Sheila Scotter plans her earthly departure
Melbourne socialite and former Vogue magazine star, Sheila Scotter, is a healthy 89, but has carefully organised her future departure by arranging not just the church, the minister, the casket and the burial plot, but also her obituary, the after-party and decorations for the after-party.
Ms Scotter told The Age newspaper that she was comfortable with the prospect of death but is still very active with a regular ‘Busy Sheilas’ lunch of high-powered’ women and personal appearances in the pages of Vogue’s 50th anniversary edition and the Sydney Morning Herald’s Style liftout.
“I’ve had a fantastic life. I really wanted to make it (the funeral service arrangements and after-party) simple for my friends. So I’m not a nuisance. And also I wanted to make it fun”. Sheila Scotter said she wanted to be buried in her fashionable quilted dressing gown “so I’ll be warm”.
A former model, Ms Scotter was born in India and raised in England. She became Australian editor of Vogue and the founder of Vogue Living. She wants her service to be at St Silas Church in Albert Park but does not personally attend nowadays.
“I can’t get there at 9.30 in the morning. I don’t go anywhere at 9.30!”
