In Virginia Woolfs Mrs Dalloway our titular character moves through her much-anticipated party elegantly in a silver-green mermaids dress with the perfect ease and air of a creature floating in its element. In Atonement , too, McEwan writes of Cecilia discarding a pink frock for being too innocently pale, instead appraising her emerald-clad appearance: It was a mermaid who rose to meet her in her own full-length mirror. AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT Perhaps we too want to be in thrall to green at the moment coolly submerged and transformed into something mythic, hungering after its suggestion of unapproachability (think of Gatsbys green light across the water, or the distant call of Ozs Emerald City)
Men : Linen shirts, chinos, and loafers
I found a polyester jersey in the right shade at Jo-Anns, which is a very inexpensive fabric store in the States, so we made a first dress out of that
Morris would work 85 hours a week doing all of the buying and bookkeeping for his department store
Featuring a graceful cowl neckline with delicate spaghetti straps, this dress delivers timeless elegance
From Chic by Nicole