Style: A Case for the Founding Fathers

This weekend I read an article about Diana Vreeland, who from 1936 - 1962 was Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar. A rather ugly woman with dark eyes, angular face and large nose, she embraced her flaws, and turned them into style assets. Frankly, what she determined was fashionable, became the last word!

She made many a bold statement, including " You gotta have Style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life, and without it, you're nothing!" She also said, "All who have style, share one thing...originality! A new dress doesn't get you anywhere. It's the life you're living in the dress!"

As I read the article about Vreeland, it got me to thinking about the correlation between style and the Founding Fathers. They had style! Not in their latest fashion or how they wore their powdered wigs, or danced the latest minuet, but in their ATTITUDE!

They were originals who changed the face of the globe and the dynamics of political thinking as they strove to make a new place of freedom across the pond from Europe.They dedicated themselves to the cause of Liberty. They certainly weren't "politcially correct". They said what they thought, and we can thank them for our freedom of speech, and choice, today.

So I say, the Founding Fathers had a lot of style! Huzzah!