After last Thursday's post, the quest of finding my mom's WWD front page photo (photographed by Bill Cunningham!) began. So this past (very chilly) Saturday, my boyfriend and I set out to the New York Public Library to spend what we thought would be hours and hours looking through rolls and rolls of microfilm. Side note: I've never handled microfilm before in my life, so the process itself was quite the learning experience. But after a while, you got the hang of it. I definitely had a moment where I felt quite cool and detective-like [insert inspector gadget music here].

My mom couldn't quite recall the year or month, but only that it was the summertime, and that she was wearing a white skirt, black top, black sling back pumps, with her hair pulled back (one always remembers attire no matter how long ago it was!). We picked up 12 rolls of microfilm in total: archives from WWD's 1975 and 1976 papers. We started with the summer issues from 1976 (by the way, it was a daily paper and that fact definitely made me believe we would be there for awhile!). We inserted the first roll spanning from May to June, with no luck. I felt it in my bones though - the second roll would be the golden roll. And to my excitement, just a few slides into our second roll of film, there it was! August 25, 1976, my mom, exactly in what she said she was wearing!

The article read, "New York girls are keeping their fashion well-polished... Less is the best from baring tube tops to minimal accessorizing." Hmm, maybe this is where I get my less is best mentality... Anyway, kudos to my mom for always being ahead of the game :-)

Mission complete.

P.S. Libraries are amazing.

Ciao for now!

-Sophia