By Nadia Pflaum
Friday night at Nara, a friend of mine nudged me with her elbow and whispered, "What's up with Axl Rose over there?"
She was motioning to a woman on the opposite side of the bar wearing a scarf around her head like any number of rockers might -- Steven Tyler and Mick Jagger also come to mind. I found out that a) she's awesome, and b) she's a lawyer.
Diane didn't mind being asked 20 questions about her look; she gamely ticked off a few women she considers style icons. "Sienna Miller, Mary Kate Olsen, Nicole Ritchie -- I like bohemian glam."
Let the record show that this was the first time I've ever heard anyone say the words "bohemian glam" out loud.
Diane and her friend Misti had actually just been discussing style -- the lack of it -- at Shark Bar, the new hotspot in the Power and Light District. The servers there apparently wear a jumble of swimwear and slutwear (my word, not theirs). I imagine it looks like the $7 swimsuit sale rack at Old Navy.
"That's a bad story," Misti laughed. "There's no conformity. Nobody matches." And with all the partial nudity, Misti says she couldn't help but think, "Please wash your hands."
As for Diane's headband, she explained that it's a way of getting out of doing her hair for the night. She knows it's a little out there for Kansas City, but that's fine with her. "I was at a concert in the River Market and a guy walked up to me and said, 'Nice Axl Rose'," she said. "We ended up dating for four or five months."
Why does everyone misspell it "Ritchie?" Give Lionel his due, man!
Posted at: August 13, 2008 11:22 AM