“I dress as an individual, I enjoy standing out,” Patricia Fox said while discussing the sweet-pink wrap dress she was wearing when we met in Upper Manhattan on a Wednesday in July. “I love being noticed.”
Her popular Instagram account, called Purely Patricia, and her past appearances in The New York Times are signs that she hasn’t had trouble getting attention.
“You certainly don’t want to look like everybody else,” she said. “What are they wearing? Khaki shorts, a T-shirt, white ankle socks and hooka, huka, Hoka,” she continued, referring to the ubiquitous brand of running shoes. “Am I saying that right?”
She said that her dress, which matched the color of her hair, bag and shoes, was in a style from the 1930s, and that she has a dealer who finds vintage items for her. “I rarely ever send anything back,” she added, noting that the wardrobe she has amassed over decades isn’t stored in the average place. “I have a dressing room, I don’t have a closet.”
Simbarashe Cha is a Times photographer and visual columnist documenting style and fashion around the world.
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