Like most ladies who adore large hats and bejeweled crocodile brooches, I am an avid reader/looker-on of the Mrs. Lilien blog. For a little while now, with news of a cocktail book in the near future, she has released a series of outfits/accessories/etc. inspired by cocktails.
Now, if anyone has hit the target with me on exactly the right way to market, it’s this woman. Show me a chiffon gown with some shiny earrings, a beautiful goblet and name it all after a favorite cocktail of mine and BOOM. I’m sold. I recently was in Vegas for a couple of days and found myself staring at those scroll sunglasses from Prada and walked away only because they had sold out of the black ones. Even more odd was that my husband thought they looked cool. I’m still blinking confusedly thinking of that. I would never have known of their existence (or intense desire to HAVE THEM) until she put it out there as part of a clever ensemble.
Slam.
Crap. I believe that was most of the male readers leaving the room. For those men remaining I have a deep affection for scotch and cigars too. You’re day is coming soon.
My favorite of these featurettes is the Mrs. Negroni. Perhaps it’s the dress, or my love of orange (at the moment), but more likely it’s a love of that bitter Italian aperitif that is getting a workout around the house lately. The cocktails on the blog are not that obscure, but what I’d love to see is an outfit for a Rum Barrel, or a Samoan Fog Cutter- something that you can pair with a giant banana headdress. (I do love the Tiki Drinks). I’m just throwing that one out there…
Via Mrs. Lilien