Little Missy's Fashion Tips

Every age has its charms.  How many times have you heard that one? Well, Little Missy has entered that age where I don't give a hoot what anyone thinks about my style.  I am very sad for these younger women who desperately put photos of themselves online, or even worse--selfies--on a daily basis.  I think they are really simply trying to discover who they are. At any rate they seem to have no clue.  The Kardashians...maybe this family started this bizarre trend which is now a multi-billion dollar business.  Little wonder our country is in the mess it's in. 

We value reality stars over beauty and art.

We value reality stars over truth.

Last night I attended a bittersweet goodbye party for Alan Morrell, the General Manager of Neiman Marcus in San Francisco.  He's leaving to manage an even bigger Neiman's outside of Dallas proper.  It was dipping into the 30's Fahrenheit, which is very cold for San Francisco at any time.

Now to my fashion tips.  What to wear to a cocktail party when you really want to honor the honouree by looking your best and it's freezing?  You don't want to walk into the ultra glamorous Rotunda Restaurant in a heavy coat.  You know Drew Altizer (our local society photographer) will have someone very good there photographing everyone in attendance.   I chose a two piece blue sequined Rodarte ensemble, very Hollywood glamorous, which I paired with a lighter blue Mongolian Azzedine Alaia shrug.  For jewelry I only had to dip into my mother's cache which she left to me. I carried a blue velvet Dries van Noten envelope bag large enough to hold an umbrella and I wore black suede Emma Hope kitten heels with crystal star bursts at the toe. It goes without saying that your hair, makeup and nails should look good without looking overdone. Regular grooming appointments help.  It's that simple. If you commit to a regular program, you won't be freaking out on the day of your event.

A lot of people loved the above described ensemble, which I devised out of necessity (it was freezing). But I say to my readers, just enjoy yourself.  Don't wait until you're my age to stop caring what other people think (spoiler alert: I have never given a damn what anyone thought  I wore as long as I loved it).

So here are Little Missy's Fashion Tips in list form:

1. Always try to look your best

2. Always maintain a high standard of grooming

3. Dress for comfort, meaning lower heeled shoes for ladies if you know there will be walking, and for warmth if you know you will be outdoors a lot and it's cold.

4. Smile and make an effort to enjoy yourself or this advice of mine will be for nought.

Now, if it's a Gala or a Red Carpet event, much of my advice is out the window.

1. Never hide your Red Carpet gown with a coat even it it's 20 below Fahrenheit.

2. Wear the highest heel you can manage if you're a woman and suck it up in black tie if you're a man.

3. Forget enjoying yourself.  You'll be through it in a few hours and if you did a good enough job, there will be some photos to prove it.

Well, I didn't claim this was the cure to cancer or the way to world peace.  Little Missy gave you the secrets of what she knows best--putting a fashion perspective into perspective.

Fashionably Yours,

With Love, 

Little Missy

Little Missy Is Five Years Old!
March 2013-February 2018

And like most five year olds, I want a party if I can't go to Disneyland!  Yes, Little Missy took both her daughter and then her son to Disneyland when they turned five.  That's how I got out of having to go to Great America, which is located less than ten miles from my home!

I celebrated my fifth birthday as Little Missy with this beautiful Rodarte dress.

I think of all the things that have happened in the past five years!  My granddaughter Isold was born. My children's father passed away.  My mother and father passed away.  Frederic Aranda and I published Electric Fashion. We then began a new project. Births and deaths and re-births!  It's what life is all about!

A photograph from Electric Fashion

Lexi and Isold at our V&A launch party for Electric Fashion

And we're planning a Rodarte exhibition at the National Museum for Women in Arts November 2018!  First DC museum fashion exhibition in history!

So remember, when life seems to get you down, put on your tiara or your cowboy hat or whatever and get out there!  Get up, dress up and show up!

It's been a five year roller coaster ride my dear readers and I'm still here and so are you.  I love you all!  Let's keep loving each other!

XXXXXOOOOO

Little Missy