Reading glasses rest on an open book atop a small stack of worn books beside a vase of dried stems.

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Tori Amos

I love being in a skirt and boots. It goes back to the librarian-principal look. I like the idea of carrying books around in a skirt.

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The speaker enjoys wearing a skirt with boots and links the look to a librarian-principal style. Part of the appeal is the picture of carrying books around while dressed that way, a personal, playful fondness for bookish, slightly stern elegance.

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