I figure if you can’t have fun with cancer, what’s the point of having it?
When I learned the chemo would prevent me from going out in the sun unless I was fully covered, it created a fashion crisis. What to wear?
I figured people in Arab countries have been going out in the sun fully clothed for centuries, so I turned to them for ideas.
The outfit in the picture to the left is what I came up with.
The top is a Jamal Shirt from the Shukr clothing (http://www.shukronline.com/mq8201.html) company. The pants come from a company specializing in UV protective clothing.
We thought the two went well together.
The real fashion crisis came when I’d figured out the shirt and pants, but couldn’t come up with an appropriate hat.
I didn’t want to wear one of those Arab cloth-wrapped-around-your-head thingys. That was a bit too exotic, besides they looked hot.
That is, hot in the temperature sense of the word, not in the Tom Cruise before he went over top kind of hot. There’s no immediate danger of my becoming that kind of hot.
I figured a Panama style hat would look goofy. I wasn’t coming up with any better ideas. I was totally frustrated, exasperated, and stuck.
Then from out of nowhere a package arrives from Anne’s Aunt Dorothy containing the perfect hat. She didn’t even know I was desperately looking for a hat. She just sent it.
The picture on the bottom left is a close-up of the hat. The top left picture is of the complete outfit.
We think they all work perfectly together.
So I owe a debt of gratitude to Anne’s Aunt Dorothy. She rescued me from fashion oblivion with an astoundingly timely gift.
Thank you Aunt Dorothy.
Stunning! I’m sure it’ll be all over the country soon. And what a great promo for Shukr! I hope this outfit will allow to sit in the shade of your wonderful yard…
Leave it to Aunt Dorothy! From Idaho Spuds to this great hat, she always knows the perfect gift.
One shudders to think, “What is next?” Here’s another possibility……
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1634179072/tt0056172
Linda – The outfit should make it possible for me to go out in the yard and sit in the shade. Anyway, that’s the plan. I doubt I’ve generated a huge amount of business for Shukr. But who knows? Maybe I’ll start a trend.
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Marcia – Aunt Dorothy is pretty amazing.
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Carl – I’m a big fan of Lawrence of Arabia. Well, a big fan of the book Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the movie was pretty awful. I’m not quite ready to go for the full Lawrence look, but we’ll see.
Oh, come on. Tell me you didn’t like Anthony Quinn with a plastic nose.
Thank goodness that Aunt Dorothy has a head on her shoulders, because mine has obviously gone missing.
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Upon seeing your pictures for this post, I realized that I completely forgot about this link:
http://www.sundayafternoons.com/
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I was given this style of hat for my birthday years ago, http://www.sundayafternoons.com/store/womens-adventure-hat.html. I use it frequently, and it’s held up wonderfully.
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This is the newer style of the hat that my husband uses, since has very fine, blond hair, http://www.sundayafternoons.com/store/mens-derma-safe-hat.html — Ideal Uses:
Balding, Hair loss, Chemotherapy, Skin Cancer, Microdermabrasion, Lupus, Burns, Plastic Surgery, Outdoors Activities
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So, if you’re ever in need of another hat and Aunt Dorothy is somewhere over the rainbow, you have another resource. 🙂
Carl – Anthony Quinn was OK. It was the scene where they crossed fifty gazillion miles of desert on very slow camels. And they did it in REAL TIME. I swear it took them six months to get to their destination. Or at least that’s how it felt.
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Candace – Thanks for the link. I’ll keep in mind when I’m looking for additional head gear. At the moment I’m focusing on a strategy to cope with hair loss in stages. I am soliciting head shaving advice from bald men. It been less than a hair raising experience.