Janet

Personal Shopper - Clothes and Interiors

travel, visual arts, succulents, photography, film, music, my cat, go-go dancing, languages, Louise Brooks, cobalt, swap meets, all things from India, good food, fab fashion, architecture/interior design, adventure, culture-by-decade (especially the 20's)

"I shock Myself" Beatrice Wood, "The Magus" John Fowles, Lady Audley's Secret, anything by JD Salinger orJane Austen

Harold and Maude, Heavenly Creatures, Phantom of the Paradise, Repulsion, Bollywood, 3rd Man, Diva, 10th Victim, Stranger on a Train, Now Voyager, anything from pre-80's India.

Perez Prado, Kruder and Dorfmeister, The The, Asian Underground, Mo' Talking Horizons, early Heads, Thievery Corporation, The Zombies, The Buzzcocks, T-Rex, David Sylvian, Turin Brakes, Son Volt, Serge Gainesbourg, Nancy Sinatra

Law and Order (all of them), The Practice, 6 feet under, Sex & the City, Queer Eye, What Not to Wear (BBC only), 24, and... when I really crave something ridiculously stupid... "The Nanny"! Yes, I have TIVO.

Younger than my years, older than my voice, "wierd"
per "normal" people though I never wanted to be but am glad
to be so. Born in the wrong era (feel more like I belong
in the 20's, 30's, 40's), a bunch of contradictions (that
I'm too lazy to list right now) rolled into one nut. I'm
a "Val" but escaped as soon as I could and later spent 3
years living in various parts of France.
Professionally, I finally left a long career in music and
now, I shop for people. I help them
freshen up their wardrobes (adding great things, getting
rid of the muck, showing them how to put things together)
and their interiors (I specialize in helping bachelors make
their personal spaces presentable to potential partners
(read Chick Friendly!) but I'll help anyone and everyone
give their home a facelift).
If someone just wants to find that perfect rug for the
dining room, I'll do the leg work.
I'm also an avid
shooter (of photos only) mainly when I travel and I do that
as often as possible.

Anyone who's kind, smart, wacky, fun, creative,
adventurous, positive and perhaps a bit groovy... I like
smilers (though don't mind a bit of healthy ranting and
raving about the current state of things). Frowns get me
down.