Travelling Clothes

I love writing on the blog. I think of things that I think are important all the time. My latest really important issue is, "what to wear on the plane". At my age and having travelled a fair bit one would think I'd have it worked out. I like to be pulled together when I travel, yet this issue comes up every trip whether my travel is for work or pleasure. Here are my restrictions:

1) no skirts or dresses - a colleague who had to evacuate on the slide wearing a skirt told me it was horrible as she got "rubber burns" and in the future she would never fly in skirts, dress or shorts.

2) Another friend got a rash wearing shorts on a plane;

3) I believe the seats are filthy and don't want to wear "good clothes" if I can avoid it, and also don't want to be wearing the filthy stuff (whether its just in my mind or not) for the rest of my trip; and

4) I also don't want to stretch out my jeans, as somehow flying really takes a toll on them.

As I write this I am beginning to wonder about mytops and the seat back. For some reason that has been less of a worry.

So, in the past I've had some pants I don't really care about that are washable, and I'd wear them there and back, and that was it. But then I look at some other people in the airport and they just look so sharp. I don't know why I'm so obsessed with this, but I don't like to look like a mess. Saturday we are making our annual summer trip to Chicago to visit friends. My stepdaughter flew home from Vermont to join us. She has no problem. She used to fly in sweats, but the photo above is how she arrived tonight. She doesn't have the jeans issue. She looked great.

I went to City Sports on 7th St. in DC, to look for travel pants that didn't look like leggings or sweatpants. I found these awesome yoga pants:

http://www.prana.com/002012-Bliss-Nylon-Pant.aspx

Except I got them in black. They are much nicer looking than in the photo, and I am tall and they are long enough (unlike in the diagram on their site), AND bonus, they are made in the U.S. I love the slits on the leg, and the fact that they have pockets, which make them look more like pants, not sweatpants. So I'll try them. with a nice top and cardigan.

On our trip I may try to get up the courage to photo some great travel oufits, ans also bad ones. I will certainly mortify my family. I assume anyone I ask to photo for a good one will be flattered and will say o.k.

At least I'm packed. By the way, check out this other blog. A woman described what she packed, in a carry on (!) for three weeks in Italy:

http://decorno.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-in-world-did-you-pack-for-3-weeks.html

I am curious however about the space bags. I have some questions for her about that.

ieva

MEETING STACY LONDON!


O.K, I love the show What Not to Wear. So when Margaret at the last minute told me about this blog launch party with Stacy London at Urban Chic (in Georgetown) (http://www.urbanchiconline.com/) I HAD to go. My husband was out tonight with the guys, and my big plans had been to go to Costco and then come home and spend time snuggling with Manon (my one-eyed cat).

Anyway, they had all these cookies and (see attached photo of one I took home) cool looking sweets and chocolate covered strawbwerries. Mind you most of the women in the place were of course slim and not likely to indulge in big cookies. I had one chocolate covered strawberry and several champagnes. Most people were drinking water. Not me. Then Stacy arrived fashionably late. As I needed to get to Costco I was one of the first six or so to try to get her attention. I was in front of her as she was finishing up with someone else, and she was heading towards me ready to have me remove my necklace. It was a fuchsia plastic bead thing. She said it was fine, just too playful for what I had on. So the rest was o.k. I guess. She LOVED my yellow vegan leather bag that I wrote about previously. She said that was a good pop of color. Her words of wisdom to the group, "smart is the new black". She's in town b/c she's starting a styling service in DC for all the smart new people flocking here. She said she hopes Michelle Obama uses her service but didn't elaborate. That's it.



When I told my mother about my encounter, she asked if she said anything about my hair. Well no she didn't, she's not the hair person. I'm sure my mother was waiting for a big "told you so"moment, that my hair is terrible.



Oh, a Washington Post reporter took my picture with Stacy, and promised to send it to me. I'll share if I ever get it and it doesn't look too awful.

I still haven't eaten the gorgeous cookie.