But it has also brought us this, the Veritable Essence of Cree '89 (which I wear much better, of course: floor-length and sweeping).
If Cree had a signature perfume, it would be a long white linen skirt.
I have always had a deep love for white linen from India. There's a smell and a softness to it that evoke verandas with ceiling fans and languid summer heat and lush greenery. Also love the soft linen wedding dresses of the turn of the century (think Room With a View). Which maybe I'm imagining because I can't find any to illustrate my point, besides maybe this one, and I'm just guessing at its linen-ness.
clearly leaning forward to make sure people have not
eaten all the cake
(thanks, Kent State University Museum)
We had a whole awesome soldier/safari thing going on in the '80s too that has, of course, reared its head again of late. Even a little sailor peeked in around 1982. That stuff was cool. It was Adam Ant. It was a different Banana Republic altogether, a little catalog filled with illustrations of cool stuff acquired in lots, available for purchase via post.
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I miss the old Banana republic with the graphic T-shirts and the Indiana Jones hats and the Adventurers' Club aesthetic, before they went all Park-Avenue-ladies-who-lunch. (My personal style is predicated on pretending that I've been all over the world at different times throughout history.)
I know what you mean about the skirts, though I prefer cotton for the floaty factor. And less wrinkly. I've never been able to pull off looking crisp.
... Now I want to go put on a flowy dress and run around outside. Sigh ...
>>... Now I want to go put on a flowy dress and run around outside. Sigh ...
If I had a nickel for ever time I thought that out loud.
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