She bought the dress because it represented the persona she wanted to project. She bought the dress in the hope that by wearing it she would become the person who should be wearing such a dress - a person who didn't dwell on the past, who didn't stumble over words when she was nervous, a woman who walked easily and stridently in heels.
The girl - yes at 25 she still felt like a girl - bought the dress because it reminded her of 1930s starlets who dangerously charmed men and were all eyes as they lit their cigarettes. The girl didn't smoke- and frankly, there was nowhere left to smoke in New York - but when she looked at the dress she heard the sound of matches striking and sultry jazz and in the lingering whispers of her daydream she could believe that anything was possible in that dress.
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