ladies

there are a few women who are perennial favorites of the "fashion inspiration" list-makers, and for good reason. jane birkin, the ladies of mad men, etc are all wonderful and fantastic, but i am going to steer clear of them for this one. my current inspirations, sartorial and otherwise, tend to lean towards the literary set, not just because i am a pretentious ass but also because being separated from most of my library makes me all sad. two of my favorite ladies:

anais nin, writer of racy stories and incredible journals. seriously, read "henry and june." buy two copies and send me one so i can finally cross it off my must-own list. she's pretty phenomenal.


zelda! gotta love zelda. so i know she obviously isn't as much of a canonical figure as her fella, but you can't ignore her influence on him (and the decade in general). she said some good things, too: quotes like "I don't want to live -- I want to love first, and live incidentally" are practically BEGGING to be splashed all over someone's favorite quotes section of facebook.



honorable mention: joan didion.
i love joan. i really do. "the year of magical thinking" is one of those books that is truly heartbreaking and beautiful and poignant, and if you read it you will never be the same. xoxo, joan.