❝ New York growled at my window. But I was ready for it. My stocking seams were straight. My lipstick was combat-ready .....❞ ( PROSE: The Angel´s Kiss )
River´s obsession with luxury and fashion in particular stems from a neglected childhood. For the first four years of her life Melody Pond was raised solely by Madame Kovarian, who did bestow upon her some level of care. However, as the war on Trenzalore continued to go badly, she was shunted into the care of Dr Renfrew, custodian of GreyStark Hall. Due to the Silence´s tampering, Renfrew frequently forgot her existence, resulting in Melody going without the basic necessities. There were times she would go without food for days, resorting to breaking into the sparse kitchen herself. Clothes that were torn or outgrown she would have to live with much longer and often went barefoot because she would outgrow her shoes.
When Melody Pond finally escaped the silence in mid 1969, rather than improving, her situation would only become worse. Miraculously, by November 1969 she had found her way to New York, where she lived on the streets, begging or else scavenging for food. She took notice of the people who passed her on the street, envious of their rich furs and fabrics, longing for the shoes they wore and the food wafting over from the restaurants they ate at. Soon after arriving in New York, Melody contracted an unknown disease in early December and by New Years, the disease had consumed her. Melody Pond died in an alleyway that night, giving way to Melody ´Mels´ Zucker to do things differently.
As Mels aged, she was determined to do better than her predecessor. Having to move constantly due to her insistence on never physically growing, Mels bounced between different foster homes and orphanages up until the day she made it to Leadworth. There she settled with a foster family close to Amy Pond´s house, but the years had left her extremely frustrated at having so little to call her own. As soon as could, she began working, saving as much as she could, looking for better opportunities and climbing the ladder wherever possible. Her work paid off and by the time she was just physically 20 years old she had landed a high paying job as a management consultant. ( PROSE: River Of Time, Andrew Lane )
It was from there that Melody began to indulge in all the things she´d never had. Her first luxury purchase was a vintage Moschino handbag which she wore everywhere until the straps frayed and gave out, she drove all the way to London just to purchase it and was the envy of Leadworth for months. After that, the love affair with luxury fashion only grew. Mels favoured small pieces from Balenciaga, Gucci and Coach and the occasional jewellery from Burberry. She would mix these pieces with clothing from lesser brands as well, Guess, Nike & Adidas. Perfumes she constantly changed, though she mainly favoured fresh or citrus notes. As much as she loved her newfound wealth, the feeling constantly gnawed at Mels that it wasn´t enough. She was never truly satisfied.
River Song would soon change that for her. regenerating into a more mature figure left her with different tastes, but did nothing to diminish her love of fashion. River had access to time travel and a knack for lock picking, conning banks and many other talents. At last, she had access to the large volumes of cash little Melody pond could never have imagined in a million years. The need to establish herself,to indulge in wealth, could not be shaken, particularly as her career often resulted in the very un-glamorous look of wading knee-deep in alien mud. She held several wardrobes stashed away at various residences and her clothes were either snatched off the rack from the back of Chanel fashion shows, or else sensibly purchased in the case of the Hermès, Armani and Dior pieces she now owned. Shoes she owned in the hundreds, favouring Louboutin for their pumps, Manolo for strappy heels and for everything else? there was Yves Saint Laurent. For jewellery River wasn´t as choosy or as loyal, though her absolute favourites was Cartier, she owned a few Vivienne Westwood statement pieces that she was also fond of. For Perfumes, she favoured more amber notes and again, wasn´t as fussy on brand. Though they were all ´vintage´ to her she had several rare pieces in her wardrobe from various time periods as well. Because this regeneration lived as long as she did, she was able to find the cohesiveness that Mels had also wished for, maintaining her sense of style without change for many years.
But inevitably, she would regenerate again during her escape from the library database and so would her sense of style. River Allegro, having lived for centuries in the database without a need to show off her wealth to anyone, had a much healthier relationship with fashion than her predecessor. She did still own several pieces from various designer brands however. This incarnation favoured Oscar De La Renta and Vera Wang. Her love of shoes still continued as did the brands she favoured but these items were all only used for special occasions rather than every day wear. For jewellery, Tiffany´s was a must and for perfume she was prone to more floral notes. Though she had changed over the centuries, she never forgot how much style had meant to her predecessors, honouring that in her own humorous way. In the living room of her house, encased in glass and sunk into a transparent coffee table, are the original Louboutin Bianca platform´s she wore onboard the Byzantium and same Moschino handbag she once owned as Mels, repurchased after she lost it many centuries ago.
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the only known modern day instance of divine intervention is when the only festival that had both fall out boy and my chemical romance on the roster got cancelled
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