Celebrating International Overalls Day in St. Louis this year turned out to hold more surprises than I ever could have planned. My friend Michel walked over to Mom and Dad's from across the street. When he took off his jacket, voila...an overalls surprise for me. But it wasn't just the overalls, they were overalls with a story.
On the hunt for overalls for the evening, Michel headed up to the Salvation Army store in Grandview Plaza. He found a few pairs in the women's clothing department and chose one particular pair. Since he was there (and no one was around), he nipped into the dressing room and tried them on...not perfect, but a pretty decent fit. He took them over to the saleswoman to check the price-only $4-and then she directed him to the men's dressing room. When he told her he'd already tried them on 'over there', she got all flustered and didn't know what to do with him. The best though, was discovering at the check-out that his overalls outfit for the evening had been reduced to 99 cents! What a deal!
Getting ready to head home to France, Michel asked me if I wanted the overalls. I knew I couldn't get into them. Then I remembered a conversation I'd had with a friend in Cajarc, about how much a mutual friend/acquaintance of ours would love a pair of overalls from America. I packed them in. When I got home, I took them to the friend's shop so the delivery could be made. It wasn't long and I received an email from the woman who received the overalls who described dancing and twirling in them. The picture in my mind's eye made me smile. Imagine...your first pair of overalls! Those overalls that travelled from St. Louis made the magic of joy in a first pair of overalls in France! It's time to put on our overalls and twirl and dance!
Thanks Niels-looks like you guys had quite an overalls celebration too! Black overalls seem chic and dressy and I think you can get away wearing them to more formal events easier than others. Have you seen Kelly's picture in black overalls? Happy New Year-Take good care-Laury
Posted by: Laury Bourgeois | December 28, 2011 at 06:32 AM
Hi Laury What a wonderful post to read, just returned to our farmhouse after the traditional family gathering with Bodils family, 24 persons, and it is really fantastic how overalls make a difference ! You led me think of what my brother in law made today at our party, take a look at my webpage.Another overalls story, is that when I had the opera premiere 2 weeks ago and opened the show, I had my black overalls on, so I could feel free to invite the audience into the opera ! Anyway send my greetings to your friend and I do hope that you have some overalls with you to Netherlands ? if not, it is at least good to keep up the overalls spirit until you do it in real life ! Enjoy the rest of holidays niels
Posted by: Niels Windfeld Lund | December 26, 2011 at 10:41 PM