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Why Don't You?


In 1936, Diana Vreeland's Why Don't You...? column fist appeared in Bazaar. We will be sharing some of these with you in the coming weeks. Why wouldn't we?

Why Don't You...

...Zip yourself into your evening dress?

...Waft a big bouquet about you like a fairy wand?

...Wear a bowler?

...Stick Japanese hair-pins in your hair?

...Buy a transparent coat?

...Or a geranium chiffon toque?

...Or bright flannel gloves?

...Or a black blouse?

...Expose your fortune in an Isinglass bag?

...Hide your hips under an accordian-pleated jacket?

...Wear fruit hats?

...Currants?

...Cherries?





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4 Responses to "Why Don't You?"

mrpeenee said :
June 20, 2008 9:30 PM
One of my favorites was "Why don't you wash your blond children's hair in dead champagne as they do in France?" which my gay dyslexia read as "Why don't you wash your dead children in blonde champagne?"
thombeau said :
June 20, 2008 9:43 PM
Ah, Mr. P, you never disappoint. Fabulous!
Muscato said :
June 20, 2008 10:38 PM
But guess what - I've tried flat Champagne, based on Miss V's advice, as a rinse - and it's terrif!

I did learn, quickly, however, after the first attempt, that it should be room-temperature flat Champagne...
TJB said :
June 21, 2008 5:52 AM
YAY!!!!

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