simon doonan.

last spring, i met simon doonan after the barneys show. he's as eccentric in person as he comes off as in his books and tv series. we all received the book, and i cracked it open the moment i got home. his stories of growing up and his examples of true fabulousness are nothing but hilarious.

he knows glamour. well he has a part of his website which is just too funny. it's called random scribblings. here are some of my favs.

Karl Lagerfeld:
"I don’t like skinny people. I think it’s very démodé."—Karl Lagerfeld, 1977.
"Muscles are out. Bones are in."—Karl Lagerfeld, 2002, after shedding 90 pounds.

Getting Knocked Up:
The chicest, newest, grooviest thing you can do right now? Get knocked up and not tell anyone. So what if people think you are growing a beer gut? Let them take you for a big, fat pig. It simply doesn’t matter anymore, because the under-the-radar pregnancy is the new black!
The unrelenting obsession with childbirth—celebrity babies in particular—was bound to create a backlash among the Manhattan cognoscenti. It was only a matter of time before the penny dropped and we all remembered that TomKat did not actually invent procreation and that, unless it’s your own baby, the whole palaver is somewhat less than scintillating.

Professional Attire:
None of us New Yorkers want our colonoscopy performed by a lady wearing a plunging Roberto Cavalli leopard-print silk-chiffon caftan. When a medical professional is advancing upon you with a needle or a probe of any kind, you expect that person to be wearing confidence-inspiring garments, such as those designed by Eileen Fisher or Ann Taylor. High fashion and medicine simply do not mix.