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runlibrarianrun's review
4.0
I loved this. Really inspirational and encouraging on finding your own style at any age. Encourages people to be happy in your own skin and to not be afraid to be bold.
rhodered's review
5.0
Several Sundays ago, I stalked an older woman - she was maybe in her late 60s or early 70s - as she made her way through my grocery store from produce to paper goods, because she was wearing a gorgeous leather skirt.
You do not see beautiful leather skirts often, much less at Stop & Shop, and much, much less on senior citizens. This skirt was what you might call "kicky" or "flippy", cut in a-line style to end perfectly at her knees. If she had spun about, it would have lifted just a little bit before settling back down again.
It was fun, it was rock and roll and it was a palpable reminder in case I needed one (and I needed one) that growing older didn't mean losing all the cool.
So, when I tripped over Ari Seth Cohen's blog last week, I immediately clicked to buy his book. I didn't realize until it arrived yesterday that the Forward is by Maira Kalman!!! It's just one page, but pretty much worth the price of the book alone.
This book is not hugely oversized - it's maybe 8 1/2 x 11. But it's HEAVY. It's printed on really thick, glossy luscious paper, just right for the equally luscious photographs. Most photos are page-sized or nearly so. The commentary is brief, in vastly oversized type. (Your grandmother or Aunt Martha won't have to use her reading glasses - but she'll want to anyway to look at every detail of the clothes.)
My generation wore Levis and men's white undershirts to dates when we were 18. We wore painters' pants or sweats on our girl's night in parties. We wore Dr Scholl's wooden sandals with our bikini tops and raggedy cut offs.
We eschewed glamour. And now I want it as a source of daily joy as I get older. Even if it means I have to iron. Ok, well maybe not that. But, you know what I mean. Society, I guess, says leave the pretty clothes to the young girls. I say, when have I ever listened to society? This book says Do What You Find Beautiful and with Sprinkles on Top!
You do not see beautiful leather skirts often, much less at Stop & Shop, and much, much less on senior citizens. This skirt was what you might call "kicky" or "flippy", cut in a-line style to end perfectly at her knees. If she had spun about, it would have lifted just a little bit before settling back down again.
It was fun, it was rock and roll and it was a palpable reminder in case I needed one (and I needed one) that growing older didn't mean losing all the cool.
So, when I tripped over Ari Seth Cohen's blog last week, I immediately clicked to buy his book. I didn't realize until it arrived yesterday that the Forward is by Maira Kalman!!! It's just one page, but pretty much worth the price of the book alone.
This book is not hugely oversized - it's maybe 8 1/2 x 11. But it's HEAVY. It's printed on really thick, glossy luscious paper, just right for the equally luscious photographs. Most photos are page-sized or nearly so. The commentary is brief, in vastly oversized type. (Your grandmother or Aunt Martha won't have to use her reading glasses - but she'll want to anyway to look at every detail of the clothes.)
My generation wore Levis and men's white undershirts to dates when we were 18. We wore painters' pants or sweats on our girl's night in parties. We wore Dr Scholl's wooden sandals with our bikini tops and raggedy cut offs.
We eschewed glamour. And now I want it as a source of daily joy as I get older. Even if it means I have to iron. Ok, well maybe not that. But, you know what I mean. Society, I guess, says leave the pretty clothes to the young girls. I say, when have I ever listened to society? This book says Do What You Find Beautiful and with Sprinkles on Top!
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