Anything is possible...as long as I'm wearing my red lipstick by Prince Matchabelli.
Oatmeal Beige hand-knit wool by Iraina-Norelle...
Tortoise-shell belt...
Cat's-eye buttons...
Silver-muskrat lining in raglan straightcoat...
Muskrat-belly beret...
Jewels by Black, Starr and Gorham...
Prince Matchabelli Red Flower lipstick...
Kislav gloves...
Photographed in Kodachrome by Louise-Dahl Wolfe...
Harper's Bazaar September 1942
With the way things are going here in the US right now, I'm not sure about wearing a lipstick in September that says Anything can happen. Yikes! I thought it was happening. Somehow I like the phrase "Anything is possible." doesn't sound so risky. I need a red color that has the motto "Only good things will happen when you where this!" Or maybe a red color called Safety Red.
ReplyDeleteI'm just joking, because actually I love seeing the WWII era red lipstick and clothing styles. I watch a lot of movies from that era just for that reason. Thanks for showing us the WWII era ad. I think they had plenty happening then, too. Do you think that the really red lipsticks are going to come into style for many women now? Many women wear red lipstick a lot. I used to love red lipstick when I was younger.
Thanks for the comment, I changed it. Thought about deleting the whole post but maybe this change will be enough. I have too naive a mind to have considered what it might suggest, as per other September events. I just always think of September as a fresh start, a more wonderful turning of the calendar page than on January first even. September means the beginning of my favorite time of year. Just didn't think, thanks for pointing it out to me!
ReplyDeleteMay be about time to hang up the blogging hat!
Don't you dare hang up your blogging hat, Dewena! You're a fantastic writer and your blogs are among my few true favorites. Each post of yours is an absolute delight. Call me naive, but I have no idea what you're talking about with what September might suggest as far as "anything can happen."
DeleteMelanie, thank you for the sweet comment but I really was glad to have the chance to change the title and do a little editing. I was trying to use the marvelously moody fashion picture to convey the way I feel about September--that anything is possible but mixed with a little of the bittersweet mood that the wonderful September Song suggests, even meant to try to embed the song from Youtube. So I was glad that Susie helped me catch it quickly and change the "anything can happen" to "anything is possible." I hope that reflects better the mood I meant to create!
DeleteOh, Deweena, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to cause you to change a thing on your post. I was just trying to be funny, I didn't mean for it to be at your expense. I always have thought of September as a fresh start, too. Please don't give my silly joking another thought. And please don't even think about hanging up your blogging hat! I have read and enjoyed (and still enjoy your posts for a long time now). I am so sorry to have had you second guessing your writing because you are an excellent writer. I am so sorry for having made you even give one single thought to giving up your lovely blogging. It is me that needs to just lighten up and shut up, and quit making bad jokes. I cannot apologize enough.
ReplyDeleteSusie, don't you apologize! That title hit me like a ton of bricks after I read your comment and I was so glad I had the chance to change it. And it was not until I walked through the room where my husband was watching the news that I realized how many bad things were going on this September. You see, I almost never watch the news, a self-care thing with me. I thought you were referring to the approach of 9/11 and I had not yet gotten to thinking about that this year. Of course I've been trying to keep up with the weather news about the hurricane as I have family living who might be affected by it.
DeleteSometimes second guessing is necessary when I don't take time to think something through before hitting "publish" so please don't worry!
September always feels full of possibility for me! And though I do love wearing I've never been confident enough to wear red.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could wear red lipstick, I love it so. It just doesn't work on me but I keep thinking that maybe a lipstick color expert might be able to find one shade of it that I could get by with. Maybe I should make a trip to Sephora? I haven't been there in a decade and remember walking around in a daze, feeling like my life would change and I'd discover I was a princess, or something! Crazy, huh?
DeleteI love September too! it always meant a new school. not just a new school year!
ReplyDeletebut mostly I remember it because when my mother dressed up she always wore a beautiful red lipstick. I even remember the smell of it. it was total sophistication to me!
I always thought and still do... that era with all it's horrible war and unrest all over the world it seemed (much like now) was the most stylish and glamorous of all.
the music ... yes! the September song... so poignant. to my romantic heart there will always be a melancholy feeling of Autumn that is perfect. and with just a few words and your chosen image... you captured that feeling for me. thank you DSM!
and I LOVE the camaraderie and friendliness of this entire community here! we all care for each other and the way our words might be perceived. that's rare today. but such a good thing. beauty and civility! can't ever beat that combination. xo
My mother looked wonderful in red lipstick too, with her beautiful black hair. And yes, Tam, I've thought about how it must have been for you every single September, new town, new school. That's another thing we just have to be eternally grateful to our armed service families for. The families deserve a medal for that too.
DeleteRed is the perfect pigment for a lipstick that stamps confidence on a woman's face, ready to take on new projects, new dreams, a new life!
ReplyDeleteFor me, September is a month of potential, possibilities, new pursuits, cozy, fall clothes, fresh, crisp mornings, softer, filtered sunlight, pots of chrysanthemums marking autumn porches, and apple cinnamon sweetness baked in cakes and pies!
And yes, I do feel that September is more connected to new beginnings than January, despite it being the first month of the new calendar year, and I think that has to do with the start of a new school year, mostly.
Now, about that hat... it SO suits you; please don't ever take it off!
Happy Wednesday,
Poppy xoxo
I'm sure that you rock red lipstick, Poppy! As you do apple and cinnamon treats in the fall and that fabulous cake you make in May for strawberry season. I can't believe it's been cool weather in your mountain home already. Not when we're in the worst heat wave of the summer here. So I just stay inside as much as I can and pretend that it's a cool September day, almost time to shop for pumpkins.
DeleteLove that picture! I have always loved the idea of wearing red lipstick, but I cannot. It doesn't look right on the shape of my lips. Maybe getting some filler or something to help plump them up...but then there's my crooked smile and huge teeth...LOL Seems I'm doomed to stay with light pink-ish colored lipsticks! :-) Love and hugs sweet friend!
ReplyDeleteYou! Flaunt that crooked smile, girl. Katie Holmes, Kristen Stewart and Alicia Keys haven't done too badly with theirs.
DeleteI do like this picture and a wonderful red shade lipstick.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
She's one classy model, isn't she?
DeleteLove that image above. I haven't been by her in quite awhile. Oh how I love your cute little doxies! Just dropping in to say hi!
ReplyDeleteHi Nita! James Mason and BreeBree send a hug to your dachshunds. I was so very sorry to read that you'd lost some of your dear ones. Violet was always special to me because she so resembled our dear Penelope.
DeleteSeptember here in the mountains - ahh autumn - you can smell it coming but it isn't quite here yet but more here every day - a leaf here a leaf there changing colors. But there is that "fragrance" in the air if you have a sensitive sense of smell which I do - it's coming closer. Love the photo and your words.
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