Author Pays Homage to Her Fashionable Alexandria Roots in New Book
Siobhan "Bunny" McDonough tells her story of growing up in Old Town where she cultivated a love of fashion with the help of her mom.
For Siobhan “Bunny” McDonough every night in Old Town is Fashion’s Night Out—and make that every morning too. The Alexandria native has written a book paying homage to her mom, their love of clothes and the stories that clothes can tell. “The art of fashion—and choosing yours—is that no matter what it is, who designed it, what it looks like, how much it cost, it holds a truth about you,” she writes in “My Mother’s Dressing Room,” published by Maine’s Goose River Press. The book offers her thoughts on fashion, ranging from her favorite pieces and why to places she recall shopping fondly as a child—the long-gone Lord and Taylor in Falls Church or Garfinkels in Washington, DC. McDonough grew up at 411 Prince St. in a striking, stand-alone …
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