Eyeing his friend's exquisite European clothes, he (Scott Fitzgerald) asked, "Are you what they call a fop?" (Scott's own sartorial expression was more in the Arrow Collar-ad mode). No, Gerald told him. As he later explained it, "I was a dandy, which is something entirely different. . . . I liked clothes that were smart, without having any interest in fashions or styles, and I dressed just the way I wanted to, always."
- Amanda Vail, Everybody Was So Young
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What a wonderful book. It reads like fiction; not surprising as Sara and Gerald Murphy really cultivated "l'art de vivre." Inspiring, even in the midst of extreme tragedy.
I'll make the exhibit at Yale next Spring, sorry to have missed the Williams College opening.
Thanks for the post!
Chris
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