D.V.

I have just started reading Diana Vreeland's autobiograpy 'D.V.' and I am already completely smitten. She was so fabulous in that Nancy Mitford, Tallulah Bankhead, Dorothy Parker ilk (although all are brilliant in their own way). I love their decisiveness, and their wit with it. I just read this part and shamefully perhaps, I have to agree whole heartedly:

"This is a very serious subject with me. I've given this a lot of thought. I adore dressing and I adore making up. I adore the procedure - it's terribly invigorating, both during my getting up in the morning and during my getting ready to go out in the evening. It gives me such pleasure."