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Basic Mobile Telephone Manners (film)
By Dana Gornitzki
Hello, dear reader, will you please turn your ringer off? And please stop sending text messages while we're at it - we're trying to have a conversation.
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Vintage styling tips for holiday socials: tips from a vintage maven
By Dana Gornitzki
"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous," proclaimed Coco Chanel. Never a more fitting mantra to live by, now that the festive season has officially begun and the social calendar is awash with parties to go to. So, what to wear, what to wear?
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Proper posture: shoulders back, chest out...
The way we walk and stand say a lot about us - proper posture is most important. Here's a little video with a few helpful tips.
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Let the (polite) races begin
Royal Ascot: one of the critical events on the English summer social calendar. However, it seems that some people misbehave (tsk tsk) and could do with a few guidelines. Of course, not you - NEVER!
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Fashions in calling cards
By Dana Gornitzki
A little piece of nostalgia from a vintage issue of Harper's Bazaar: Victorian Etiquette for Gentlemen. (Don't you just love it?)
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Genteel Spending Tips In Tough Times
by Prunella de Pedant
No one likes a vulgar type, you know — a person who flashes money or luxurious objects around in public. It's awfully unrefined and particularly unacceptable when times are tough.
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This is MIEN Magazine
By Dana Gornitzki
Do you find yourself staring in disgust at people yelling into their mobile phones in public? Wishing you could say something to that person who didn't thank you when you opened the door for them?
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The Parlour: nostalgic fun and civilised merriment without the modern accoutrements (This is what we're up to so we'll be offline for the most part. Back on March 15th with regular content.)
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Meet Prunella, MIEN Magazine's etiquette dab hand and Salon maven.
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