Eiljert Gabbles On

Friday, 30th November 2007

Wife is accompanying me to a Black Tie work dinner at Le Manoir Aux Quatre Saisons in a couple of weeks - and her choice of outfit has been exercising her somewhat.

So, today (when I had a day off), we went shopping to find her a seventh or eighth alternative to the shortlist that she has already drawn up…

When she tried on a pink 1940’s style, full-length, Paul Smith evening dress, with a ribboned back, she looked at herself in the mirror and said: “I feel like Keira Knightley in “Atonement”. But it costs too much.” The truth is: she looked better (for a start, she actually has GOT some tits, unlike Keira “Boy in a Vest” Knightley) - better than I’ve ever seen her look, which is saying something. So I bought it for her, rather than put it back on the rack.

There was no demurral when she found the “perfect” shoes in Nicole Farhi - so I don’t think she was trying it on, but frankly, she’s so perfect that I couldn’t care if she was.