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fashion me this
February 5, 2007 at 6:16 pm
oh gosh this is just darling
that old lady is so adorable and looks so wonderfully put together (ok despite the full-on leopard, she went a bit overboard) she actually pulls off the leopard well, in a way.
plus i just love her expression that she needs to go somewhere and get there fast.
The Prophet
February 5, 2007 at 6:42 pm
love her!
Mae Zetterling
February 5, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Oh dear, how much I loved your blog… could never be said.
I will keep on visiting.
mwa-mwah!
Rafe Totengco
February 5, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Wow talk about “head to foot total look”. So eccentrique and so audacious! She gets away with it because she’s 80 something. Can you just imagine what she was like when she was in her 20s? Meow!
Nan
February 5, 2007 at 6:59 pm
This photo is my very, very favorite of all. You have truly touched me.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 7:05 pm
She makes me smile and is the type of lady you want to carry bags for while talking to her about “stuff.”
mltt
morning_champagne
February 5, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Oh she’s beautiful! The white stockings pull this look together so well.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 7:44 pm
This lovely woman simply screams the word “cute”!
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Do not let this woman loose in Kenya. She’s liable to get shot.
lucianamalta
February 5, 2007 at 8:04 pm
“Such a presence, such charisma – she is no doubt very stylish”.
“Is it style or dignity”? (both of them)
“The way she walks and the way she holds her head”.
I make mine your words, scott. and i say: yeah, this is just darling. and fashionist.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 8:10 pm
she is adorable!
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 8:24 pm
I don’t think she went overboard on the print, at my age yes, at her age no. She is simply eccentric and beautiful and I hope to be as such when I’m her age, God willing.
Kudos!
Jack Daniel
February 5, 2007 at 8:38 pm
This lady really knows how to turn on men….old men that is, ey? Old men…
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 8:49 pm
this is one of those times when you see a photo of a stranger and wish very much that you knew them.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Over the top and I love it!!
tammy
February 5, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Nice and Very Classic!
jojo
February 5, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Oh this is wonderful. Reminds me of my very glamerous grandmother
Butch
February 5, 2007 at 10:42 pm
This bespeaks times past when total co-ordination was key.
Without condescension, the look is over-much, of course, yet there’s something wonderful about it too, having to do with fashion commitment–the wish to be always well turned out….
zuccotto
February 5, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Hell, she is a woman of courage with those heels. I am closer to her age than many of you and can surmise the savoir faire, however you spell that, called upon by her to get herself out the door.
May she enjoy all her days.
bird
February 5, 2007 at 10:52 pm
she’s absolutely darling…I hope I am half as ballsy when I get older!
D. Kay
February 5, 2007 at 11:04 pm
I love this. It reminds me of my grandmama.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 11:08 pm
But what was she wearing underneath her coat?! Tiger stripes, I hope:). Or would zebra be better?
She’s adorable, and appears to be tracking her prey with appropriate intensity.
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Reminds me of my sweet great aunt, who always wore scarlet red, red eyeglasses, and a strawberry wig (which was held down on windy days by a red scarf). Oh, and don’t forget bright red lips! I love little old ladies!
Anonymous
February 5, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Yes, the total look. Please tell me that it is all ‘fake’ prints, please, I need the reassurance.
mlle.mtl
February 5, 2007 at 11:43 pm
The coat, the hat, the bag…makes you wonder what’s underneath. Must be just as fantastic!
Blue Floppy Hat
February 6, 2007 at 12:05 am
She rules this look. It might have appeared ridiculous on a younger woman, but it’s amazing how she is WEARING the coat and hat with a vengeance and not letting them wear her…also, the “I have to be somewhere five minutes ago” expression just adds to the effect. I love little old lady style.
Christine
February 6, 2007 at 12:23 am
I totally agree with Anon 8:49.
Great capture that just exudes personality!
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 12:46 am
she’s so matchy-matchy, and i love it. i hope i am this good when i’m 90.
Karen G. Anderson
February 6, 2007 at 1:08 am
An entire short story in one outfit.
AliciaInAlaska
February 6, 2007 at 2:08 am
With the life she’s probably lived, she owns that look! I bet she is quite the lady! I’d love to have tea with her!
Aga
February 6, 2007 at 3:14 am
What reallu makes this outfil for me, are the plastic bags that she carries which is a real clash comparing to the leopard look.
Vicky
February 6, 2007 at 3:36 am
Oh, so precious :)
What did you think of Thom Browne this season? Rather bizarre…
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 4:24 am
remember “TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING IS NEVER ENOUGH”………and she sure rememberd!
it is so wonderful how certain Ladies know how to put it all together and forget about it and just move along.
JANET
February 6, 2007 at 5:42 am
A Granny
with
Attitude
Style
&
je ne se qua
Fabulous!
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 8:36 am
I need to move to France and become an old lady.
Weeze
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 10:16 am
I love this little old lady! I think all of us wish we had the guts to do this, AND pull it off with the same sort of nochalance. As if, “Oh this old outfit? I’ve had it forEVER…”
Elin
February 6, 2007 at 11:14 am
aww, thats so adorable!
savvylondon
February 6, 2007 at 11:26 am
only on the continent. love it. absolutely love it.
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 1:07 pm
oh my goodness! how cute is she?!
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Little old lady style rocks. I like the matchiness of it all. It’s like an early 1960s throwback.
RosaLaBrune
February 6, 2007 at 4:53 pm
“chic” ! A fashionitas from the sixth arrondissement. “chouquette” could be her affectuous name as regard her freeminded attitude that is to wear her favorite era’s outfits. Still can’t imagine to dress-up to go shopping … to the bio-market bd Raspail on sunday morning. As we all know – 7:30 to 9:00 pm GEP. xovx.
mareGa
February 6, 2007 at 5:15 pm
How cute is that!?
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Oh, the stories she could tell!
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 6:22 pm
i wish she was my grandmother.
ymarie
February 6, 2007 at 7:20 pm
My Fashion hero!
I love the leopard coat, I used to wear one in highschool, back when I could get away with it. :)
I still keep it in my closet and visit it once in a while.
Now, I know I can wear it again, I only have to wait about 40 years!
Severine
February 6, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I just know it will be me in 50 years or so… it just gives me a better perspective to getting older!
Anonymous
February 6, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I was absolutely delighted to see this extraordinary woman and then equally so with the postings. Isn’t it wonderful Scott? Well done!
Also, I do love the comment about visiting the coat.
Emily Cook
February 6, 2007 at 11:19 pm
i love this. the hat is absolutely phenomenal – and i didn’t realize her bag was leopard print because it almost blends into her coat. she is amazing. what a fun lady!
Anonymous
February 7, 2007 at 2:19 am
Adorable? Cute? Darling? Somehow I associate those words with babies and young girls, not with a dignified elder.
She may be bent and old, but she still goes out in the world perfectly groomed and put together in a stylish way, yes, even if it is only to get the groceries. That generation wouldn’t be seen in public any other way; she must be horrified by some of what she sees on the streets these days!
And isn’t she a perfect example of the French woman who understands to buy good quality, classic things that you can wear forever. No disposable clothing in evidence in this photo!
positively the same dame
February 7, 2007 at 4:13 am
oh, the best! simply the best! the best, the best, the best!
Wills
February 7, 2007 at 6:33 am
Sart, you have an angel’s eyes =) Luv u!
Anonymous
February 7, 2007 at 7:29 am
“fashion”
fashionfanatic60
February 7, 2007 at 8:25 am
I love this! She is too cute.
fashionfanatic60
February 7, 2007 at 8:26 am
I love this. She’s too cute.
DC Celine
February 7, 2007 at 1:17 pm
She reminds me of my (maybe it’s her, 20 years later) cotillion dance instructor, Miss Howell. My grandparents’ country club would bring her in by train every other month or so to teach us the finer points…of what, I’m not sure. But her castinettes (to stop the live music and get our attention) and tiger-striped stilettos made the picture – and the memory.
Anonymous
February 7, 2007 at 2:00 pm
An absolutely wonderful photo worthy of Atget. Thanks for making it!
Mackenzie
February 7, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Amazing. I too hope I manage this look when I’m older. Tough cookie!
Anonymous
February 7, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Reminds of John Witherspoon in the movie, Boomerang; “You’ve got to co-or-di-nate.” Do the thing, Ma.
StyleSpy
February 8, 2007 at 10:13 am
This is why I want to grow old in Paris…
Anonymous
February 8, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Ah, the privileges of age; getting to look batshit insane and actually making it work. You go, grandma!
Anonymous
February 9, 2007 at 2:29 am
I love it when elderly folks don’t lose their sense of personality, style or independence. Touching.
diva
February 10, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Thank you, anonymous 2:19. Why is she “cute”, “adorable”, etc. because she is older than you are (just now). That is one of the great character flaws of youth–that inability to comprehend that older people have actual lives and fashion sense and intellect and friends and secrets and romance and business and nearly all the elements of life which you have, plus a great deal of experience that you don’t have–and some of us have vintage pieces of designer fashions that you will never be able to find! zqtkPlease consider your condescension.
Jericho
February 11, 2007 at 7:04 am
Woah…
Anonymous
February 11, 2007 at 9:20 pm
shes presh!!
oh my gosh…i want her to be my grandmother. dont you just know that she has some great antiques and clothes? ahh love her.
Anonymous
February 12, 2007 at 12:38 am
brings to mind more cub than tiger, very cool
Anonymous
February 17, 2007 at 7:43 pm
she is so adorable!
Anonymous
April 19, 2007 at 3:34 pm
dang. i want to be this lady when i grow up.
Anonymous
May 6, 2007 at 10:41 pm
This woman is not old, she’s simply timeless. We shpuld all hope to look this pulled together in our twilight years!
Anonymous
May 31, 2007 at 5:00 pm
fierce granny! i wish she’s my grandma…
Anonymous
August 10, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Oh, my! That’s a whole lotta leopard, but she pulls it off brilliantly! She’s a cutie…and I bet she’s a real character too!
Yvette
October 29, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I love it!
Look how her bag matches the coat and dress without it being too over the top.
jimena
February 11, 2010 at 5:56 am
Reminds me of my very stylish grandma… rest in peace, Betty :)
Name*
November 19, 2011 at 3:34 pm
She reminds me of my Grandma Helen too. She loved dressing up. I love that this lady still wears pretty shoes.