Welcome to The Chic Assignment for September. I have a beautiful new classical music piece for you this month as well as an amazing poet. We are also going to delve seasonally into our accessories and home decor. So let's get started!
Chic Assignment no. 1: Listen to: Sicilienne in E flat major by Maria Theresia von Paradis
This hauntingly beautiful piece has been a favorite of mine for years. Special thank you to Katie Riggs for helping me to identify the composer and title!
Here is a beautiful violin performance...
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Maria Theresia Paradis (also von Paradies) (May 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824), was an Austrian musician and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major.
Here is Sheku Kanneh-Mason performing at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Windsor
"Sicilienne" by Maria Theresia von Paradis
Chic Assignment no. 2: Enjoy the poetry of Robert Frost
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, but his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1884 following his father’s death. The move was actually a return, for Frost’s ancestors were originally New Englanders, and Frost became famous for his poetry’s engagement with New England locales, identities, and themes. Frost graduated from Lawrence High School, in 1892, as class poet (he also shared the honor of co-valedictorian with his wife-to-be Elinor White), and two years later, the New York Independent accepted his poem entitled “My Butterfly,” launching his status as a professional poet with a check for $15.00. Frost's first book was published around the age of 40, but he would go on to win a record four Pulitzer Prizes and become the most famous poet of his time, before his death at the age of 88. You can read more about Robert Frost from the Poetry Foundation.
Here is a great list of the 10 Best Robert Frost Poems Everyone Should Read
The Road Not Taken
BY ROBERT FROST
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
As for books, check out The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems Complete & Unabridged.
Selected Poems of Robert Frost: Illustrated Edition
Chic Assignment no. 3: Curate Your Seasonal Accessories As we head into fall, we are going to continue to switch out our capsule wardrobes. Let's also include accessories. Get intentional and thoughtful about what accessories you'd like to display this season: everything from boots to jewelry. I'll be doing many fall ten-item wardrobe videos on the channel for you to help you along the way.
Chic Assignment no. 4: Switch Out Your Seasonal Decor This is something you're likely doing anyway, whether you are rotating your throw blankets, or bringing in herbs from the garden to dry and preserve. I'll be doing a fall home decor video for you this month to get you in the mood for the upcoming season. Relish and enjoy the process.
Please note: My dress (new for fall!) is Draper James and my earrings are Ana Luisa use code Jennifer10 for $10 off.
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Comment of the Week
I am amazed at all of the fashion faux pas comments I am receiving from last week's post. There are so many, I must shoot a reaction video to them! :)
Here is just one of the funny comments. Susan writes, "Here's my story: I used to have a lovely pair of high heeled leather shoes, white with thin blue and pink stripes. I liked them but didn't wear them too often. The last time I wore them was for a lunch at work. Shortly after I put on the shoes, I noticed the edges of the soles were crumbling a little bit. "Oh no," I thought, "I guess I'll have to throw out these shoes, but at least I can wear them one more time." Well, within an hour of getting to work I had to go back home to change my shoes, because the shoes were crumbling around my feet! And as I walked to my car, I saw a trail of bits of my shoes that had come off as I had walked into the office. By the time I got home, the entire bottom of the shoes were gone and I was just walking on the insoles!
So let that be a lesson to us all, wear and enjoy your nice things often before they deteriorate!
Susan"
Susan, I am trying to picture this in my head and am just smiling. It is such a fear of mine that a shoe will break while I am out in public, haha! Thanks for sharing your dressing faux pas.
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