's why the muse is more democratic,'

says Amanda Brooks, who worked with Tuleh, a label known for its feminine vintage-inspired pieces."

(Amanda was one of my sightings at Barney's during Fashion's Night Out)

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Here I am, posting again before my weekend trip. I just can't stop myself. I DO love blogging.

Anyway, I'm back to share a sweet little story.

Last night it was starting to rain and I opened my very large umbrella. I walked by a group of people standing on the sidewalk and one of them observed "That's a big umbrella." Then his friend said, "Yesterday I saw the prettiest girl with the biggest umbrella," to which the first person responded ,"What a GREAT phrase!"

And indeed. Isn't that a nice mental image?

"The Prettiest Girl with the Biggest Umbrella."

Sounds like a dream Sartorialist photo, or a snippet of a Bill Cunningham montage.

Pleasant and ladylike and perfect. The next time it rains, that's who I plan to be.
Cxx.

While we're quoting people wiser than ourself...

Despite my recent blog posts indicating the contrary...I'm not one of those people who spends my days spouting adages. From my experience, you can quote other people until you're blue in the face but it ultimately doesn't change the fact that at the end of the day you have to live your life according to the circumstances at hand.

Nevertheless, I think it's important to be able to summarize general approaches to life; the simpler, the better.

My dear friend TAG says you should be able to identify your wardrobe aesthetic in 3 words. (For the record, her adjectives are Classic, Feminine, and Preppy.)

I think there should be a similarly straight forward way to identify a life philosophy.

I grew up attending a non-Denominational Christian church. While I no longer ascribe to those beliefs, I am nevertheless a product of my upbringing. One of my favorite Biblical quotations, one that frequently plays in my mind, is from John 4:17:

"Any man who knows the good he ought to do,
but doesn't do it,
sins."

You don't have to be Christian, or even religious, to understand why this should matter. For any citizen of the world, I think it's a great mantra.

The other day, a phrase I used to love but haven't thought about in years popped into my head. This one is definitely more universal, and everyone would do well to think about it each time you prepare to make a decision:

"DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU,
AS LONG AS IT DON'T HURT NOBODY."
-Elvis Presley

Hubba Hubba.
Boy, am I glad it's Thursday.
Cxx.

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Valentino, to NY Magazine:

"And now, all of the designers are doing the eighties. I hate the eighties. I did it, and I hate it. When I go to see my dresses of the eighties, I vomit.”