Room 11 creative writers

This 1949 photograph, Hat Fashion by Norman Parkinson, has just got to be my favourite photo. I remember walking by a book shop in Oxford when it caught my eye. It was displayed in the window. Every time I walked by I'd take a look, every time I'd think I'm going to have that picture. As a student at the time it wasn't cheap but it was just so appealing to me it became irresistible. The young women set against the backdrop of a New York skyline, the elegant fashion, the intrigue about what they were gossiping about - the same intrigue their friend on the right perhaps has. Straining to listen - feigning impatience with their chatter.
It is still a great picture to me.