For very casual or intimate ceremonies, consider toning down to dusty blue or soft periwinkle instead
In a letter written that November, Mitchell reported to her publisher that the book is on the required collateral reading lists of many high schools in the South, and even a number of junior high schools and grammar schools are using it. She noted that the sex angle seemed to pass easily over the youngest heads, or had proved amenable to such interpretation as that of one bright child aged elevenwhose school book report referred to Belle Watlings brothel, in the scene where the heroic Klan members are sheltered there, as the swankiest night club in Atlanta. This happy example, she wrote, had given her a sense of relief: After that I had no fears that I was polluting the youthful mind. What kind of moral responsibility does she bear, after all
There are actually some surprisingly good floor-length maternity dresses on Amazon that can pass for formal wear, especially if youre not going to a true black tie event
At the time, Vogue s editors wrote that Chanels little black dress would become sort of a uniform for all women of taste. That seems like an astute prediction, in hindsight