Carolyn’s choice of boots, coats, and even headbands were taken on the street, without permission and with a relentless intrusion that made her miserable. Their subtext is bleakness. Yet in life, Carolyn was color: Blue jeans, a blue and white cloud T-shirt, a floral Chanel dress. A royal blue leather coat in Italy. Her red Prada coat, perhaps a Christmas gift. The colorful sarongs she wore in the Vineyard. The beautiful blue turtleneck John gave her to “match those matchless eyes.” The white shirts, beige coats, and black Yohji Yamamoto pieces, his self-described armor and protection, were
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