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May 21, 2025
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I love a clothing-focused beginning to a novel!

That is the first half of Prima Facie’s opening paragraph. This is the novel about a female barrister in England that became a one-woman play. It does not take a ton of imagination to conjure a navy suit and a white shirt … but I think my reference point for that lawyer uniform is Hollywood-created. And, not quite right, I am sure.

… if I am being honest … my perspective skews polka dotted and pink:

preceded by animal printed … and pink,

no pink on Ally McBeal, but, oddly enough, the least believable of all of the lawyerly ensembles.

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