Can you eat in your clothes? No, I'm not on any non-prescription drugs and this is a very serious question. The story so far...
I have a pale pink Dior skirt purchased in June pre-season, which I love. High-waisted, superbly shaped and below the knee. I wore it in Leeds to a couple of dinners. Yes, a speck of chocolate dessert fell off my napkin. So on my return to London I hot-footed it to South London to my cleaners. Cleaned, I picked up the skirt only to be asked, "What was the stain?" Chocolate, I replied. "No, it can't be - we got that out." And yes, that stain they had removed. But towards the bottom of the skirt at the front there appeared a mystery stain that I had absoloutely no recollection of. So now, after numerous opinions and thoughts I'm going to have a flower design embroidered and sequinned over the stain - my homage to the Dior embroidery and sequinning this season. And as I can't get it done in Paris, I'm on the hunt for someone to do it (just found the Royal School of Needlework- hopefully they can help me).
Back to the title. As all this was going through my head I realised that I also have a pale lilac, silk new cocktail dress which will be getting it's next airing this week and I'm positive this dress will be going NOWHERE NEAR FOOD! To my dear friends who witnessed the first outing of my lilac dress,
well - it was a Joy To Wear and so complimented! Also, as I spoke of
earlier, the trials and tribulations of eating in clothes - I was so
careful - the dress and I came away with a totally clean slate - result! And then I remembered my new pale pink and yellow jumper that on it's first outing got a drop of red wine on the sleeve as a drip from the bottle when my glass was being poured at dinner. My hostess wanted to buy me a new one but I felt it wasn't right to allow her to replace it. A trip to my South London Cleaners was undertaken with much speed. So now I've discovered why everyone in fashion is so thin - they never eat or go anywhere near food in their clothes for fear of stains. Come to think about it, my summer dry-cleaning bills are so huge, and what with white being everywhere next spring I better start saving. Although a thought juts occurred to me - can I get someone to make me a full-length clear plastic apron coat that I can slip on so you can see my outfit whilst I'm eating but I'll never stain another item of clothing. Because I can't pretend to eat or not eat at all, dressed up. So I think this is my only solution. With my dry-cleaning bills the way they are, just think - if I didn't have tyem I could probably start buying Couture.
Happy Days...
PS: I'm going to use this blog to apologise to you all. Why? I hear you ask. What can Francine have done to produce such actions?! Well, dear readers, I missed a footwear trend. Not possible! Well, yes it is and has happened in my own back yard, so to speak. We start off with the concept of "boots", yes. No - that's not it. These, dear friends, are climbing boots. Yes, you read that correctly - climbing boots. I went to to a drinks/dinner party this week at the home of my great super-stylish friend. In her own home she had finished off her outfit with climbing boots. These are no ordinary climbing boots, but Marc Jacobs climbing boots. Now, I really didn't understand on the evening, or get a very good look at them (too many people around) but when my Bible, American Vogue arrived the next morning I, with great delight, began to flick through and yes - you guessed it, the first fashion spread had the climbing boot all over it. Forgive me for this oversight. I'm going to try a pair on for you and report back. I should point out that many years ago when the Timberland craze hit, of course I bought a pair. Stil have them. They're almost pristine. So uncomfortable (to me unattractive). I think I may have worn them twice. So don't let's hold our breath for me to buy climbing boots. But ignore this trend at your peril! Just remember - they're not real climbing boots, but achieve great heights in anything, the right footwear is never the wrong decision.
Happy Shopping!
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