Blogger Vintage Vix had a blogger Sunshine Award and invited her followers to join in, it looked like fun, you answer some questions and 'pass it on':  Her questions were as follows:

1. Five well-known women (alive or dead) you'd invite over for dinner (or just meet in the pub).

Jack Monroe (chef/cookery writer) to teach us all to make a delicious dinner on a budget

source: the Book Depository

Shappi Khorsandi Comediene, to keep us laughing (try and get her biography, it's worth a read)

Source:  Amazon.co.uk

Katie Piper to chat chat about her amazing work setting up the Katie Piper Foundation to help burns victims, she has so much vitality, you just don't see her own disfigurement as her inner beauty shines out.  She is a truly beautiful woman. 

https://katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/

Dervla Murphy, lady who rode a bicycle around India solo, relying on local hospitality for food/board. She has travelled alone to many countries and written books about her adventures, hopefully she'd bring along some good old fashioned film projector reels of her trips for us to watch.

Source: Wikepedia

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervla_Murphy

Finally, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (who was a not an Egyptian herself, but a Macedonion Greek):  She was a philosopher, alchemist, made her own cosmetics.  It seems the Egyptians invented cosmetics (khol) so I think she could teach me a thing or two about how to look my best; we could chat too about her visitors from outer space.

Source: Commons Wikipedia

2.  The woman you would most like to swap places with for the day:

our Queen, Elizabeth 2nd, I would like to wear a crown for one day
and be able to hold a royal tea party, the guests would, of course, be everyone in Blogland.

3. Which female actor would you pick to play you in a film about your life?

Marilyn Monroe:  She could give unforgettable mystery and glamour to my character.

Source:  https://paulaacton.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/marilyn-monroewhite-dress.jpg

 

4. Is there a particular woman who influenced your style or inspired you somehow, and who is she?

Barbara Hulanicki, founder of Biba:  She made fashion affordable and accessible and individual.  I spent many happy days shopping in Kensington Biba  in my late teens ( during the 1970s).   I don't think we had much fashion until Biba exploded onto the scene. It was so new and trendy to be able to buy make up, fashion  jewellery and clothing in one place and to be encouraged to wear it in your own individual way (with the approval of the glamorous, very grown up and sophisticated sales girls!) it was cool to just 'be there' and you would hang around for ages to grab one of those velvet chairs in the window so you could be 'seen' and to leave with your iconic Biba carrier bag.

5. Whose wardrobe would you most like to steal?

source: https://wonderfultime.com/blog/2017/06/intimate-encounter-coco-chanel-lifetime-chanel-paris/

Coco chanel, she made black and white look sophisticated and feminine 

and had such elegance and style:  red lipstick, Channel No. 5 perfume, perfection.  

'The best things in life are free,

the second best things in life are very, very expensive'

Coco Chanel

Want to join in? my questions remain the same:  you can leave your answers here if you don't have a blog, or post your own.

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