Comments on: What About Diane Pernet?

By: Odile Lee

Odile Lee — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 01:45:11 +0000

Im all for costumes, and uniforms( self chosen, Im lazy and went to public school, so like them.)
She doesn’t look eccentric, she looks like some Moldavian widow gone to seed. Ewwww. Does he smell like mothballs, as well? Id expect so.

By: Lord Barfoot

Lord Barfoot — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:05:12 +0000

I had no issue with her… but recently wearing a dead gorilla? Didn’t matter to me that it had been murdered like- fifty years ago…

Unless she wears it to make a statement against the extinction of our hairy cousins- otherwise… it’s pretty disgusting. We don’t even need ‘leather’ anymore… but it sells- so, as long as you buy it… people will sell it and animals will be bred for their hide.

I don’t fancy gorilla garb (Silly lady). Do you?

By: pernet

pernet — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:43:42 +0000

I think it is a matter of feeling comfortable and happy. All the best, Diane

By: carmencatalina

carmencatalina — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:30:52 +0000

I’m rather fascinated by people who wear the same thing (or variants on the same thing) all the time. Does it make life simpler? Does it stamp their image upon changing world, fixing them in time in some way?

I’ve noticed that lately my own “costume” has become rather predictable, repeating often. Is it because I’m tired? Or have a reached a point where I’ve found what makes me comfortable/happy and I’m less willing to experiment?

And if that’s true, why do I still have so many damn clothes?

By: pernet

pernet — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:09:43 +0000

Certainly those events can leave their scars. I”ve never had children but I’ve certainly lost people very dear to me. All blessings to you too, Diane

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:18:42 +0000

Ah, okay, I see you must be tired of the same crap all the time, I wouldn’t like that either. Me, I’m equally tired of lectures about how “bitter” “hateful” or “negative” I am. It’s just part of how i like to express myself and I don’t feel the need to smile when someone barks “SMILE!” at me on the street.

In fact I am vulnerable and really nice. I would cite children and tragedy as the biggest threats to youth and health. Or that’s what I blame when I catch a glimpse of myself lately.

all blessings and love, SW

By: pernet

pernet — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:06:53 +0000

Your response came before my additional answer. I do not dress to attract attention, as I said I dress to please myself. Perhaps this is the case with other’s but it is not my desire. Every journalist poses that question and I’m sick to death of responding to it hence I do not want to be a guest editor and put in a position where I have to defend what I consider the simplicity of my look. And yes, the bitch factor does turn me off because I am neither cynical, bitter nor bitchy. If any qualities age one, those are it. All the best, Diane

By: pernet

pernet — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:56:39 +0000

It’s funny Sister Wolf all my life people have told me what beautiful skin I have and continue to say so. For the moment it is not sagging but who knows what could happen tomorrow. You know we all do age and although I’m far from 80, I will probably be one day and maybe you too. I don’t look forward to it but I don’t fear it, I accept it. What can you do? You either die or get older.

All the best, Diane

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:48:10 +0000

Pernet – Thank you for speaking up! I don’t think all the comments were bitchy – many were very supportive of you! I see that someone felt your clothes made you “look 80.” What I wanted to explore is how your look is interpreted by a range of people.

Obviously, your look calls for a reaction of some kind. You know, are you trying to provoke, to protect or hide yourself, or to project as idea of yourself…I am curious.

In my 40s I always planned to confine myself to black mourning gowns once I hit my 50s. I thought it would be a funny statement and it would be sort of a preemptive move: Looking like a Victorian widow before anyone started alluding to my over-the-hillness.

I’m wondering if anyone has ever interviewed you about your look and how it came about and what it means to you. Would you like to be a guest author on this subject?? Or are you put off by the bitch factor?

It’s not always bitchy here. Sometimes it is very emotional, sometimes playful, and sometimes people insult me for being a bitter old hag and much much worse. I just trust the readers to join in a conversation without becoming abusive. I banish them if they prove to be mean-spirited imbeciles.

Best to you as well, Sister Wolf

By: pernet

pernet — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:05:20 +0000

Of course, that is how I found all these charming comments. The thing is it is not a costume and I do not dress to please anyone but myself. With all the bitchy comments above, it seems quite clear that I am not dressing for anyone but myself and I’ve yet to reach 80 but thank you for telling me that is the age that I appear. Perhaps my blog appears boring to your readers as I choose not to post bitchy comments . If I do not like something I just do not write about it.
All the best, Diane