We stopped dead in our tracks when we saw a woman with an Anna Wintour-like bob and oversized sunglasses approaching us on Park Avenue.
It was not the famed
Vogue editor-in-chief, but Sheila Camera Kotur, an exceptionally stylish FOF in her own right. Coincidentally, her daughter Alexandra is senior style director at the magazine. Sheila’s own fashion career began over thirty years ago with a stint in Paris as a designer for Christian Dior, which evolved into a career as an in-demand illustrator for designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass.
“Part Auntie Mame, part Coco Chanel with a dash of Lucille Ball,” is how Sheila’s other daughter, Fiona Kotur, designer of
Kotur bags, describes her mother on
her website.
There is no doubt that style runs in the blood of this “fashion family,” with Sheila the matriarch à la mode.
Name: Sheila Camera Kotur
Age: 60
What do you do? I am a decorator and a fashion illustrator. My daughter is senior style director at Vogue.
How do you describe your style? Simple. Keep it simple.
Who is your favorite designer? Chanel
What’s your signature piece? Well, I never wear belted. You know why? Because I don’t have a waist. But I wear short skirts because I have good legs.
Favorite store? I love Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys.
On Sheila:
Shoes: Chanel
Brooch: Chanel
Blouse: Emanuel Ungaro
Bag: Hermes
Watch: Chanel
Glasses: Tom Ford
Photos by Katherine McPherson for faboverfifty.com
Illustration by Sheila Camera Kotur via Kotur 
{FOF Homework} Then & Now 
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The skirt below the knee would be SO much more flattering!
“But I wear short skirts because I have good legs”….REALLY???!!!??? Perhaps below the knees!!! Suggest another look in the mirror or at the picture! At a certain age, no matter how “good” some of our body parts may be, we must dress age-appropriate. Otherwise we look like we are competing with our grand daughters. With a longer skirt the outfit would be…great!
Did anyone mention Carol Channing?
You’re gorgeous! Thanks for the style you have! I am a well in shape 53 year old due to being an active paramedic and firefighter and I love that you are showing your self off – but very distinctively!! Has anyone ever told you that you resemble Jackie Kennedy? Well you do! Good Luck in all you do!
I think Sheila has it together–except in the matter of her legs…
Her skirt length would be so much more appropriate just above her knee–and would still reveal (enough) her lovely, shapely leg.
The temptation for women who have certain attributes throughout their years is to always display them as they did in younger days.
Best,
Sherrie Mathieson (www.sherriemathieson.com)
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