Comments on: 20. Aunt Lilly Tieste

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:42:32 +0000

It’s too bad I was such a little kid when I knew her, I would love to ask her questions about her obviously glamorous job!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:27:19 +0000

Gosh, having a ‘style authority’ in the family must be a lot to live up to!

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:10:08 +0000

Hi all, we just got back from several hours reading in Cafe Puccini in San Francisco — split pea soup and gelato — yum.

@Lisa my Aunt Lilly was indeed quite a card. And the household, let’s just say that after reading the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire I started referring to grandmother Dorothy as Blanche DuBois.

@LBR, yes it was not lost on me that high fashion was being brought to Central Wisconsin from the big cities — Chicago and NY.

@savvysavingbytes it’s more fun dragging it out a bit, don’t you think?

@Hannah, I know, how cool is that to be a style consultant in 1934!

After we were already driving to SF it occurred to me I should have attributed the paper — Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Friday, March 9, 1934. Off to fix this now.

By: The Storialist

The Storialist — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:53:31 +0000

I love that it was a wig—and am very interested to learn more about her story (and how she fits in with yours)!

Wouldn’t we all love to be deemed a “style authority.”

By: savvysavingbytes

savvysavingbytes — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:26:12 +0000

Speaking of ending with a cliff-hanger… Here I am all set to read about this ancient “on the ball” woman wearing a wig in this oddball household and boom — The END.

Here’s hoping your next post continues this story…

By: La Belette Rouge

La Belette Rouge — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:25:41 +0000

Love that Lilly! On the ball indeed. And quite a hairdo. Wigs! What a hoot. This line is fantastic: “searching the finest shops in the country for the latest whims of fashion.” Fantastic. This must be so much fun for you!! IT is certainly fun to read.
xoxo

By: lisahgolden

lisahgolden — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:00:27 +0000

I’m looking forward to more on Lilly T.

I looked at that detail photo and thought “I love that expression. She looks like quite a card.”

And then you mentioned her expression in your next line. I laughed out loud.