Mimi Weddell was a well known New York personality on the fashion scene. She was well known for her wearing of hats for the sheer joy of it as well as the style statement. Here are some choice quotes from the New York Times related to her wearing of hats:
Mrs. Weddell excelled, above all, at striking glamorous attitudes, waving her cigarette holder and sporting one of the 150 or so hats she regarded less as a style statement than as a physical necessity, like oxygen.
“Hats give you a frame,” she told The Times in 2008. “However dreary you feel, if you put on a hat, by golly, you’ve changed everything. I keep telling my daughter, my granddaughter, everybody, ‘If you don’t wear a hat, you’re missing it.’ ”
Mimi was a very active person who worked out. A documentary film about her was made I am glad to say and you can get your copy at her Website. Here is a synopsis of the movie followed by the trailer.
Hats Off captures the essence of this most unusual woman, named at age 90 by New York Magazine as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in New York,” whose full-time acting career began at age 65 upon the passing of her husband, and whose daily routine mocks the traditional image of old age. From grueling 14-hour days at cattle call auditions to her weekly gymnastics and dance workouts, Mimi Weddell exudes a ‘can-do, will-do’ attitude in the face of life’s trials and tribulations, and moves through her challenges with grace, encouraging us all to be more than we are.
Mrs Weddell passed away September 24 2009 a few weeks ago. Please read her New York Times Obituary.
You can read more about Mrs Weddell here in another New York Times article.
Life begins at 65, perhaps not but it does not have to end there. I love these inspirational stories. You will be uplifted by this if you are the “wrong”side of 5o. Please enjoy and go to the website for the movie. Long live hat wearing – RIP Mimi and thank you for being a big promoter of hat wearing!!
