The thoughtful dresser

One of my boyfriends (it's always neck and neck between Cary Tennis and The Manolo) has led me to a great new blog, The Thoughtful Dresser, by a British writer/journalist who writes on life and fashion. She is very funny but also thoughtful (as her blog states) - her blog's motto is:

Because you can't have depths without surfaces.
Linda Grant, thinking about clothes, books and other matters.

I like this quote she has on her sidebar from a book about a very serious and sad time in recent history:

'The only true and lasting meaning of the struggle for life lies in the individual, in his modest peculiarities and his right to these peculiarities.' (Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate.)

The post which caught my eye today is this one with a still from Ugly Betty and an Edith Wharton quote:

It's almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim you are beautiful. Edith Wharton

I'm firmly of the belief that the image we project is supremely important to the way people respond to us. Dressing nicely and neatly projects (to me) an image of self-confidence. After further thought, I realize that for some of us it's actually a false shell.