Homework!

Back in the day,  the school library carried all these magazines.  I really wanted to peruse through "Vogue" and "Bazaar".  

That was just like categorically unacceptable for boys.  

So I was reduced to pretending to be totally absorbed in an issue of "Car and Driver" or "Sports Illustrated"!

YUCK!

Well that was grade school/junior high.  Things changed rapidly.  Fashion became very, Very, VERY important.  

By high school, MTV wasn't just a music video showcase, it was a living and breathing fashion magazine.  

Elsa Klensch was my hero as a fashion journalist that covered fashion designers and fashion shows across the country.  She taught me who the pioneers and designers were like Chanel, Donna Karen, Ralph Lauren, and Calvin Klein.  

I learned terms like 'haute couture', 'basic black', 'classic style', 'cut on the bias', 'hounds tooth', and 'paisley'.   

By college, I knew who all the supermodels were, what was happening in fashion and the  powerful influence of Madonna and Michael Jackson on what us ordinary people wore.  

Today, I am just short of clueless on what is considered the latest and greatest fashions.  I THINK skinny jeans, jeggings and burnout t's are the style of the day.  

I'd look silly in some of today's styles. But since I learned at an early age what 'classic style' is, I just wear the basic classics so I don't get laughed out of social situations.

I did my homework.  ;-)

Supermodels!

With Doodle Divas, one thing kind of lends itself to another. First there was this girl on a runway. That made me think of Rupaul saying ' . . . Sashay Shante! . . . ". And that of course made me think of the ultimate career girls . . . SUPERMODELS!

How could I make this line of gorgeous funny ladies without acknowledging the moniker given to only a chosen few?

But what makes a model a SUPERmodel? 

The title is earned, not just given away. 

I defaulted to humor and the power of cartoons, (cartoons can do ANYTHING!). And voila! A Supermodel Doodle Diva was born.

She should really use a spotter! ;-)

                                              

Sashay Shante

Doodle Diva favorites never cease to amaze me. Just when I
think I have a handle on what people prefer, I'm wrong.

Like this little gem. I couldn't keep this one around. It really started it all as far as mass appeal. 

There was this contest. I entered this picture. It was featured on Facebook. I won a little prize for my efforts.

The end.

Nope.

The beginning.

The majority of interest was for these girls doing their catwalk strut. And of course when I made enough prints to handle the requests, folks had moved on to the other divas.

Oh well. Any Diva can tell you. Eventually, folks always go back to the classics! ;-)