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Elegant Letters, Issue #21 Are you the perfect dinner guest? And Kate Middleton

” Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup. – Bennett Cerf” I remember a story my friend Natalie once told me about how she lost her…

September 16, 2017
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Ask Miss Manners

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February 7, 2017
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Gift Giving Etiquette

Gift Giving Etiquette. Welcome! Post your question about gift etiquette. Help others. Kindness rules! Your answers may also be found on these pages Gift Etiquette Sympathy Gift Etiquette Sending a Wedding…

February 6, 2017
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Elegant Letters, Issue #38 Learning To Be Elegant Through Performing (and Classical Singing)

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July 3, 2016
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How To Be A Lady (continued)

Continued from ‘How to Be A Lady’ Series. The series started when I started documenting my observation and experience of elegant women. Oh what we can learn from others! So while…

March 27, 2016

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Into hair bands/head bands lately.

Into hair bands/head bands lately.

New year new dreams! Gathering and wandering thoug

New year new dreams! Gathering and wandering thoughts now …

It’s the last few days of Christmas and the new

It’s the last few days of Christmas and the new year is here very soon! Who’s ready? 🫣

Traditions: I’ve been thinking a lot about tradi

Traditions: I’ve been thinking a lot about traditions lately, partly because it’s Christmas and I’ve been trying to establish some Christmas traditions in my household. When I was a child up till a young adult, I used to strongly dislike traditions especially around the time of the Lunar New Year. I just didn’t like to have to follow all these traditions that didn’t make any sense. However in recent life, I discovered the importance of traditions, how it gives a structure to personal/family/community life. Traditions are a ‘powerful’ way to live by & to create wonderful memories per season. It gives something to look forward to, some structure, and manages expectations. These memories carries us through life through the ups & downs. Looking back, many traditions were part of culture and were ways to spend meaningful time together. They anchor a strong rhythm to life, sort of structuring how we live through the seasons and let us pass out days smoothly and significantly. Just some thoughts, not as eloquently as I would like to have expressed my views on traditions but that’s all I have time for at the moment. Thank you all and I wish you a very merry Christmas! (I will still be sporadically around to post my thoughts about @elegant.woman ) Thank you so much once again for following me here and on my blog. WARMEST WISHES, E

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love the hand drawn ribbons 🎀

love the hand drawn ribbons 🎀

I love Christmas markets! Where’s the best one t

I love Christmas markets! Where’s the best one that you’ve been? 🎄🎄🎄

Christmas is one of my fav times of the year but i

Christmas is one of my fav times of the year but it does get overwhelming… so I decided to post some calming images of Christmas (for my own inspiration, really).

Love the mustard coat & it’s vintage design. KIV

Love the mustard coat & it’s vintage design. KIV for the next coat purchase.

Happy International Women’s day. 🌹🌹🌹 Pe

Happy International Women’s day. 🌹🌹🌹 Personally, I don’t celebrate this day - it’s just not in my culture or awareness. But since it’s all over social media so why not take a day to celebrate women! I thoroughly enjoy being a woman so the concept of celebrating being one is a little foreign. I read through some quotes that I thought I could share but I didn’t agree with most of them. Those girl power quotes are a little too aggressive for me, it’s just not me. All those “future is female” - I can’t bear it because I don’t see the future in such clarity so on and so forth... But the above quote really speaks to me to have courage & grace - that just sounds like what I need in my womanly journey! What’s your fav international Woman’s day quote? #elegantquotes

Loving the more elegant casual look these days ...

Loving the more elegant casual look these days ... 💕#styleinspo Also, note the small bag. I believe, generally, that the smaller the bag, the more elegant... however now I carry my reusable bags, bottle of water (or a reusable boba cup), straw, wet towel, my personal & work phone etc etc ...it is an ever increasing challenge to keep my bag proportionate to my height/size! What other similar challenges do you face?

Can’t remember where I saved this from, but I lo

Can’t remember where I saved this from, but I love basics like this because it makes getting dressed so easy! #basics #elegance #casuallyelegant

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The lunar new year started me on a wardrobe edit -

The lunar new year started me on a wardrobe edit - however, I’m lacking in inspiration to dress up so I decided to just browse and see if I could create my “ideal wardrobe” just for fun. I saw this and thought it is something I would totally wear (and often) though I don’t usually wear black in the day...

She inspires me to have new dreams once again... #

She inspires me to have new dreams once again... #audreyhepburn #elegantwoman #timelessbeauty

Looking so natural in a hat and completely unprete

Looking so natural in a hat and completely unpretentious... 💕 #styleinspiration #audreyhepburn #elegantwoman

A blurred picture but it’s of such lovely hair -

A blurred picture but it’s of such lovely hair - neat but not uptight, and I’m such a fan of such collars rarely seen in today’s clothes #audreyhepburn #elegantwoman