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Puttin’ On the Ritz

Posted December 23, 2014. Filed in Alex Papacrhistidis, Bill Sofield, Bunny Williams, Dorothy Draper, Eclectic Glamour, Eclectic Tradition, Haynes Roberts, Holidays, Jean-Louis Deniot, Luxe Moderne, Madcap Glamour, Mario Buatta, McMillen Inc., Michael S. Smith, Miles Redd, Modern Glamour, Moderne, Nancy Lancaster, Neo-Baroque

Now if you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to, why don’t you go where fashion sits? Puttin’ on the Ritz Puttin’ on the Ritz, a turn of phrase coined by Irving Berlin in 1929 for the song of the same name, was a slang expression to indicate “dressing stylishly”, inspired by London’s […]

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