For example, what perfume to wear to a local sports bar to see pay-per-view street fighting matches? What to wear while hanging out with Eve at Saks Fifth Avenue to smell perfume?
With illustrations by the fabulous Rueben Toledo, who illustrated her other three books, Look Book examines most situations modern women face such as “What to Wear on the Average Workday”, “What to Wear While Running Errands”, and “What to Wear When Meeting Your Significant Other’s Children”.
Underlying the book is the premise that life is a red carpet and we’d better be prepared for it in this age of cell phone photos and Facebook. For who hasn’t had the embarrassing moment of running out to errands in something we clean the house in, only to run into an important client, your child’s teacher, or your ex and his girlfriend?
For Garcia, the essence of style isn’t what you wear; but the respect one has for others and for the setting in which you will wear your clothes. The section, for example, “What to Wear for Brunch with the Girls” is not about wearing the latest fashions to upstage your friends. It’s about wearing clothes that are easy and effortless so that you can concentrate on hearing about your friend’s promotion not the designer skinny jeans cutting off your leg circulation because in the end it’s the friendship, not the clothes that ultimately matters.
With this in mind, I solved this weekend’s style dilemmas. Jo Malone’s Dark Amber and Ginger Lily, with its woodsy, musky smell, was the perfect scent to wear as a UFC fighter landed an elbow in his opponents face. I wore a navy blue dress with a leopard cardigan and tan sandals while smelling perfume with Eve. There was plenty of room to test perfumes and the ease of the dress allowed me to concentrate on the best part of the afternoon – my friendship with Eve.
AWWWWWWW!!!!
ReplyDeleteEveryone should take their best girlfriend to Saks and play in the perfume for an afternoon. It's breakfast at Tiffany's for two.