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Tag Archives: Lois Long
Best Of Blog: Lipstick at the 1920s New Yorker
This post originally appeared in October 2011. I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for five years. With her love for cocktails and wit, Lois Long reviewed speakeasies for The New Yorker. She signed her articles “Lipstick” and defined 1920s Flapper … Continue reading
Toast the Repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 2013
Toast the 80th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 2013 with your favorite libation. Before Sex and the City, there was Lois Long, writing for The New Yorker in Roaring Twenties Manhattan. I noticed the homage to … Continue reading
Posted in Patriotism
Tagged Amazon, FDR, Ken Burns, Lipstick, Lois Long, Prohibition, Repeal of Prohibition, The New Yorker
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Lois Long’s Turmoil of the Holidays
No can tell it like Lois Long aka Lipstick at The New Yorker. In December 1926, she wrote: “The turmoil of the holidays now being upon us, people with headaches and hangovers are wistfully contemplating exeunts either to the bracing … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Roaring Twenties
Tagged Chanel, Coronado, Holidays, Lois Long, The New Yorker
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Lipstick on Martinis
” With her love for cocktails and wit, Lois Long reviewed speakeasies for The New Yorker. She signed her articles “Lipstick” and defined 1920s Flapper style. She would famously show up at The New Yorker at about 4 a.m. without … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, Beauty, Roaring Twenties
Tagged Flappers, Ken Burns Prohibition, Lipstick, Lois Long, Martinis, PBS, Prohibition, The New Yorker
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