Regarding the painting, a friend who is an author and semi-famous painter was writing a book and wanted to paint the front cover himself, so he asked me to pose because I resembled a person he was writing about. It wasn't full face as if I were that person, just a figure in the landscape he created from research, but he wanted everything to be authentic. It was a brisk winter day when we did the preliminary drawings and color study. That dress was stiffling, and I only had on the petticoat to make the dress look right, not all the other undergarments they wore. I don't know how those ladies did it in warmer months, and that was just a morning dress, not the volumous evening dresses.

I did wear the extensions occasionally when I dressed up, especially if I wanted an updo. I liked that I could go long or short, but I don't think I would like the ones sewn in.