tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post1486611775885514183..comments2024-02-27T04:05:04.102-08:00Comments on Homer's Odd Isn't He: The Leading Decorators 50 Years AgoKellogg Collectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014348889982348539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-58871044812465643682008-11-25T07:51:00.000-08:002008-11-25T07:51:00.000-08:00After enlarging the image I looked for Mrs Archiba...After enlarging the image I looked for Mrs Archibald Brown of McMillan, Mr William Baldwin of Baldwin and Martin, George Stacey, 3 of the great names of that era. And I looked in vain.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168674888832961809.post-70766801364076195152008-11-24T10:38:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:38:00.000-08:00I don't know if it's just me, or whether it's true...I don't know if it's just me, or whether it's true of a lot of people in design, but I can recognize things like the distinctive lines of famous chairs in later upholsteries, and I can often identify historic wallpapers from partial repeats better than I can recognize people in old photos. So I can't say that any of these people look familiar to me, although one woman at the left center looks a little like Betty Sherrill, or, at least, what she might have looked like half a century ago. Maybe.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, if these really were the Big Names of 1957 in decorating--rather than a local assortment who merely happened to show up for a fancy opening--they surely got there based on their abilities, not on their looks or their cool-factor. Certainly, none of these folks--brilliantly talented though they nay have been--would have even made first call-back in casting a decorating show today. Too bad.<BR/><BR/>As one of our instructors in ID school used to say, "There are two paths to success: you can be a good designer, or you can be a good-<I>looking</I> designer. Either/or. Few people are both."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com