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GQ has just named Johnny Depp as one of the world’s most stylish men.

Because he is. There, I said it.

WHAT?

I imagine shock, indignation and outrage amongst my gentle readers as their sensibilities, finely tuned to detect elegance in all things, rebel.

And there dear readers, we have the crux of the matter. We are concerned with [...]

I’ll Be Back After A Brief, Unscheduled, Illness.

Mrs. E. is down for the count and that leaves me playing nurse, chauffeur, cook, housekeeper and nanny. Not so different from everyday, but the kids have parties to attend, etc. . I’ll be back when I get a bit of time to ruminate and wax elegant (I hope.)

Many thanks to Brohammas for the opportunity [...]

Valentine’s Day in a Pinch

Well, I know she was surprised with that little bauble and that your dinner plans are well in hand…

What’s that you say? You haven’t… couldn’t really…. Hoo Boy, you are down to the wire on this one.

May I make an easy and elegant suggestion? Head down to the local ballet and secure two of the [...]

Luxe, calme et volupté.* That sounds wonderful. In today’s world, I find that there is a disturbing lack of all of the above. Maybe it’s the speed at which we live our daily lives, multitasking during each measured moment of the day and well into our nights. Whatever the reason, I think that we’ve lost something that our parents and grandparents took for granted. Not just an ease in society or how to throw an intimate dinner for six or write a thank you note, but an everyday elegance. Easy and Elegant Life is my attempt to define what makes up an elegant existence and to pass along a few easy (and inexpensive) ideas for bringing back a little elegance to our everyday lives. Here you will find ideas for living, decorating, entertaining and dressing with an easy elegance. Not just my ideas. To help point the way, I intend to seek out all sorts of people -- professional lifestyle experts and those who seem to have been born elegant -- asking them what they believe constitutes elegance and how we can best achieve it. So to those whom Honore de Balzac called “elegantologists” I dedicate this site and the good fight. * From “L’Invitation au voyage” by Charles Baudelaire. The whole line reads: “Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté/ Luxe, calme et volupté.”

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