Thanks, pruts, for the double-edged compliment, as always....
First of all this: in no way did I intend to belittlle your efforts, I meant what I said, as I did before, about your comment: always a treat to read!
I was more generally speaking when I stated that for me Stephanie is not interesting or inspiring enough to make a lot of fuss about. In a way, but unwantingly from your part maybe, I read in your words, in between, a bit of the same feeling. That does not mean, however, that I find Stephanie unsympathetic or unappealing. She does have, indeed, a certain vulnerability and shyness, sweet and appealing qualities completing lacking in her sister. On the other hand, I see no special qualities, talents, gifts, charisma, beauty, that lift her above the average shop girl or waitress, whose choice in men and clothing she comes closest to and who are, ironically, not your average Vogue reader. The loyal Vogue reader, as I understood from reviews, did not value the Stephanie issue very much, because it was so empty, both from a fashion, as from a human point of view.
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