Sincere thanks to all of you for your participation in the Etiquette Giveaway.
I enjoyed your wonderful comments, and your reciprocal blogs posts were greatly appreciated. I will be posting about your etiquette tips real soon!
A click at random.org selected the winners...
1st Prize - Bonjour Madam (Vintage Etiquette Books)
2nd Prize - Brayton Home Interiors (G. Lalo writing tablet with matching envelopes)
For all of you Big & Little Edie fans, I just received an e-mail about the newly revamped Grey Gardens online site. Perhaps I'm the last to to hear about it, but thought I'd post anyway...
The site has great historical data, never-before-seen photos, and even a section of collectible memorabilia, such as this envelope (above) with an October 13, 1970 postmark addressed by Big Edie with the P.O. Box number for
An actual pair of Little Edie's shoe clips that she wore on her shoes, head scarf, and clothing. (from a private collection)
...a note to Little Edie from Jackie Onassis with a newspaper clipping...
Check out the site here...
I'm captivated by the beautiful photography of Tom Palumbo. Born in Italy in 1921, Palumbo was highly recognized for his photography for Vogue & Harper's Bazaar in the 1950's and 60's.
Tom Palumbo in the early years...
I love his black and white photography...Evening Gowns, Bazaar
One of my favorite photos of the great model, Anne St. Marie in San Francisco, 1964 (Palumbo was married to Anne St. Marie at the time the shots were taken)
An outtake for Bazaar, mid 1950's. "Velvet jacket. Velvet shoes."
Bazaar outtake, July 1958. Great colors...
Harper's Bazaar, 1956/57. "Perfect for Sailing"
Outtake for Vogue...fabulous!
Outtake for Sak's Fifth Avenue...
The Lady and her Butlers...
Outtake for Bazaar...
Anne St. Marie, outtake for Vogue, circa 1960
Palumbo died in 2008. Prior to that he set up his own Flickr gallery. In over 100 fashion photographs, you can peruse outtakes from professional magazine assignments. They are all organized in separate galleries. Extraordinary! He even gives descriptions of the photos, and includes his early and later work. You can view them here. Someone needs to publish a book on this man's work!
I'm loving reading your comments on the "Etiquette Giveaway!" So well thought out...I will be posting them after the contest is over. Keep 'em coming!
Awhile ago I did a post called, "Let's Bring Back." Several of you commented about etiquette and good manners, ie; opening the door for people, giving up your seat for an elderly person, and being neighborly. I thought it would be fun to have a giveaway about etiquette.
Here is how the giveaway works:
Starting today, you simply enter by leaving a comment about what customs, manners or traditions you'd like to bring back or change.
Limited to one entry per person. Help me spread the news about the giveaway by mentioning it on your own blog and you'll get a second chance to enter. Simply enter a second comment alerting me of the mention.
See the prizes below...
FIRST PRIZE: But of course, two vintage books on etiquette. One is titled, Book of Etiquette, copyright 1921. This book covers everything from entertaining, house servants and tipping, to travel and hotel etiquette. The second book is titled, Good Manners, copyright 1934. This covers young people who wish to be correct, as well as polite!
SECOND PRIZE: What is etiquette without the lost art of letter writing? This winner receives a G. Lalo writing tablet with matching envelopes. G. Lalo, the Parisian social stationery manufacturer since 1919, provides the royal courts of Europe with handcrafted stationery. Two aspects of G. Lalo stationery contribute to its fame: the quality of its papers and the elegance of its presentation.
The entries can be made until Wednesday, May 13th at 9:00 pm PST. The winners will be picked via Random.org on Thursday, May 14th, and announced on this blog. I will contact the winners for your mailing addresses. Please provide a valid e-mail address or link to one.
{I'll start with my comment here...hope I don't offend any of you .... Let's have cell phones not allowed in restaurants or shops. I am so tired of having a meal out, only to have the person seated next to me speaking loudly on their phone about their date last night. Please people, step outside of the restaurant, shop or post office!}Can't wait to hear your comments! Good luck!
The giveaway is now closed. Thanks for your comments. Results tomorrow!
I found this article interesting in today's New York Times. Although much of the article emphasizes "high-end" antiques for wealthier buyers, the demand for vintage is still strong. High-end antiques tend to hold their value over time.
“Kids today are buying things made of pressed cardboard imported from Thailand instead of aged wood,” he said. “A lot of young people don’t want anything older than a pizza box. But you can’t sell that cheap chain-store junk at a yard sale in two or three years, while good furniture holds its value. Good is always good.”
