For me it was my mother. I just loved her fashion sense, which included heels, usually black, her red nips, nails, & cheeks, and after 1959, her cat's eye frames. It was in 1959 that she was first fitted for glasses and not just for reading but full-time, as I was at the the same time. In the 1960]s she wore, once in a while, mini-shirts, which she wore with great aplomb. In the show biz field Naureen O' Hara and Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, and Arlene Francis were the ladies that I followed. Marilyn wearing cat's eye frames in " How to Marry a Millionaire" was also an influence. I thinl that I first saw that film circa 1961.My mothers cat's eye frames were usually encrustred with rhinestones and her favorite style in earrings was hooped. To formal events she alway wore pearl necklaces and chanel perfume.
My mention of her wearing mini skirts reminds me of the song " Harper Valley PTA." For a period of time during the 1960's she wore mini skirts to many events, outside the home, events or so I remember, especially to the poker events held at her sisters.
Ten Years Living 24/7 as a Mature Lady
