On her Instagram handle “femme fatale” Nina Griscom describes herself as a “handbag designer, blogger, TV host, writer and lifestyle expert”. Her website adds more and explains this Barnard College, New York educated “uptown doyenne” is “well known for her unique, well-honed taste in the world of lifestyle: interior design, entertaining, and gardening”. In November 2015, she explained her thoughts on modern society to The New York Times and noted: “Manners are gone; elegance is gone… I haven’t seen a thank-you note in a long time. It’s very serious and ponderous and vulgar… [And equally, my daughter’s generation] don’t think they have as much fun or are as adventuresome as we were… People were on roller skates at parties in the ‘70’s. There was flamboyance and ingenuity”.
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She is quite right about the decline of manners. It’s such a crying shame.
What on earth is a lifestyle expert? Americans….are they bonkers?
They are people who step when your parents should have.If you didn’t learn manners and style there,you have to rely on someone,who purportedly does.A finishing school for social retards
Pl ease Matthew, you sure have a talent to exhume