The following is a true story: a woman wore a brand new, bright red cocktail dress to a friend's book launch party. Her husband and nanny complimented her on her way out of the house, and she arrived at the event feeling confident and pretty. It was only when the author greeted her with a tight smile and the words, “That's right, you like red,” that the woman realised her mistake. Now, she cringes when she recalls the evening and that thunder-stealing dress. “It was as if I had worn white lace to a wedding,” she says.
講一則真實的故事:一個女人穿了一件嶄新的大紅色雞尾酒禮服出席其朋友的新書發佈會派對。出門時她的丈夫和保姆對她讚不絕口,她非常自信地抵達了。直到她迎來派對主人帶著勉強的微笑、並使用「沒錯,你喜歡紅色」這樣的歡迎辭時,這位女士才發覺自己的錯誤。現在,當她回憶起那個夜晚以及那套搶風頭的禮服時,她依然心有餘悸:「這就像我穿著白色蕾絲服裝出席一個婚禮。」