Many people have inspired me with their sense of style, and my grandma Dottie, who would have turned 97 this week, was one of them for sure. She worked for years as a ready-to-wear sales lady at her local JC Penney and was never without her blush compact and lipstick. Up until her death last August, I never failed to meet people who adored her and remembered her as the "Penney's lady."
She was the one who overrode her own daughter's objection to my wish of getting my ears pierced. I recall her saying, "We're going!" And off we went to Claire's at Woodfield Mall. Not only did she get her own ears done a few years later, but so did her once skeptical daughter :)
This photo, snapped at her last birthday just a year ago, shows her love for fashion remained throughout her life. She's proudly sporting an Orla Kiely for Uniqlo scarf that I snagged for her, as well as a cozy throw from the (in)famous Missoni for Target collaboration.
She is proof that style has no age, and she sure had fun exemplifying that.
Happy birthday, Snazzy Dottie <3
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