I have my passport. The tickets are reserved. European euros and traveller's cheques are ordered from the bank. I leave in five weeks. There are plenty of likely piazzas in the sunshine waiting in Rome. And all that is missing from this vision was the dress I am planning to wear.
The mission this past weekend: to find a Little Black Dress to wear while in Rome.
You know, so I can look something like Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina , something that Coco Chanel would have approved, something simple and sophisticated and yet kicky and fun....
Do you think there might be such an article of clothing to be found in the town I live in? There isn't.
Well, there is if you count the little black barely-there suede dress from Paris I once borrowed from my friend Nell for a fancy soiree (she has a closetful of gorgeous evening wear) but no, I meant to have something of my own.
So I went shopping down-Island on Saturday and found my sweet Little Black Dress at Le Chateau after a minimum of fuss and angst in the changing rooms. The third dress I tried on was the charm. I knew it was the one just looking at it on the rack.
Sigh, I'm not usually a girl who gets into the spirit of shopping, but this was satisfying. I'll post a picture at some point.
But at least some of you have seen it already as I
also managed to have a visit with my friend Pol (who is travelling with me) before racing up the Island again in time to become a volunteer Serving Wench for the Cantiamo Choir's Italian -themed fundraiser night.
The choir was raising money to sing in Prague and Salzburg this July and tickets were around fifty dollars. But you could avoid the ticket price altogether if you didn't mind rushing around up and down stairs like a fiend carrying trays of bruschetta artichoke and olive tapenades, and hustling out plates of bocconcini salad and ricotta cannelloni and chocolate-drizzled tiramisu for a crowd of two hundred.
Between courses I could listen to gorgeous Italian arias and duets (I was definitely in the mood tonight for eighteenth-century Italian music) and (eventually) be fed besides.
11 comments:
I wanna see you in your little black dress!
So glad you found one!
i so totally know what you mean as my daughter has been sewing retro dresses for herself for the past 5 years! -- i look forward to seeing that photo of you. When is your trip?
Do your travelling companions know they are supposed to have little black dresses too? I would hate to have your little vision ruined though a lack of communication. Better make sure they all pack their little black dresses too.
When I think of coffee on the piazza, I don't picture little black dresses but more flowing sun dresses, where the skirt part swishes when you walk and is all swirly when you spin across the courtyard, dancing to the orchestra. Italy has an orchestra on every street corner, doesn't it? At least a quartet, right?
I just thought... your husband is going with you, isn't he? Does he have his little black dress too?
Ohh I can't wait to see your dress!!
I love that you found the one you had it mind,what a sucess:)
Hmmm...I think I already HAVE a little black dress, but it's not quite as kicky as yours. May have to invest in a different one. After all, one can't have to many LBD's!
Also? I CAN'T WAIT!!!
Pictures! Pictures! We want to see you in the Little Black Dress!
(please?)
It is a lovely dress!! I am so glad to have had the sneak preview!
Every woman of taste must have a 'little black dress.' Them's the rules, with a dollop of Scarlatti on the side if you choose.
I once passed Audrey Hepburn on the street in Waikiki. I was amazed by how tall she was and how thin she was. And then I thought of how adorable she was in 'Sabrina' and it made everything right.
Ian
If I buy a little black dress can I tag along on the trip? :D
Your vacation plans sound lovely! I hope it's all you are wanting and expecting it to be.
I must see this little black dress!
Oh, I like Groovy Lady's idea. I'll wear a black dress if I can go too :)
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