Mary often tells Chrissie that she’s her best friend. Do you think this was true? What was your opinion about their relationship?
I do think that Chrissie was Mary Quant’s best friend. They started out together in art school and gradually developed their careers together. That gave them the basis for trust and long-lasting friendship. The friendship wasn’t exactly equal because Mary was much more driven and brilliantly talented, but Mary always look out for Chrissie–and Chrissie was always loyal to Mary and worked hard to help her succeed.
I found in my own career that the friends I made when I was young and on the way up were the friends I could trust the most and could be sure of their loyalty. So I believe that Mary and Chrissie were loyal, close friends.
I think their friendship formed at a pivotal point at which each was charting a new course and they related to each other. That bond remained, but i think their friendship changed with Mary’s success and relationship with Alexander,
I think Christie and Mary had a solid friendship forged early on, but I felt Mary took Christie for granted as she and APG got involved in business extensions. Luckily, Mary took stock and improved Chrissie’s situation.
Mary and Chrissie had an amazing friendship, which anchors the story in the book. Chrissie had gumption with an outgoing personality. She also had a more affluent childhood. Mary admired the ability Chrissie showed to ignore Chrissie’s mother’s criticism about her lifestyle and future plans.
I agree that Chrissie was Mary’s best friend. The nature of their relationship changed over time especially when Mary’s career took off, but I still think their relationship was dear to them both.
I so agree they were best friends. Yes the nature of the relationship changed over the years.however, I truly believe they had each other backs for a lifetime. I also believe that each of them coming from such different backgrounds only made their connection stronger as the years rolled by.
I think they were best friends from the beginning. As Mary’s business grew I think she depended on Chrissie for a lot of things because Mary trusted her. I also think that Chrissie felt left out at times and taken advantage of but she still considered Mary to be her best friend.
I think they were close, but Mary, understandably put her career ahead of the friendship when she knew Chrissie felt sidelined. I do think they cared about each other though.
I agree that Mary and Chrissie were best friends. There were changes in their lives as time went on and things were not always equal. But I have seen that happen with friendships. Since there was trust and caring for each other, I think the friendship stayed strong.
I think that they were best friends and that Mary relied on Chrissie a lot. Like many friendships that are made in younger years, their friendship changed over time but I still think that they remained best friends.
I think Mary and Chrissie were frineds to apoint. And Alexandar was the point. As Mary got more successful, her freindship to Chrissie took a back seat. Mary had a difficult time separating her personal life and her career. She might have been shy, but she knew what she wanted and went after it. Maybe its part of growing up. They were friends, but I don’t think equals in that relationship.Chrissie took a backseat to Mary. She didn’t like it but learned to live with it.
Mary and Chrissie were initially friends starting art school and building their careers. Childhood friends and college friends know you like no one else will ever know you. While I think both valued each other, it is hard when one friend is so successful and having such different experiences than the other friend. I think in her heart Mary did think of Chrissie as her best friend, but she was also driven for success and put that before friendship.
They might have known each other in school, worked together for years, but I consider friendship to be about truth-telling and transparency, not a power equation. Chrissie often questioned her place in Mary’s life and was reassured when she kept her job and Mary declared her friendship. There was little interpersonal sharing.