Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Fishing for shadows in a pool

One of the things I love about the style blogs - and there are many, many things - is the small window the blogger allows you to peer through to see edited highlights of  their day or week. It's very easy to form an instant picture of a person who gives you just a tiny handful of clues about themselves every day. 


Today was a busy day for me and one I dressed for very carefully. I had a couple of very important engagements and wanted to present a very specific, conservative yet not entirely memorable image of myself. When the engagements were over I was busy at my desk and spent almost the entire afternoon with the phone wedged between my ear and shoulder while I typed emails. 


But it was good-busy and I felt very productive. My learned friend and his camera, therefore, chanced upon me in a great mood. I want to try something different, I told him, can I see what the photos might look like if I look down? 


They look like this - a tousled haired woman in an an Anna Thomas silk-cotton blouse, a Warner's cami, Veronika Maine silk-cotton pencil skirt and Aerosoles pumps. 


My learned friend cracked a fine stream of clever jokes about my method acting. 
I thought my response showed off the blouse perfectly. 

5 comments:

  1. Very nice. You created the impression you aimed for.

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  2. I'm so very intrigued by your sartorial goals for this day. I'm also looking forward to more views of this excellent skirt.

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  3. That's a lovely blouse - I like the picture of you cracking up.

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  4. Thank you Shy! Te photo makes me laugh every time I see it.

    A-Dubs, my boss was in the news today so I had to look tidy but invisible. You will see more of the skirt as long as I keep writing a blog - it works very hard.

    Thank you Sheila! My favourite pictures on blogs are always the blogger laughing. It's so human, and reminds me how close I am to their day-to-day experiences.

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  5. Oh, I so dislike photos in style blogs in which the perpetrator resolutely looks DOWN. Why do they do this? Is it to hide the face? If so, why have a blog? I'm glad that in your photos you look into the camera and smile. Or giggle, as is the case here.

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