Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Momentary Return to Elegance


Some of us remember the days.

 
Ladies wore white gloves and carried embroidered handkerchiefs to church on Sunday.
I never much cared for dress-up myself; all my dresses were itchy.
But my memories of elegant and properly dressed church ladies are sweet.
 
+NPR 's Linda Holmes writes in grand perspective of the 2013 Inaugural Ball she attended as a journalist. Oh the elegance of it all! Check out her excellent I-was-there accounting of the event ~ and be SURE sure to click on the photo in the article that shows her glamorous view of the evening.

Read her wonderful essay here:

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