Jeg har snuppet mine nytårsforsætter fra en ganske særlig kvinde

Faste læsere vil vide, at jeg har en ganske særlig forkærlighed for Diana Vreeland. Hun var redaktør på amerikanske Vogue og Harper’s Bazaar og både berømt og berygtet for sine skarpe bemærkninger. Hun lagde ikke fingrene i mellem, og som Yves Saint Laurent sagde om hende: Diana Vreeland belonged to the breed of women who take fate by the throat and oblige it to surrender. 

Hvad kan bedre end det starte et nyt spændende år? Her får du mine 10 yndlingscitater fra Vreeland – måske nogle af dem kan inspirere dig til dit eget 2019.

1. There’s only one very good life and that’s the life you know you want and you make it yourself
2. The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it
3. When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to everything
4. A world without leopards, well, who would want to live in it?
5. I have a terrible time rembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring
6. Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. Well I think people look better with a little vanity. I think men should have it. Women should have it. It’s a form of pride. It’s very important
7. A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste – it’s hearty, it’s healthy, it’s psysical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I’m against
8. Anyone who’s afraid and does not search and give as much as possible to the world of pleasure is a totally ignorant person. We were put here for the joy of it, for the hell of it, and it’s all here now, nothing’s been taken away, it’s a question of creating it
9. Always have a glass of champagne before making a serious decision. Or even before going to the dentist
10. I think a woman owes it to herself and everyone around her to be deliciously perfumed

Når det kommer til det sidste, elskede hun parfumer og dufte og havde altid et Rigaud duftlys tændt på sit kontor. På egen hud foretrak hun en ren og kraftfuld herreduft, og altid en duft med karakter. Det er også hele baggrunden for den Diana Vreeland-parfumelinje, som hendes barnebarn Alexander Vreeland lancerede for nogle år siden (og som jeg er så glad for at have på hylderne hos mig i den lille skønhedspavillon).

Hvis du drømmer om en parfume, der giver dig noget af det pizzazz som Diana Vreeland havde, så kan jeg kun anbefale dig at stikke næsen i dem. Vi hjælper meget gerne med at finde den rette til dig og oven i købet er det lykkedes os at lokke et lille parti Diana Vreeland-bøger ud af dem, så du kan få én med, når du køber en parfume. Det er fantastisk lærdom udi at leve livet til fulde.