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Social History• September 30, 2020

This Was Then: Valentino’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition in New York

Today we’re re-running a Social History from Mary Hilliard’s archive from September 1992, the opening of Valentino’s 30th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory. It was such a glamorous affair that we first ran it as a retrospective in 2010. Today we return to it...

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Schulenberg’s Page: Unexpected Synchronicity in the Spring of ’75

Guest Diary• September 30, 2020.
Bob's in New York in the Spring and Summer of 1975 when big changes were going on politically, and socially... READ MORE
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THE AGE OF THE DEBUTANTE; Newport in the 1930s, Part I

Social History• September 29, 2020.
Newport historian Charles Burns on the Age of the Debutante in the exuberant years after the Gilded Age when Newport celebrated its youths’ coming of age... READ MORE
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Madison’s Miracle Renaissance

Guest Diary• September 24, 2020.
Barbara Hodes covers some of the newest shops on Madison Avenue with her impeccable eye for fashion, style, and taste for the second iteration of Welcome Back Saturdays on Madison... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: Back to 1975. The reality of — everything.

Guest Diary• September 24, 2020.
Bob and his sketchbook cover New York, and special films (Lucas' first!), as well as his favorites for dining out, lunches and even a cup of coffee... READ MORE
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Escaping Life at Work

Guest Diary• September 24, 2020.
Christine Schott visits the family estate of the Harriman family and the great lake house in Arden, NY, built in the latter part of the 19th century; Plus a visit to the Adirondacks house of Stanley Hutton Rumbough, Pine Cone Camp on Lake Simond in Tupper Lake... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: On the move

Guest Diary• September 23, 2020.
Blair is looking at the recent migration, the result of pandemic, and people on the move. Even the Kardashians... READ MORE
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The Greening of Palm Beach: Palm Beach Country Club

Palm Beach• September 22, 2020.
Augustus Mayhew takes us on a historical tour of the real estate development of Palm Beach, and ultimately the history of its amazing private country club — when progress was our most important product... READ MORE
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Carolyne Roehm

House• September 18, 2020.
Sian, Lesley and JH, with camera, return to a visit in 2007 with the elegant, sophisticated, hard-working, sleek, chic, and kind Carolyne Roehm — "born a thoroughbred filled with the nervous energy for a demanding race."... READ MORE
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Schulenberg’s Page: Good Night, America!

Guest Diary• September 17, 2020.
It’s early Spring 1975 and Bob, with sketchbook under his arm and infinite curiosity in his head, takes us through life in the Big Town, like no other town and fascinating 24/7... READ MORE
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No Holds Barred: It’s a Bra Burner folks!

Guest Diary• September 16, 2020.
The current public demonstrations reminded Blair Sabol to recall her days of public protesting, the effect it had on fashion, and what women started choosing... READ MORE
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Big Old Houses: Yonkers, of all places

House• September 15, 2020.
Returning to John Foreman’s history of a mansion overlooking the Hudson in Yonkers built in 1912 by a tycoon born in a Montana mining camp who made a fortune in copper and gold... READ MORE
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JILL KREMENTZ PHOTO JOURNAL: UP CLOSE AND CANDID

Guest Diary• September 14, 2020.
A Collection of Portraits and Words To Live By... READ MORE

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