What a fun start of the morning, thanks Angela:-)
Krish, thanks very much, I had a feeling the comments would be "divided".
Ledonna - I loved it! The entire article and the author's positive attitude (and hearing about how her Mum is such an example to her) just made me happy. And these two paragraphs are so uplifting:
"I am now 36 years old.
During my most recent book tour, I wore, for the first time, clothes
that made me happy. My favorite outfit was a pair of ankara-print
shorts, a damask top, and yellow high-heel shoes. Perhaps it is the
confidence that comes with being older. Perhaps it is the good fortune
of being published and read seriously, but I no longer pretend not to
care about clothes. Because I do care. I love embroidery and texture. I
love lace and full skirts and cinched waists. I love black, and I love
color. I love heels, and I love flats. I love exquisite detailing. I
love shorts and long maxidresses and feminine jackets with puffy
sleeves. I love colored trousers. I love shopping. I love my two
wonderful tailors in Nigeria, who often give me suggestions and with
whom I exchange sketches. I admire well-dressed women and often make a point to tell them so. Just because. I dress now thinking of what I like, what I think fits and flatters, what puts me in a good mood. I
feel again myself—an idea that is no less true for being a bit
hackneyed.
I like to think of this, a little fancifully, as going back to my roots. I grew
up, after all, in a world in which a woman's seriousness was not
incompatible with an interest in appearance; if anything, an interest in
appearance was expected of women who wanted to be taken seriously."
