https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:43:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2326183 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:24:33 +0000 Jenni NZ 2326183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article, thank you. I looked her up- she really got crucified after she wrote about Salinger but post Me Too it all seems rather different. I had only heard of his famous novel but have never read it. My reading choices are rather low-brow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325889 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:40:02 +0000 judy 2325889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good to read and hear about Joyce Maynard again.&nbsp; I looked forward to her column "Domestic Affairs" in my local paper each week in the 80's&nbsp; and have read her memoirs and some of her novels over the years. (Btw, she was actually already an accomplished writer when she published a cover story in the Times magazine while attending Yale, which is what put her on Salinger's radar and then he wrote her a letter).&nbsp; And yes, I need to see pictures of her wearing these three items!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325815 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 02:57:39 +0000 Jaime 2325815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Delightful! Too bad there are no illustrations! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325812 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 02:36:56 +0000 The Cat 2325812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting.<br /> I always start by choosing 3 or 4 items that I really want to bring with me. Colour- and style-wise, they will be my key items, and I aim to somehow match the rest of my travel wardrobe to them, alternatively pick neutral items that coordinate well with my key items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325788 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:54:30 +0000 Suz 2325788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh -- cool house (or compound) too, <b>Jenn</b>. I could handle that.&nbsp;</p> <p>Her sister is an acquaintance of mine. Former editor of Chatelaine magazine.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325784 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:32:17 +0000 Suz 2325784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that! The idea of 3 not-so-easy pieces is genius for the kinds of trips she does.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325765 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:36:50 +0000 Janet 2325765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RobinF, me too! I always hesitate to take my very favorite pieces on vacation for that reason, LOL.</p> <p>What a great piece. I enjoy her writing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325755 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:45:34 +0000 LJP 2325755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article . I cringed at the JD Salinger story - she’s written about it many times and I feel uncomfortable every time. That said , I so wish I was equipped with what it takes to collect great pieces this way .</p> <p>Ed: I also love her house . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325742 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:04:00 +0000 Star (Lise) 2325742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ooh I love her house&nbsp;<b>Jenn</b>.&nbsp; I had similar big wooden framed windows, doors and ceilings in my home in South Africa, and lots of light. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325738 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:55:35 +0000 RobinF 2325738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great story! I can't help but think "what if the luggage got lost" though!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325736 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:39:32 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2325736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joyce Maynard used to live quite near where I do in New Hampshire. If you look her up, you’ll see that she began her writing life as JD Salinger’s muuuuch younger lover. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325726 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:18:07 +0000 Jenn 2325726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic article. Thanks for sharing it! Incidentally, I went looking for a picture of Joyce Maynard in her boots, which I did not find, but I stumbled on this article about her house, which is basically my dream home:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://sf.curbed.com/2016/3/21/11277656/joyce-maynard-home">https://sf.curbed.com/2016/3/2.....ynard-home</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325717 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:16:35 +0000 Nadya 2325717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great idea! My next vacation is a casual hiking and sightseeing one, but I’m going to see if I can bring at least one beloved piece. Now to think about what those are! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325711 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:46:16 +0000 CarolS 2325711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous story! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325710 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:13:48 +0000 April 2325710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow.&nbsp; What a wonderful post, UL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325698 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 07:52:22 +0000 Star (Lise) 2325698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a cool story.&nbsp; Wish there was a pic of the boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/three-travel-pieces#post-2325695 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:55:24 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2325695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><br /></div><div>Now this is a woman with style!</div><div><br /></div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/joyce-maynard-when-you-travel-light-pack-just-3-items-you-love-69877390?st=dkt8mfe9z647jy2&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">https://www.wsj.com/articles/j.....e-69877390</a><br /><div><br /></div><div> <p><strong>IN MY MANY</strong>&nbsp;years of travel, I’ve never subscribed to the policy of packing “tried-and-true basics to mix and match.” I follow my own heart: Pack three items that invariably serve me well on the road.</p> <p>First off is a blue sequin dress. I bought it for $35 in a vintage store in Portland, Maine, back in the 1990s. The lining is silk—a shade of electric blue to match the sequins—and the label says Paris. This dress fits as though it had been made for me. Except for one thing: Zipping myself up is a challenge. Still, every time I put on my dress, I feel transported, wherever I am—freed briefly from the cloak of invisibility that women my age often seem to wear. When I’m in my little blue sequin number, it’s darned near impossible to write me off.</p> <p>My Lucchese cowboy boots with tooled roses are next. Purchased 30 years ago, resoled twice, they are still going strong. At the time I found them in Austin, Texas, they seemed an extravagance—$800—more than I had ever paid for an item of clothing.</p> </p> <p>But once I’d slipped my feet into the boots, I understood their worth. When I put them on I feel powerful. I could be a country singer stepping up to the microphone at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Wherever I wear them, women stop me on the street to ask where I got my boots.</p> <p>The final piece in my travel triumvirate is a trim vintage jacket. Perfectly cut. Velvet. Leopard print. I can wear it with anything, so long as I steer clear of desserts and bread. I always know when I put it on that I’m two croissants away from trouble. I appreciate the reminder.</p> <p>All three of these items share one quality: I’ve owned them for a long time. They are like old friends. They offer something valuable—a connection to every place I’ve ever been with them. Like official stamps on a passport page, they bring to mind memories of where I’ve been. More than that, the story of my life.</p> <p>Like the night I walked the red carpet at a film festival with my well-loved second husband, Jim, who died six years ago. Or when a photographer in Budapest was so enamored of my boots he had me pose—reclining in the middle of a busy street until the red light turned green.</p> <p>My handmade cowboy boots bring me back to the eve of my 43rd birthday, when I took a trip to pay a visit to a famous and powerful man decades older than me, who had courted me hard a full 25 years before, then hurt me worse than anyone ever had. I wasn’t wearing those boots when he dismissed me from his life, but I was wearing them, 25 years later, when I knocked on his door. The strength I felt to confront him that day no doubt came from within, but the boots surely helped.</p> <p>Sometimes when I travel, these items provide an entree into a new world that embraces me and welcomes me to join it. Some years ago, for a cross-country promotional tour with many stops—a different city every night—I needed an outfit that, if it didn’t make me look like a movie star, would allow me to feel like one. One night in St. Louis, the tour coincided with the monthly live appearance of a beloved St. Louis native at a club close to where I’d spoken earlier that night, wearing The Dress. We are speaking of Chuck Berry.</p> <div> <p>They are like old friends. They offer something valuable—a connection to every place I’ve ever been with them.</p> </div> <p>The great rock ’n’ roller was in his late 80s at this point, and he may not have been singing on key, but he still knew how to dance. He was wearing a red, white and blue sequined jacket, with one of his daughters alongside him in a sequined dress not unlike mine, but red. When she spotted me in the crowd, she invited me to come up onstage and dance with her and her father. Surely it was my blue dress that inspired their invitation.</p> <p>My three easy pieces don’t always make life easier on the road. By the end of that tour, the week of hotel meals (not to mention the barbecue in Kansas City) had taken effect. The task of zipping up the sequin dress was getting tougher. I hit on the idea of stretching it over a wastebasket padded with pillows in my hotel room. That helped and I could slide the zipper up again, and still breathe, though a second challenge—taking off my cowboy boots—had me lying on the floor with one leg in the air, wishing for a boot jack.</p> <p>I’m writing this now from Paris, having been invited to begin a new book during a residency above the legendary Shakespeare and Co. In line with another travel commandment—travel light!—I brought my boots. I might spend much of my day at my desk, but at sunset, I want to walk along the Seine, or explore the Latin Quarter, and I’ll be wearing my rose boots. Wherever I go, people look at my feet. Then they meet my eyes and smile. I smile back.</p> <p><em>Joyce Maynard’s most recent novel, published last month, is “The Bird Hotel” (Arcade)</em></p> </p> <p></p> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p>