Many things I figured would be ddifferent in a wheelchair: people making a particular effort not to talk over my head; being just the right height to press the Wait button on the traffic lights and so on, but one wheelchair effect I missed out, namely that I wear a hat to synagogue and when I lean my head back to look out from under the brim at the people desperately trying to include me in conversations, well, that perfectly fine-fitting hat (previously) now goes sliding right off the back of my head.
Enter one Pamela Savery complete with:
- the perfectly chic, perfectly on-trend colour for this season, which is also cut close enough to the scalp to disguise newly falling hair and not slip off mid-gossip.
What a totally FABULOUS hat!
Posted by: val | October 23, 2007 at 08:26 PM
hi dina
kol hakavod for making the great effort of going to shul !! that hat is just the most gorgeous hat i have ever seen, and you must look fabulous wearing it.
much love
dw
Posted by: dalia | October 23, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Wow!
Posted by: bookwitch | October 23, 2007 at 10:33 PM
That is one gorgeous hat - and I don't even like the silly things!
Posted by: Lee | October 24, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Where's the bird?
Posted by: grannyp | October 24, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Radio 4's Book of the Week is all about Selfridges. This morning's episode told the story of Harry Selfridge's glamorous lover (a French chanteuse - can't spell her name) who had to have an extra cabin on channel crossings to accommodate her hats. She was the inspiration for Cecil Beaton's designs for 'My Fair Lady'. Thought of your hat when I heard this. The glamour!
Posted by: joan | October 24, 2007 at 01:51 PM
You give Anna Wintour a run for her money in the style stakes..fantastic!
Posted by: Sheelagh barron | October 24, 2007 at 02:40 PM
That is quite lovely, Dina....you will look super in that. Wear it with pride and pleasure...
Posted by: adele geras | October 24, 2007 at 05:20 PM
Hi Dina love the hat. Just got back from the post box myself looking very fetching in rain-hat and with accompanying wet dog. Reason for wet excursion was my inability to send money via your blog to scanner appeal so posted cheque for £50 to Mt. Vernon, hopefully having made clear to them its because of your blog and not my recent checkup. Its the singer not the song that gets me, so keep singing and hopping in and out of your wheelchair in front of startled onlookers. Best regards, Jean.
Posted by: Jean | October 25, 2007 at 07:33 PM
that is a really lovely hat
Shabbat Shalom
Susan
www.caringbridge.org/visit/susanleigh
Posted by: Susan Leigh | October 26, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Dina - went to M&S Leicester today spoiling for a fight in case they were not stocking your book. The staff in the Lingerie Department were helpful but hadn't heard of "Take off your party dress". (Where have they been?!!!) They promised to get back to me. So on the case .........
Posted by: AnneAblett | October 27, 2007 at 07:31 PM
Hi Dina. Hope you're OK. Please keep posting. Many people are thinking about you and wishing you well.
Posted by: Helen | October 30, 2007 at 07:32 AM
Just want you to know I'm thinking of you too.
With all best wishes,
anna walker
Posted by: anna walker | October 30, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Am sorry to tell readers here that I just heard Dina died last night. Lavoya later today, Oct. 30.
Posted by: Hendon Lad | October 30, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Terrible news. Like everyone I am thinking of Anthony her husband and her children and grieving for them. A wonderful woman, generous and alive at what must have been her most exhausted and despairing. This marvellous hat - her last post - is a good expression of that vitality. Thankyou Dina. Though our loss cannot begin to compare with that of her family We will all - her virtual friends as well as those who knew her- miss her so very much. This comes with love, grief and admiration.
Posted by: grannyp | October 30, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Terrible news. Like everyone I am thinking of Anthony her husband and her children and grieving for them. A wonderful woman, generous and alive at what must have been her most exhausted and despairing. This marvellous hat - her last post - is a good expression of that vitality. Thankyou Dina. Though our loss cannot begin to compare with that of her family We will all - her virtual friends as well as those who knew her- miss her so very much. This comes with love, grief and admiration.
Posted by: grannyp | October 30, 2007 at 10:54 AM
What Grannyp said. Couldn't put it better.
Posted by: Alexandra Simonon | October 30, 2007 at 11:07 AM
My deepest condolences to Ms Rabinovitch's family and friends. I shall continue to urge everyone to buy her book and contribute to her appeal in the memory of this marvellous woman.
Posted by: mq, cb | October 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM
My deepest condolences too. Dina touched many lives, not least through the eloquence of her writing. She has also helped me offer really worthwhile support to friends suffering from this dreadful illness.Her family is in my thoughts.
Annie P
Posted by: Annie | October 30, 2007 at 12:07 PM
No words
Posted by: nomy | October 30, 2007 at 12:24 PM
No words
Posted by: nomy | October 30, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Dina was an inspiration to many & this will continue...we must remember her with a smile & continue to raise funds for Mount Vernon...
Posted by: fiona | October 30, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Such deep sorrow. I grew to love and admire Dina so deeply, and her beautiful brave family travelling a road noone wants to have to travel. Valle Dina.
Sonia Caton, Brisbane, Australia
Posted by: sonia caton | October 30, 2007 at 12:49 PM
So very very sad to hear the news; what a brave lady, I feel for the family - be strong, be brave, be how Dina would want you to be
Susan
Posted by: Susan Leigh | October 30, 2007 at 01:09 PM
So so sad to hear the news, my heart goes out to her family.
Dina was an inspiration to all those who came into contact with her.
Heartfelt condolences.
Sue Hayman
Posted by: Sue Hayman | October 30, 2007 at 01:39 PM