[stylist] Blindness, clothes and stuff...

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Lynda,

That's amazing for your great-grand-daughter! I had a brief modeling
career when younger, but I never really enjoyed it. And when I got into
my teens, I stopped growing. At 5 feet, 5 inches, I'm not quite tall
enough to model especially co tour. My agency said I would find a niche
in Japan, but I just didn't have the drive to do it.

Bridgit
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:25:45 -0500
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Representing blindness
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Yes, Bridget, it is all about personal taste and style.
When my children were small I was always in jeans and tops, too, that
were 
comfortable. I've always worked out at a gym, all my life, so I would
often 
be dressed in gym clothes - still do that. Our mornings begin before 
daylight, at the gym. But even there, I come in with make-up and
matching 
clothing. That is just my personal preference; I feel good when I know I

look good.

In my professional life, I love to "dress" up and when you are lecturing
to 
an audience in the classroom, you have to be on your game.  The students

expect it and they look forward to it.  They actually make comments to
us on 
jewelry, clothing, shoes, etc.
 I worked at a private college for priviledged students and it is not 
anything like the way a person might dress for a public school
environment. 
Profs in the English Department were all fashion foreward  women.

When I worked in California at a college, it was very different. One 
engineering professor even taught in her bare feet.  It's very
interesting 
how where we live influences how we look, too. There, it was very casual
for 
students and profs and staff - but here on the east coast it is much
less 
casual in the same situations. We are far less easy-going that what I 
experienced there.

I have always loved fashion since a  young teenager - always had 
subscriptions to the high-end fashion magazines and was always  aware of

trends. I am still like that because that is something I love.  I have 
Neiman Marcus taste.  I used to work for that company, and it was so 
exciting when I could give everyone on my Christmas gift list a Neiman 
Marcus Christmas.

My great granddaughter is 15 years old, and she has just signed a
contract 
with a major modeling agency. We are all thrilled for her and so excited

that her dream is beginning to reveal itself. She first spoke of
modeling 
and going to Paris when she was only 2 or 3 years old.  Fashion is
something 
that, in our family, we all discuss and enjoy.  Even after major sight
loss, 
it is still something I just love.

Lynda