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Little Black Everything E L I F S H A FA K C O M E S T O T E R M S W I T H
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H E R M O N O C H R O M E C L O S E T. O F A L L T H E C O L O R S in the universe, there are two that I am particularly fond of: purple and black. The former is for writing. All my fountain pens have purple ink. The latter is for wearing. I wear black a lot—like, on-all-occasionswithout-fail kind of a lot. I had to admit to myself just how often I wore it when my children peeked into my wardrobe the other day and started describing the items inside: “A black jacket, a black skirt, a black top, another black jacket...” Whenever I run into a woman sporting multihued garments and accessories, carrying her choice of style with
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