Word: neill
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Women have many methods of trying to reconcile their love of clothes with their more intellectual passions. Emily Neill started her own company. Neill says her entrepreneurial “Closet Smarts” service is her way of “trying to square my feminism with my more material self...
...Neill is also a Divinity School student working on a doctoral dissertation about feminist theories and the body, in light of new reproductive technologies. She arrives at FM’s designated meeting place looking decidedly un-Divinity School in cranberry lipstick, a coordinating plum top and skirt and flats. She may look cute, but inside she is all business. Her mission—organize the closets of Harvard students...
Thebaud arrives to meet us in a casual chic outfit of jeans and a black peasant top layered over a collared shirt. As we walk to her room in Winthrop, Neill begins the analysis. “Are you a clotheshorse?” she asks. Without a trace of hesitation, Thebaud replies in the positive, then backpedals, “Most of what I have, I wear...
...There is also a third closet, which holds Thebaud and roommate Brittany J. Garza ’04’s coats, “nice dresses” and array of Vuitton luggage. Thebaud, it turns out, is also a strong supporter of a coat wardrobe. Neill says approvingly, “I’m happy to see that you’re coat people.” Thebaud agrees, “Coats are important. Especially in the winter, because that’s all you see of people...
After a cursory examination of the closets, Dr. Neill has her diagnosis. “You don’t need much help. You have everything in the right place. You have put bulky sweaters on the top shelf.” She looks through Closet #1, a neat collection of sweaters, shoes and skirts, with a telltale Jasmine bag hanging on one side. Some black Puma sneakers and a pair of boots are scattered on the closet floor. “One suggestion I would make is to carry over shoe organization from one closet to another...