{"id":2154,"date":"2011-04-14T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2011-04-15T00:13:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T23:13:36","slug":"our-matinee-experience-hot-frock-tip-for-a-city-break-other-frock-news-shock-lack-of-pre-boarding-tension-as-i-prepare-to-mount-the-air-for-rome-more-tulips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=2154","title":{"rendered":"Our Matine\u00e9 Experience; Hot Frock Tip for a City-Break; Other Frock News; Shock Lack of Pre-boarding Tension as I Prepare to Mount the Air for Rome; More Tulips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday 14th<\/sup> April 2011<\/p>\n

I\u2019m wearing a Kiehl\u2019s Rare Earth Face Masque: the dinner for the dedicatees of Rufus Pitman\u2019s new novel, Bums and Buns at the Seaside<\/em>, is at 8.30. I\u2019m missing the beforehand appearance of Rufus at Gay\u2019s the Word bookshop owing to pre-boarding tasks.<\/p>\n

Our Matine\u00e9 Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the matinee, incurred by accident yesterday…. no matine\u00e9 trays, nor matinee jackets, indeed no elegance tea-time service of any kind but one important whooshed-up coiffure and Sir William Right-Fog in the stalls \u2013 do you remember him? Also Malcolm Muggeridge, but Robert Nevil insisted he\u2019s dead. Loved the play, called Flair Path<\/em>, by Terry Ratty although it wasn\u2019t at all PLRG in theme.\u00a0 Sienna Miller (wrong frocks, not made by Val, I fear) had to chose between her husband and lover in a tragic kind of way, no question of some more advanced arrangement, as in Design for Living<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hot Frock Tip for a City-Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you know, tomorrow I board for Rome. For a City-Break, which always occurs in milder or cold weather, put the emphasis on outer wear. It\u2019s in the streets that you\u2019ll be seen. Even in the restaurant you\u2019ll be sitting down. Have at least three options for outer wear for a two-day break, if not four. I only have three.<\/p>\n

Other Frock News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preliminary assault on H Nicks yesterday to get the money back on those ripped Balenciaga slacks. \u2018Manageress\u2019 not there. To call me. I expect it\u2019s that same orange one I encountered when returning the Burberry cardy that turned into the Balenciaga slacks. I hope she doesn\u2019t remember.<\/p>\n

Those Paul and Joe trews that got Risotto Milanese on them \u2013 I\u2019ve got it out! (Do you remember: Joyce Grenfell: \u2018Mrs Hingle, she\u2019s got it out!\u2019). The yellow stain (best saffron, you know) came right out.<\/p>\n

So those slacks are back in circulation and packed for Rome.<\/p>\n

Now my champagne cardy by Fabrizio de Carlo \u2013 that\u2019s the one that got snagged in the Tudor House – \u00a0well, I\u2019ve washed it. Risky. It\u2019s a very loose knit and may never return to shape. At present it\u2019s on the drying rack, looking anguished. Let\u2019s hope that rack has not become a morgue by the time I regain from Rome.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, I\u2019ve been brushing and spot-cleaning the garments to be shipped to the Eternal City. How rarely do we really inspect our frockage, every square inch, and maid it to the bone. But dry cleaning is wrecking and washing not much better. Always dab and sponge if you possibly can.<\/p>\n

Shock Lack of Pre-boarding Tension as I Prepare to Mount the Air for Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n

Astonishing: I\u2019ve been, just, on the right side of the drama of outfit planning (no going back if wrong) and thrilling towards Rome, where I will wear outfits. Then, mid-afternoon, it came through that Peter Acharya and Ned Czernowski are to be there, by coincidente purissimo<\/em>, and in a 4-star just round the corner from where I\u2019ll be with Sonny Hammond. It bodes well: maybe, just maybe, we\u2019ll break through to the burning inner core of Roman society, as we did in Paris in January, finding Bruno-France Bruno by chance just round the corner from the hotel and throbbing at the molten heart of high Paris life.<\/p>\n

What about Prince Doria?<\/p>\n

\"My

My Champagne Cardy by Fabrizio de Carlo in Torment after Washing<\/p><\/div>\n

\"This

This Red Thing was Supposed to be Spring Green<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Surprise

Surprise Red Tulip on Top Terrace<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Just

Just a Few Spring Green Appeared on the Top Terrace<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I

I Think This is the Unusual Blackcurrant Parrot Tulip About to Open. Was Intended to be with Spring Green<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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