After my family moved to London in August 1967, one of my first tasks was to get busy raising hemlines so I could be part of the mini-skirt scene. Truth to tell, I raised the same hemlines more than once, going up an inch at a time until—I recall—I was sitting on the scant front edge of my seat in Miss Tranoy's Problems of Democracy class so as to have some miniscule bit of fabric between the tops of my legs and the chilly chair.
How funny is it that at the same time I was baring my legs and couldn't get my miniskirts short enough I was also pleased as punch to purchase a maxi-coat, a regal purple coat that went stylishly down to ankle length, barely leaving my stylishly trendy boots from the Way In shop at Harrod's visible!
Loved that coat.
Loved that purple.
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| The Friend Who Writes Letters Longhand 9 x 12"; acrylic, ink, pastel, and collage on drawing paper abstract face 2021 $45 sold |
9 comments:
My late sister loved purple so also adopted it as well. Love the turquoise compliment. Viewing your painting on my new 10" tablet, those collage pieces are genius¡
oo, glad you focused in on those collage pieces. They were an answer to a visual query and so much fun!
A purple maxi coat....omg now I want one of those! This painting - those LIPS! Angle of the head, dangle of the earrings. Love.
The purple maxi coat was quite spectacular, I have to say.
Love that you caught the angle and dangle, and those LIPS!
I wore that purple coat on New Years Eve in Trafalgar Square. Perfect!
omg—no memory of that, but it does sound perfect! Do you have any idea when that coat might have gone its way to a new life with someone else? It could still be getting good milage!
No idea when or where it went, but it had to have served someone else well!
PURPLE! YES! Love your story Dotty, and this fabulous piece!
I must have liked purple before purchasing my maxi-coat; for sure, I've continued to like it to this day!
Thx for your enthusiastic response to this piece, Sheila.
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