Nina, Nina, Nina!

Dear Nina Garcia, Fashion Director of Elle Magazine,

I just wanted to drop you a quick note about your new book, The Little Black Book of Style.

First, can you and Tim Gunn stop feeding my Project Runway addiction? I’m having a hard enough time concentrating on my work as it is, now I’m wondering when Season 4 will start.

Having said that, I appreciated the nuggets of encouragement in The Little Black Book of Style. When it arrived in the mail, I thought – Hey, where is all the usual advice? But then I realized this wasn’t meant to be a ‘usual’ book. In addition to some concrete advice about white shirts and how to look elegant, you gave me a little pep talk which I clearly needed.

Thanks for letting me feel good about my H&M habit and for encouraging me to think a little longer about buying a pair of Manolos! I feel so schlubby day in and day out.

My life wasn’t always like that. When I worked in an office, I had some good clothes. But, since PunditGirl came along and I sit in my home office in front of the computer all day, the “fashion” in this house has reached a sorry state. So I’m going to try to find an excuse to get those shoes, clean out the closet and look like me again.

I will start to “treat [myself] like a goddess,” and focus more on the fact that style is an attitude that “comes from knowing [who I am].”

Yes, I admit, that I was just the tiniest bit jealous that you know all those cool designers who answered your Q&A’s, but, as it turns out, we’re connected with fewer than Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon – my stepdaughter works for one of those designers, so maybe I’ll have her say ‘hi’ to you next time you’re in that office!

While it’s hard to arrive for school pick-up in something other than the standard mommy uniform (since it just makes everyone comment about where I’ve been or what I’ve been up to), I’m going to try it again.

And this time, I’ll just say, “Oh, my friend Nina said this would make me feel great.”

Sincerely yours,

PunditMom

Plenty of other moms from the Parent Bloggers Network have some things to say about Nina's book, too, to head on over to PBN and check them out!