I want to dress like Katherine Hepburn

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Some ladies are just classy. Say what you want about her personal affairs, but I admire Katherine Hepburn.

I saw my first Hepburn movie while spending a sick day home from high school. I never watched soaps or talk shows--give me a bag of chips, some apple juice, and the remote and I was lost in the world of black and white romance. This isn't something a lot of people know about me, but those old movies were dreamy and silly and melodramatic and I loved them. There was a little picture she made with Cary Grant called Bringing Up Baby. It was hokey and reminds me for all the world of the chemistry from shows like X-Files or Moonlighting--that fast banter back and forth that only two like minds could maintain or enjoy. And her clothes, OH!

She dressed like a woman who threw off the constraints of society--she wore pants when the situation called for it, but she would knock your eyes out with perfect lip liner and mascara too on a moment's notice. And that deep feline voice--so different from the high pitched wailing of other actresses of her time. She just knew who she was and what she wanted and didn't see any reason not to go for it. Bless her heart.

I know that I don't want to just dress like Hepburn--that would be like putting heels on a horse. I want to exude confidence in myself. I want to feel like I have a place in the world and I am not going to ask for it, I am going to take it! I want to be graceful but strong, and feminine but independent. I think all these things are within me and only call for my own determination to show them off. Sounds like another goal for my six month plan!