Writing my Marc Jacobs LOLA fragrance post just now, another LOLA song flitted around in my brain. I always thought gender-bending LOLA was pretty hip but another LOLA was knocking on my brain.

Whatever Lola Wants - Sarah Vaughan

Eureka! Ah yes, LOLA the femme fatale, the Sarah Vaughn version of a confident woman who gets what she wants and understands her influence over the male species. LOLA was a rock-solid dame.

Lauren Bacall as Marie ‘Slim’ Browning, with Humphrey Bogart, in “To Have and Have Not”Recently I watched Lauren Bacall playing ‘Slim’ Browning. Whatever happened to those iconic women: sexy, elegant, genuinely fierce … not just mouthing the words?

Perhaps Marc Jacobs will give LOLAs a new lease on life. After all, he’s an indy guy who genuinely adores and inspires both body and mind in strong women. Anne

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Marc Jacobs Defines the Modern Meaning of LOLA

The above post includes my childhood peony caper, resulting in my first extended penance — about 100 Hail Marys or five rosaries. It took forever to finish.

If you have no interest in my childhood, and don’t want to hear the Kinks singing LOLA, perhaps you want to go shopping. Carry on, girl. The economy needs you desperately, and so do I. Whatever makes you happy Anne