Anais Nin writes a "Letter from New York" for Eve magazine. In it, she discusses music, theater, books, parties, and the art of dressing:
"The distinction between colorless dressing and dressing to express character, a mood, the richness of a personality is the same one which separates a uniform from the art of dressing. The last originates from a knowledge of one's identity, an awareness of moods, a care for eloquence of body as well as of words. It is inseparable from the art of relationship or the art of living. A choice of scarf, a style of hair, the form of a shoe, a certain color, can play this lyrical note which reveals a woman's inner riches. The art of dress in living is not less valuable than the art of dress on the stage. The art of living is renewal, inventiveness, exploration, an openness to the unexpected, a love of surprises. Eve is not a spectator watching a fashion parade. She knows that even among textiles, she must choose with a feeling for the meaning of her life, the motifs and the patterns, the textures of her life and of those she loves, a harmonization of moods, temperaments and indications of the hidden selves which cannot appear badly dressed."
She is saying that the way you dress reveals the way you approach life and relationships, whether you invest yourself and spend energy be it on dressing, making love, or playing the role of wife, mother, daughter, employee.
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