Haberdashery
- Did you catch Outer Life yet?
- Hmm.
- Is that a yes or a no?
- What?
- Am I interrupting something?
- Your question again?
- Did you see Outer Life?
- Yeah. I'm beginning to think that he's not going to crack up after all.
- Hmm.
- It reminded me of a guy I saw at a convention at the Greenbrier. My mother had just died, and Dad wanted company, so he took me along. There was this guy who showed up at all the dinners and things in really incredible clothes. One day, he had on a terrific lemon-yellow jacket. Everything that he was wearing either matched the coat or his dark blue slacks, and I guess it all went with his coloring. I don't think a fashion photographer would have dared to use an outfit so completely turned out. I ran into the guy in the men's room and had to tell him that his clothes were great. "It's all my wife," he said, with a brisk smile. As if he had no idea. I didn't buy it. Am I interrupting you?
- Hmm.
- Gawd, what are you looking at?
- Photos from Party Cove.
- I guess you're through with the Times, then?
- Red state fun!
Comments
I love The Ken Thing; he made a very reasonable choice.Too bad the people at Party Cove don't have the same degree of sense. Glad I'm too old to "party"...and so are most of the people pictured here. A well cut bathing suit or blouse or sarong is so much more alluring.
Posted by: Ozma | July 22, 2005 01:54 PM
What was it you used to say, 'The nude are seldom naked, and the naked are never nude?' Flashing, women showing their breasts, what's it all about, biker girls, lady truck drivers, college girls at spring break or Mardi Gras, 'show us your ta ta's!'? It's not nudism or naturism, it's incredibly public and raucous, is it just exhibitionism or more? I've been on large boats, generally sail boats, with groups of five or six people when I lived in Corpus Christi where the women would ditch their tops once we were well clear of the club and out in the bay. I've been a house guest from time to time where clothing optional comes into play early in the morning or late at night. I might go to a naturist camp just for the experience, but this, Party Cove, I don't get it. I'm an old guy with some weight on me, an old silver back type in my mind, not a belly but some weight and I'm not especially embarassed about my body, but this? Exhibitionism on a grand scale, that's all I can discern. Dangerous too I would suspect later in the day as the levels of intoxication rise.
Maybe, I'm just an old fud. Allure, expectation, that's the pleasure not total flaunt. Maybe that's all there is, flaunt, if you've got it, flaunt it. But what have they got, what is being flaunted?
Posted by: George | July 22, 2005 09:08 PM