How very DV, that discussion of her book led into much ado about fragrances.

Sweetie, you and I have had many a discussion about the fabulousness that she was, and of course, credit to where credit is due, but I would have never heard of that book were it not for the esoteric musings of Matthew Kasten.

I too have never been a fan of Angel or any of those "harder" pungent smelling ones, but I am now a Jo Malone convert, and her yummy light fragrances are now available to us downtown residents at the new Bloomingdale's on Broadway. So convenient, and more importantly this new store doesn't have the nauseatingly overpowering olfactory onslaught for which the 59th St store is infamous.

what was the fragrance that Vreeland wore... I hear she used to have perfumes cotton balls on her light bulbs (she 'invented' the Glade plug in!)...

For some reason, Chanel No5 comes to mind, but I may well be mistaken.

Oh Sweetie...

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It reminds me of La Arias on a tear at Jackie with dick on her breath, butt on her fingertips and that ANGEL doing a lousy job of covering the smell.

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It's funny how a smell can instantly take you back. Your description of my sister Joey brought a tear to me eye. I miss her.

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There is an elderly gentleman in the club scene that wears Creed's Irish Tweed and I have always adored the freshness of it against his weatherd ol' carcass. I believe he is mulatto and it mixes well with his melonin.

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You've always loved me in my "Green Irish Tweed". Thanks. It drives trannys crazy, I don't know why. Girlina drools whenever I get close to her. (At least I think its when I get close to her).
It's not for everyone though. Marti Domination recently asked me NOT to hug her hello because she didn't want to smell like "Green Irish Tweed".
So that proves it.
Marti Domination is definately a real girl.
I do put it on a little thick I know. Some say, "like a whore".
It's a Puerto Rican thing.
I can't help it.

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And I will concur Daddy, you always do smell good.

But back to Mrs Vreeland. She was such a visionary, and she was the penultimate in the Trump-isms (long before we heard "you're fired"). Pink is the new navy. I miss fringe. And so on.

The book was out of vogue until the mid 90s when the Met's Costume Institute paid her homage and Mary Louise Wilson brought her to vivid red-laquered life onto the Off-Broadway stage (BTW: a wonderful birthday memory Sweetie dearest seeing that with you years ago on a hot summer night and then trolling around the midtown of yesteryear). The book found a resurgent interest of new pups hungry for her quips, quotes, and embellished anecdotes, so it's easily found now in re-printed versions.

This topic inspired me to read it again, and I have the time this summer to do so.

What's that movie that all the gays watch?
I think with Audrey Hepburn. She works in a book store but they make her into a model. Anyway, that's based on Mrs. DV I'm sure. That song "Think Pink". All those doors in the big fashion Magazine. Gots to be DV.

ooo,ooo I'm gay, and I know! Funny Face w/ Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Kay Thompson plays the fashion editrix, and her "Think Pink" is total DV! You're right Daddy. I think I'll go home and watch it tonight as I'm getting ready for NOTS. Will be a nice foil to all the leather and lace! Astaire's character was based on Richard Avedon, who was the visual consultant on the film and responsible for that incredible think pink carnival-of-colors sequence.

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"Pink is the navy blue of India."

Yes I believe that segment in Funny Face was based on her.

I once met Mrs. Vreeland at the Pyramid; she appeared one night with Lilliane Montevecchi, all in black and pearls and all of five feet tall, drinking tumbler-sized vodkas on the rocks.
She also sent us a telegram which Sister reproduced on one entire wall in her home.