Excitement! I am to host the Carnivale de Couture on April 10th! (I am so busy in March!) So, I will post my topic on about April 3rd. But there's plenty of time before then, I just had to share the happiness.
This week's topic, from Verbal Croquis, is
You are throwing a little dinner party featuring fashion glitterati, past or present, dead or alive. You are only allowed to invite 5 people. Feel free to include designers, style icons, journalists, models, moguls, intellectuals, you name it.
More excitement!
Here is my list of personal choices!
- Coco Chanel - She created the most elegant and classy designer line that today inspires others and remains a powerhouse while still being true to the classic Chanel. And the woman is fascinating. I've read so many of the things she's said; she is both inspiring and sometimes bewildering, even infuriating ... all at first read. Eventually, the quotes are realized to be so natural as women are themselves, she had such wisdom and truth. Wouldn't you love to speak with her?
- Tyra Banks - She is a true model, a role model with a brain, personality, a real body, and a natural beauty. I would love to associate with her.
- Isaac Mizrahi (and his dog, Harry, so he doesn't have to leave early to walk him) - He is an adorable riot, a doll, and is a gay man who should be my friend! I think we'd get along with some of our similarities. Plus, I've got to speak with him about his not wearing socks! ;-)
- Marilyn Monroe - Talk about a real, buxom beauty. She deserves to come back to life. I'd get her to give great quotes for press, and we'd discuss the skinny ideal society has, today.
- Rebecca Taylor - Another designer I love partly for her personality (equally for the clothes), she is a happy, spirited soul. I'd love to hear her go on about rainbows and glitter. ;-) She would bring out the child in me.
The Food:
I believe in cocktail parties; if I must endure a party, it should be classy and I should dress to the nines (otherwise I'd like to leave at 9). I would serve sweet margaritas and mimosas, etc., lots of cheesy and chocolaty bites of hor's duevres, honey-mustard salmon, rice and roasted carrots for the main course, then a dessert of chocolate silk pie with frothed hot cocoa. Wow.
My Attire:
And I would need appropriate dress. I can't afford Chanel, so I'll have to be excused on that. But I would have Isaac Mizrahi for Target's Tulle Skirt altered to fit my short legs, and pair it with a flirty top from Rebecca Taylor's Fall line.
I would like to be pleasantly surprised by what my guests wear.
The Party:
I'm not exactly a social expert or butterfly, but I think I've picked out a group that would mostly get along. I definitely picked people to get along with me, and not for glamour (although we're all such pretty ladies). I want to have a good, Ella kind of time. I think we'd have a fascinating conversation lasting through the night. Of course, Isaac might get in trouble asking about unmentionables, and I hope he doesn't poke or prod the two busty beauties. (No dresses with built-in support, ladies!) Le Sigh! It's all in fun, why not have a little controversial conversation starters? I'm all about talking, and I think it would be a success.
Ella M.
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