It is a truth universally acknowledged that, when a bright young woman launches a playful fashion blog that garners five million followers, she must be in want of a book contract. And she was.
Now Leandra Medine, voted by Fashionista. Scheduled for release on Sept. She fills her readers in on the extremely important role that clothes have played in her life thus far, naming the chapters after particular items of clothing, among them a pair of drop-crotch, M. Hammer-esque harem pants that, surprisingly, attracted two men with whom she had serious romances, one of whom became her husband.
She describes wanting to dress like the Spice Girls as a child β something her mother forbade. She recalls having to wear long skirts and long-sleeve tops to Ramaz, her modern orthodox Jewish high school. We had dabbled with the notion of man repelling β that women so invested in their sartorial conquests are bound for a life of little companionship but many shoes. You May Also Like. Such garments include but are not limited to harem pants, boyfriend jeans, overalls see: human repelling , shoulder pads, full-length jumpsuits, jewelry that resembles violent weaponry and clogs.
Five foot eight and a size zero, she wears clothes with great aplomb. The writer is as quick-witted and outspoken in person as she is on the Web and on paper. Asked whether her husband was taken aback when he learned that she details losing her virginity to him in the book, she says no.
Making the decision to marry early β and to marry her first love β was a bit difficult for her. Her favorite sibling, her older brother Haim, has just launched his own jewelry line, Khai Khai, and she is helping him with it. Medine is frequently asked for advice by aspiring bloggers, and says she always tells them not to quit their day jobs.
