“Sarah Gore Reeves, stylist and fashion editor for Vogue Latin America and Mexico said: "Looking good is important to me as a woman. As a child it was something never discussed but quietly observed. My mother was always, and still is, beautiful and stylish. She's the president of the Humane Society of New York and she looks as good going to work every day with all the dogs as she does out at night with humans like many black women, I was raised to use elegance as a pre-emptive strike: Do not give people the opportunity to dismiss you or mistreat you by looking less than your best. That means everywhere, even to the grocery store." writer Susan Fales-Hill There's a kind of decorum of the street I like to follow. It is, of course, a respect for other people as well as a form of self-respect.Amy Fine Collins, fashion and style correspondent for Vanity Fair Even though I've have been married for 23 years, I always want to look nice for a quiet dinner at home with my husband Gigi Mortimer, an accessories designer To a degree I dress for my husband and make an effort to be put together, but more than anything it's for me." Georgia Howe, an interior designer and co-founder of the furniture design and textile company Carolina George In any venue, public or private, making an effort makes you feel good. Now when I write, I dress as if I'm going to an office or a casual lunch date. Maybe it's a placebo effect, but I think I'm more efficient, more focused, and it adds a little spice to an otherwise lonely profession. Someone once told me that "glamour has no alarm clock." I won't lie, trying to be consistently pulled together takes extra time and dedication Annette Tapert a story Oscar de la Renta once told me about Daisy Fellowes, the stylish Singer sewing machine heiress. In the 1950s, she invited fashion designer Antonio Castillo to her house in the south of France. The two traveled together from Paris on the overnight luxury train, which was scheduled to arrive at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin shortly after dawn. Long before sunrise, Mr. Castillo was awakened by a commotion coming from the next cabin, where Daisy was ensconced. When she emerged from her quarters shortly before their arrival, he thought to ask why she awakened so early. Then he realized that Daisy was perfectly dressed and in full makeup. "Is there a gentleman waiting for you at the station, Daisy?" Mr. Castillo asked. "Only my driver," she replied "Then why are you dressed up? Why not just a pair of sunglasses?" "I did it for myself." Daisy explained. "It's a question of discipline, you see." ”
