Sunday, May 21, 2006

fashion vs. style


classy and fabulous
Originally uploaded by Needleworks, Inc..
This little lady doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. In fact, she's having a bit of an identity crisis. At first she imagined herself as something exotic and delectable. Then she thought she should be more lady-like. She really can't decide.

On thing is for certain is that she lives by the words of the brilliant Coco Chanel, who said, "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."

"Rebecca, " she said to me pleadingly. "I don't want to be a faux fur collar. I want to be something fashionable. Something stylish."

"My dear," I responded. "Fashion fades, only style remains the same." (We both love quoting Ms. Chanel, what can I say?)

I feel for her identity crisis. I really do. She is lovely and sumptuously colored, but she longs to be something more enduring. Something classic. Something that I will love for all time and never look at and say, "What was I thinking?"

Something like this little jacket.

We have a lot of soul searching to do. We have to find just the right path for this little one. She deserves it. And so do I.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just listen to her, whatever you do. She'll be classy and fabulous, no worries.