Shape-Shifting

What is happening out there?! On Monday, I was all about making this letter about the search for being the slimmest shape (without being skin and bone), oh-so-fashionable for us women at present. Then, I read in The Times, about Professor David Bainbridge who has written a book called Curveology. He has discovered (not news to us) that full-hipped women are what has kept society going and can produce the brightest offspring... (Beyonce and KKW for shape's best examples). Anyone with a beautiful, generous bottom will of course agree. That evening I went to the Dior show for the new summer season. Full-bustled skirts, but with huge exaggerated backsides - see KKW selfies of her backside and you'll understand the shape, only magnified 100%.

So what's the story, morning glory? What's the word, Hummingbird? I don't know. The Louis Vuitton Show last night did not exaggerate anything, except the need to be sooooo slim and very young. Well, I'll never be young again and although I have been very very slim in my life, it's not I think going to happen again. And at my age, that slim can really have very adverse effects on one's face. In fact, make the bearer look much, much older despite all the botox, fillers, neck lifts etc. I don't want my body to resemble that of a young boy, with the face of (... I'll let you fill that in.).

So the answer is - slim, with a huge bottom. And the old fear of "Does my bum look big in this?" has turned 360 degrees. It is now something to be flattered by instead of feared. You do know that instead of having our busts made bigger, now it's a bottom-enhancement that is the most desired. Which still leads me the dilemma - what body-shape? Well, you'll be thrilled to hear I've thought about this dilemma for... all of 25 seconds! Surely that's enough time? And I've decided that I'm perfect for me. OK, a few pounds lighter is always a wish and some days it happens. And then I go out and I'm back where I started. But the thing I stopped doing years ago was getting weighed. I could let the numbers at my feet, really control my mood, my day, my life - no more! Now I have my small trousers and skirt. That's all I need. I just try them on and see how they fit and go from there.

In a not all together unrelated topic (shape-shifting of sorts) my sequinned sleeves came back mid-week, turning a skirt into a short polo top, yoke and sleeves (sequinned). See what I mean? I wore it to the aforementioned LV trunk show and a woman came up to me and said, "I must tell you, I just love your top! Where's it from?" To which a friend of mine said, "It's Dior couture!" (I did not say that). "Well," said the woman, "I could tell - it's so beautiful." My friend knew it was my tribute to the Esprit Dior show and we both enjoyed the complement. Alina is the one to thank and I'm thankful every day that I have a talent like her in my iPhone contacts.

So remember, one's shape can always change but a Couture Alterationist is for life!

Happy Shopping!

F  XX

The beauty of a sequinned sleeve.