Before retiring from acting at the age of 26, Grace Patricia Kelly later known as Princess Grace of Monaco, was known to wear gloves to interviews and auditions if her fingernails were in need of a manicure.CHALLENGE: Would you be seen in gloves in the year 2009 because your nails are a mess or just GRIN and bare it???
ALSO: What is your favorite Grace Kelly Movie???
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Now, I wait for your answer on wearing gloves or not.
God Bless,
~Deanna~
23 comments:
Hello Deanna
Thank you so much for your visit.Love your question. I do wear gloves,approximatly 6 months of the year...not because of a poor manicure,but because its rather chilly here, these parts of Canada.My favorite Grace Kelly movie would have to be Rear Window also starring James Stewart.
Fun post...Have a great weekend
Gracie
I would not wear gloves. I would wear gloves if it were a matter of etiquette, but not just because I needed a manicure. So what is the right answer? I guess what works for you.
QMM
Today it was 106 degrees outside. I don't care how bad my nails are. No gloves! LOL!
Blessings!
My favorite Grace Kelly movie is Rear Window. I can recite it. My favorite part is when she turns on the lights and introduces herself, Lisa...Carol...Freemont. Why wouldn't Jimmy Stewart fall in love with her? Would I wear gloves? Probably not, although I can pull a pair of kid gloves out of the top dresser drawer right now.
Hi Deanna, thanks for dropping by my blog. I hope you'll come back soon.
As for the gloves. I'm a gardener, so my gloves would be worse than my hands. The truth is my hands and nails are usally in bad condition because of the work I do. But I reassure myself that the first job God gave man was keeping a garden and a zoo. So as long as my hands are washed and there's not dirt under my nails I don't worry about it :o)
But I do wish glove would come back in style because I would love to wear them to church.
I'd have to wear gloves everyday, all day! I've got workin' hands...I've never even had a manicure!
Hi Deanna,
Lovely post.
I sometimes wear gloves when I am gardening and if it is very cold, but not because my nails aren't as manicured as should be.
My favourite Grace Kelly would have to be Rear Window.
have a great weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
HI!!!
I get manicures about every other month, when I get a pedicure, but my nails are always kind of shabby looking, I do not have nice natural nails like my MOMMA, and I ahte the fake ones, too clumsy with them on and no time for weekly fill in appts!!! I like my own nails painted or not!!! I would love to wear gloves to a special occasion, but never have worn them, except to garden when I remember to put them on and when it's real cold in Az, like 40 degrees!!!! And when we ride our off road vehicles!!!!
Favorite Grace Kelly movie, same as everyone else Rear Window, and I love Jimmy Stewart too!!!
Great movie!!!
hugs,
jamie
I have only seen one movie with her in it and I think the name of it was "North by Northwest"? Oh I see in one of the comments that "The
Rear Window" she played in it, well I have seen 2...lols! Your weather sounds like the weather here in Ga. Yes, painting is a bummer but I sure will be happy when it's done. I love them rollers too! But right now I am going up & down the latter to do the trimming yikes it sure takes it's toll on this ole body...lols!
Blessings Deanna
Hmmm, I don't wear hats because they bother me and gloves only out of necessity. If my nails look bad and I am running short of time I paint over the chipped nail polish, but would not wear gloves.
I think because gloves were a well established part of fashion it worked for her, now we would probably be labeled 'eccentric' for that custom unless it were winter or we were gardening.
I love to wear gloves. I have several pairs. My favorite are the delicate crocheted type. I have worn out two pairs already. I love to wear them to church.
I don't think I've seen any movies with Grace in them. I will have to look her up.
Blessings
Mrs. White
Oh how I wish gloves were still in vogue! Needing a manicure or not, I love the look of matching hat, gloves, bag, and heels! I was born way too late!
I want to 'lunch with the girls' wearing a smart suit and pearls! (Big sigh here).
LOVE your choice of Grace Kelly! I love so many of her movies but my two top favorites are Country Girl and Rear Window!
All the best,
Eileen
I wish gloves had never gone out of vogue. I never wear them, except woolly ones in the winter. I would just grin and bear it, when it came to the manicure.
I can't remember the name of the Grace Kelly movie that I liked.
P.S. How do you use the comment moderation? I enabled it once but didn't know how to click on each comment and read it. I only could see part of a sentence. How do I see what the whole comment is before I publish it? Learning...
Deanna, Thank you for stopping by for a visit and your lovely comment. I love your blog header. Your home is amazing... I don't wear gloves except in the winter time. I don't really have an occassion to wear them, however; I think I would feel quite elegant if I did.. This was a fun post...hugs ~lynne~ ps. signing up to follow your beautiful blog
Deanna,
Love this post! What fun! I must say that I am not opposed to being seen with un-manicured nails. I wear hats to church and have recently been considering wearing gloves too. I think that wearing hats and gloves is a classic way to dress and being that I love the old fashioned ways I tend to follow through. Everyone knows me to be eccentric so it is well accepted when I do these things. I'll let you know if I start wearing the gloves:).
Blessings,
Kim
I wear gloves in the winter and if my hands are in need of a manicure due to honest work...so be it. I see women and girls with these UNBELIEVABLE manicures...long nails, designs, etc. and wonder, "just what ARE they thinking?!" Classy? NO! Trashy? YES! But then, I'm a conservative person in dress, thought and actions. I do have a pair of crochet gloves, bought in Romania, I wear to church.
Don't even get me started on "Tart Trotters", those shoes one needs a ladder to mount. -smile-
All Grace Kelly movies are wonderful; how can I choose?
Oh, Dear. I think you caught me here, Deanna. I will, cannot tolerate my fingernails if not manicured, I cannot stand the way they look or feel. I would do them myself only I cannot put polish on with my left hand. So, yes, I am in her camp. Well done and thank you for the kind mention! Catherine
Greetings Deanna!
I had to come check out my newest 'follower'! I am so glad to meet you! I haven't even taken the time to look around your "Haven" but will do so now!
Is that a pic of your home on your banner? Wow! How lovely!
Thanks for stopping at my place and hope to hear from you soon!
Blessings!
Hello Marmie,
I think I use to wear gloves at Easter didn't I? Now I just think as long as you don't have chipped off nail polish and your nails are shaped that is a good thing.
This was a Grace-full post ;O)
Love you!
Well, the only time I wear gloves is for washing the dishes! I think my answer would have to be no.
Hi Deanna,
The only gloves I own are garden gloves and I don't think you want to see me in those!
I do love hats though.
Take care,
Carolyn
About the nails--"Oh, please!" My nails are pitiful, always. No, no gloves. And how, on earth, did Grace have any excuse whatsoever for not having perfect nails?!
Favorite picture:Rear Window, of course. C
Deanna, I don't remember seeing any Grace Kelly movies,...but I am old, so I am sure I have. BUT,...I will go search some out and watch them now that you have brought her up, and see if I remember them! ((smile))
I used to wear gloves,...back in the day! I have several pair in my Victorian room and my granddaughters play with them. They love to play dress up,...and so did I when I was a little girl.
I don't wear them now except in the winter, but they do feel cozy on a cold Kansas day!
Gotta run!
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
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