Why don't you...

Unlock a vast sense of power. Use the word "overdetermined" correctly. And other ideas for January.

"Why don't you..." was a column of fanciful suggestions written by the fashion editor Diana Vreeland (1903-1989). Among the suggestions:

Why don't you...

...wear violet velvet mittens with everything?
...turn your old ermine coat into a bathrobe?
...carry a red velvet handkerchief with the corners caught up like a hobo's sack clasped with a rhinestone and p…