Monday, February 18, 2019

Now, The City Is Really Going Down The Tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                                               Lee Radziwill--March 3, 1933-February 15, 2019


                                         Forget DeBlasio, Cuomo, and their silly hissy fits about Amazon, darlings.  I was rocked more, last Friday,  by hearing of the passing of Lee Radziwill, one of the last remaining doyennes of glamour in Manhattan.

                                          Unlike those of us girls who claim to be, including yours truly, Lee was an actual Princess.  She was stunning.  She wore clothes like no one else since Babe Paley, eclipsing, even--so help me, God!!!!!!!!!!--her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
I had not had lunch with Lee in ages.  There were rumors she suffered from Alzheimer's,  though I have never officially had it confirmed.

She taught so many of us how to dress, decorate, and display taste.  She dabbled in fashion design, interior decoration and, even, yes, acting.

When she walked into a room, oh, my God, darlings, it was like in the 1946 "The Razor's Edge," when Gene Tierney came down those stairs, in that stunning black gown!

From the looks of it, the only remnants of glamour in this town are ANNA, Gloria Vanderbilt, the Misses Frank and Marotta, and, with the pressure on, myself.

What a legacy Lee left behind for us to uphold.

We lived with and for Lee so long, I don't see how we can last without here.

But we shall have to try.

Rest In Peace, Lee. She did more for far many more than you realized!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

  1. Too few young girls seem to care about elegance. Or modesty.

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  2. Victoria,

    You said it! I bet things
    have even changed for the worst
    at Miss Porter's, where Jackie and
    Lee both went!

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