what do you really need to get along in life? air, water, food, shelter, and some black velvet…yes, black velvet…along with a nice crisp white shirt…
it was a sultry actress and torch singer marlene dietrich’s basic outfit – a ruffled white blouse and black velvet pants…
this go-anywhere, do-anything outfit has been reinterpreted every decade, from twiggy in the sixties to a new ralph lauren variation every season…
just years ago, sharon stone caused a sensation at the oscars when she put together a long black velvet skirt, her husband’s white shirt, and a diamond-encrusted lizard pin on the back of the skirt’s waistband…now that is a memorable look…
with black velvet pants or a black velvet skirt and a stark white shirt, you can go anywhere on a moment’s notice…no need to fuss over what you are going to wear because, like the air you breath, it is already there…
