I just finished this really fun book called "Victorian Psycho," by Virginia Feito. She also wrote "Mrs. March" several years back, and I loved that. In the present novel, she muses on spinsterhood, and says the worst thing is an unfashionable spinster at the opera.
I love the idea, but I don't think it should be limited to spinsters or operas. There is no excuse for anyone--spinster or not--to be unfashionable.
In fact, the word spinster is becoming unfashionable, but I just love the poetic sound of it, and America's poetic dramatist, Tennessee Williams wrote of such women. And remember, girls, Blanche Du Bois was NOT a spinster. She had been married to Allan Grey, whom she psychologically destroyed, driving him to suicide.
When spinsterhood was in fashion, it also went in tandem with repressed sexuality. Today, not so much. Observe--
Remember the popular card game "Old Maid?" The character always looked somewhat like Miss Grundy, the high school teacher in the "Archie" comics. But this game "Bold Made," upgrades the image, eliminating repressed sexuality and lack of fashion sense from the equation. So, to be a Bold Made is a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aa long as you shop correctly, there is nothing to worry about.
And you cannot go wrong with Halston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
I don’t mind the word spinster at all!!
Let’s see what we can do to get it back into usage!!
Victoria, I love the word. There is something poetic and mysterious about it, just like the individuals that bear the title.
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