tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post2534490517692939258..comments2024-03-09T04:17:11.014-04:00Comments on One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once...: Style Question Wednesday: Literary FashionWendyMcLeodMacKnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-29628142983671355762013-03-27T20:37:18.489-03:002013-03-27T20:37:18.489-03:00OH those are great picks! I am especially partial...OH those are great picks! I am especially partial to Paddington! Imagine and if Paddington and Lisbeth had been on some adventure together, both of them looking for a home and all....<br /><br />"The Black Habit" - your mother was too witty! WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-8250626506937143082013-03-27T18:54:11.764-03:002013-03-27T18:54:11.764-03:00PICK ONE WMM, you got me again, I am rotten at pic...PICK ONE WMM, you got me again, I am rotten at picking a single fave. I think the most enduring part of my attempt at style that comes from lit did have an iconic moment around 1970. But am too young to actually remember it Love Story's Jennifer Cavalleri (well more Ali MacGraw now), the camel coat, the perfect white tee, the just-so black turtleneck. It actually wasn't very working class or college student. But in both book and movie, she always managed to look good without being a clothes horse. If Annie Hall came from a book, that would be it.<br /><br />Were I was 10 years younger I think I would have been very inspired by Lisbeth Salander's black/ leather/ mod meets grunge looks in both the Girl With...novels and the Rooney Mara movie version, more than Noomi Rapace's hoodies. Proof I think, at least, that well done wardrobe can be powerful, really reinvent what we think someone looks like.<br /><br />When it comes to outwear (wellies, coat, satchel) Paddington Bear is my enduring literary stylist, no question. The first book I remember making a massive style impression, Gone With the Wind. My mum used to actually tell me to stop dressing like Jane Eyre (dull, repetitive black interspersed with a bit of grey or brown) - known in the family back then as "the black habit."GetFreshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426579144685310371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-43061807096824720082013-03-27T18:10:28.868-03:002013-03-27T18:10:28.868-03:00I wouldn't toy with you! It is every 3 or 4 y...I wouldn't toy with you! It is every 3 or 4 years in Mankato! Google Betsy Tacy Society!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-15384943153802287092013-03-27T18:04:02.850-03:002013-03-27T18:04:02.850-03:00OMG- Is that a thing?OMG- Is that a thing?Pat Olskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122299121164106652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-86204256623684964472013-03-27T17:45:41.243-03:002013-03-27T17:45:41.243-03:00You and I have to go to the Betsy Tacy convention ...You and I have to go to the Betsy Tacy convention together!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-83049448032340858982013-03-27T16:22:34.346-03:002013-03-27T16:22:34.346-03:00Forgot one...I know I have mentioned it before on ...Forgot one...I know I have mentioned it before on your blog, but Betsy , Tacy and Tib-and TIb's clothes will always have a place in my heart.Pat Olskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122299121164106652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-61880561645228667862013-03-27T15:36:00.838-03:002013-03-27T15:36:00.838-03:00You and Zooey ARE sartorial twins for sure!You and Zooey ARE sartorial twins for sure!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-33613076423571543362013-03-27T13:24:46.460-03:002013-03-27T13:24:46.460-03:00I can't say I have ever thought about this, bu...I can't say I have ever thought about this, but I do find myself all "grabby handed" with TV and film wardrobes. I'm all about Zooey Deschanel's style with 4 or 5 more inches added to the hems. For all I know, she may be copying MY outfits :-)Anthro Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923838563131831044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-49001690092053424322013-03-27T12:25:18.297-03:002013-03-27T12:25:18.297-03:00DIdn;t she look great???DIdn;t she look great???WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-33515881794566930532013-03-27T12:24:46.150-03:002013-03-27T12:24:46.150-03:00Ohhhh - Loved that book and the movie!!!Ohhhh - Loved that book and the movie!!!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-39444091035021215412013-03-27T11:29:25.695-03:002013-03-27T11:29:25.695-03:00Love this post! Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde.Love this post! Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708265736473324024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-53074695810117902602013-03-27T09:47:55.848-03:002013-03-27T09:47:55.848-03:00Probably Isak Dinesen in "Out of Africa"...Probably Isak Dinesen in "Out of Africa". Interesting question W.KSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251064646063353242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-85039548889846797472013-03-27T09:11:43.859-03:002013-03-27T09:11:43.859-03:00I meant Reality Bites.I meant Reality Bites.inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621372181652727601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-91368651544983886822013-03-27T09:11:24.241-03:002013-03-27T09:11:24.241-03:00WWF,i totally forgot about her mermaids role!
Have...WWF,i totally forgot about her mermaids role!<br />Have you seen Reality Bits?inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621372181652727601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-28996267450758152142013-03-27T08:53:01.851-03:002013-03-27T08:53:01.851-03:00Loved all these books and especially was taken wit...Loved all these books and especially was taken with the All of a Kind Family!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-89359294447701207262013-03-27T08:36:42.940-03:002013-03-27T08:36:42.940-03:00SO grammatically incorrect. Sorry.SO grammatically incorrect. Sorry.Pat Olskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122299121164106652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-30001827123321186932013-03-27T08:35:32.588-03:002013-03-27T08:35:32.588-03:00MY first favorite book was called "Ann likes ...MY first favorite book was called "Ann likes Red" and it was about a little girl with red clothing. I guess I was always hooked on fashion. I loved Little House books,Mary and Laura doing needlework, and their blue and pink dresses, Little Women, with Amy dressed bandbox perfectly, and Anne of Green Gables remembering that Anne had to change her closet so it faced away from the sun. I also remeber a series called the All of A kind Family, and the middle sister had to tea dye the older sisters dress because she borrowed it, and spilled something on it. Yes- I was hooked at a young age.Pat Olskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122299121164106652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-71254955813007092192013-03-27T07:45:14.871-03:002013-03-27T07:45:14.871-03:00Whoops, meant to say Mermaids, but I also think He...Whoops, meant to say Mermaids, but I also think Heather is classic!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-82327625044869889982013-03-27T07:44:38.922-03:002013-03-27T07:44:38.922-03:00Funny - I always wanted a brown silk dress, too! ...Funny - I always wanted a brown silk dress, too! Isn't that neat that it worked for you? And Heathers is classics!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-8154156328498018742013-03-27T06:48:43.845-03:002013-03-27T06:48:43.845-03:00Is there a character somewhere, anywhere, named Ma...Is there a character somewhere, anywhere, named Martha Markdown? <br /><br />I do remember the excitement of young Laura Ingalls over a brown dress with buttons down the front and piping at the front and on the collar. It inspired me to insist on a brown silk dress with buttons and piping for a high school event, and magically the light brown, almost taupe color made my eyes look greener and smoothed out my complexion. I still remember how pretty I felt.<br /><br />I think some clothes are just spot magnets. I don't hurry to dispose of them, because I'm afraid something I like better will step up to assume the role of spot collector. In more formal times, Himself used to think of his ties as gastronomical memoirs. Now that guys eat out in their shirtsleeves, he's shocked - shocked! - to look in a mirror after a meal.<br /><br />Ina, I love "Mermaids"!wellfedfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118802089389931227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-91872053374424418292013-03-27T06:46:03.357-03:002013-03-27T06:46:03.357-03:00Okay we will put our minds back on this today and ...Okay we will put our minds back on this today and see what we can figure out!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-61938455131835980002013-03-27T06:45:01.989-03:002013-03-27T06:45:01.989-03:00That is so neat!That is so neat!WendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-7303081502947776972013-03-27T04:45:35.345-03:002013-03-27T04:45:35.345-03:00Thanks for all the answers to my question yesterda...Thanks for all the answers to my question yesterday,i still havent figured it out:(inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621372181652727601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140814948262466589.post-42916181260657653272013-03-27T04:45:00.587-03:002013-03-27T04:45:00.587-03:00I love little women and i love Winona Ryder.
This ...I love little women and i love Winona Ryder.<br />This is the perfect role for her.My favorite role of hers is in "The House of Spirits".<br />My daughter is named after her(Winona).inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621372181652727601noreply@blogger.com