You may recall my trip this spring to Pawleys Island where I took pleasure in participating in a fundraiser to benefit the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art. I had a wonderful time presenting a fashion show of sorts styling clothes from some of the local boutiques. One of the Grand Strand's magazines, Sasee, a women's lifestyle magazine, covered the event, including an interview with me! The entire experience was so fun, and I felt very honored to be a part of it all. But then, I returned home to an email from the editor saying the owner of the magazine wanted to know if I would be willing to be a contributor! I am much obliged for the opportunity. I think I may have written my most meaningful piece to date in the September issue. I was actually at Pawleys Island when I wrote it, engrossed in the curiously powerful novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, not my typical thoughtless page turning of InStyle, Lucky or Domino Magazine, so I think the novel must have had an impact on the tone for my writing. At any rate, I am excited to share it with you, and if you would like, you may read it here. While I am writing a style column, you will see fashion is a metaphor for so much more.
Arrogantly Shabby, In The Fashion Sense
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you likely saw the pics I posted from my recent trip to Pawleys Island where I was a speaker at the Ladies Garden Party Luncheon to benefit the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art. Sasee Magazine is a women's lifestyle magazine serving the Grand Strand from Myrtle Beach to Charleston. Just south of the center is where you will find Pawleys Island. June is Sasee's fashion guide month, and so I was absolutely tickled when they said they wanted to write a story about my experience as a wardrobe stylist. You may read it here. I've been vacationing at Pawleys Island my entire life, and my father being a born and bred South Carolina boy, I'm fortunate to know many locals of the area. The ladies at the luncheon were so kind welcoming me into the social circle of their world. I feel that much more connected to the little town who, with pride, holds tight to their trademark, Arrogantly Shabby. If you've been to Pawleys, you know. The topography, peacefulness and mentality are fantastic beyond measure. If we are making an analogy to one's personal style of dress, there is no need for piling on the accessories here. Pawleys Island is sheer downplayed sophistication.
At the Sea View Inn, Pawleys Island, with my Mom and Dad, around 1981.