#d.v.

D.V. by Diana Vreeland

Los hilos ocultos de la moda: André Leon Talley & D.V.

Hay algo oculto en toda narración. La estructura con la que el relato se va formando sigue un camino sinuoso y difícil que debe pasar desapercibido para el ojo lector. En Moda, ese esqueleto se admira de dentro afuera pues el resultado depende de su arquitectura interior, y el genio modista se halla escondido, precisamente, en esa maraña de hilos que construyen una obra de arte Lejos de discutir…

Diana Vreeland in het living room - D.V. [2/3] : 

Diana Vreeland began her career as a columnist for Harper's Bazaar in 1936. Her column "Why Don't You...?" was famous for offering outlandish fashion and lifestyle tips for the times. Few could afford in the Depression follow her advice such as: "Why don't you...wash your blonde child's hair in dead champagne, as they do in France?" The column was a decadent exploration of unconventional ideas that urged moments of irreverence. It was something no one had ever dared to do and it offered a distinct voice that no one had ever dared to do and it offered a distinct voice that no one had ever heard. That voice, her voice, is what resonated with people.... Moving up the editorial ladder, Vreeland became the magazine's fashion editor, a post she held until the early 1960s. At Harper's Bazaar, she established herself as one of the country's leading arbiters of style.

This “stay-at-home” order has me out of my normal groove… So here I am at my home office and I went to look for some notes (that are probably at the church office) and stumbled across some notes I took while listening to another preacher give a sermon at Cherry Run Camp Meeting back in 2016. John Oswalt is one of my favorite preachers to listen to… He is an actual Bible scholar and helped to…