8.07.2006

A Good Word or Two

"What is elegance? Soap and water!"
-Cecil Beaton

"...and does propriety change with meridians?"
-Lady Olivia in Leonora (1806) by Maria Edgeworth
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5 comments:

  1. MC7.8.06

    AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Where on earth did you dig up that Beaton quote!?!?!?!?!?

    xo

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  2. Erk8.8.06

    I think I read it in Vogue; however, it originally appears in The New York Times 1/30/1959 (p.18). I have a pdf of the article; I'll try to post it.

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  3. MC8.8.06

    I would love to see the article one way or another.

    xoxoxo

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