Photos: Gracious Living
Cornelia Guest, the daughter of legendary hostess C.Z. Guest and herself an expert entertainer, recalls her mother’s lessons in hospitality. As told to Vanessa Lawrence.
C.Z. Guest in 1952. Photograph courtesy of Getty Images.
Betsy Bloomingdale in her garden, 1973. Photograph courtesy of Horst /Condé Nast Archive.
Pauline de Rothschild in 1950. Photograph courtesy of Horst /Condé Nast Archive.
Sue Mengers at home. Photograph courtesy of ICM.
Lynn Wyatt in 1996. Photograph courtesy of Phyllis Hand.
Deeda Blair in 1975. Photograph courtesy of Getty Images.
Dodie Rosekrans in 1963. Photograph courtesy of Getty Images.
Babe Paley at home, 1959. Photograph courtesy of Camera Press/Snowdon/Redux.
Marie-Hélène de Rothschild with Salvador Dalí and Yul Brynner, 1973. Photograph courtesy of Tips Images.
