witchofwestbyfleet
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10 Things Elegant People NEVER!!! Do
1. Being rude or snarky to another person (something Anna herself religiously follows herself)
2. Pushing your plate away after eating
3. Bringing your coat to the table at a restaurant and draping it over the chair. Anna says you should always go to the cloakroom - well what if there isn't one and the host doesn't offer to take your coat? She makes fun of Anna Wintour for sitting ON her coat while seated next to the Queen at a fashion show
Ad for levelupsecret.com, featuring an amusing clip of herself on Paradise Hotel, where she ran through a door onto a balcony but was so drunk she fell over backwards into the room and dropped her glass
4. Going to the toilet before or after the first course at a restaurant. If you have a "little emergency" you can go right before dessert, but ideally you should wait until the entire meal is finished. Also, just say "excuse me", not "I'm going to the restroom / lavatory" or worst of all, TOILET (a dreadfully vulgar word.) She tells a "funny story" about a friend on a group date (read: escort date) in a restaurant, whose date excused himself and didn't resurface, another guy in the group went in after him and discovered he had sneaked away to watch a football match on his phone. Ha ha ha?
5. Speaking loudly on the phone in public
6. Staring at people
7. Chewing gum in public. David Beckham did this elegance mistake at Prince Harry's wedding!
8. Showing the soles of your shoes when you sit down, which is considered rude or threatening in some cultures
9. Giving a lengthy explanation when you decline a social invitation
10. Carrying a large handbag at night
1. Being rude or snarky to another person (something Anna herself religiously follows herself)
2. Pushing your plate away after eating
3. Bringing your coat to the table at a restaurant and draping it over the chair. Anna says you should always go to the cloakroom - well what if there isn't one and the host doesn't offer to take your coat? She makes fun of Anna Wintour for sitting ON her coat while seated next to the Queen at a fashion show
Ad for levelupsecret.com, featuring an amusing clip of herself on Paradise Hotel, where she ran through a door onto a balcony but was so drunk she fell over backwards into the room and dropped her glass
4. Going to the toilet before or after the first course at a restaurant. If you have a "little emergency" you can go right before dessert, but ideally you should wait until the entire meal is finished. Also, just say "excuse me", not "I'm going to the restroom / lavatory" or worst of all, TOILET (a dreadfully vulgar word.) She tells a "funny story" about a friend on a group date (read: escort date) in a restaurant, whose date excused himself and didn't resurface, another guy in the group went in after him and discovered he had sneaked away to watch a football match on his phone. Ha ha ha?
5. Speaking loudly on the phone in public
6. Staring at people
7. Chewing gum in public. David Beckham did this elegance mistake at Prince Harry's wedding!
8. Showing the soles of your shoes when you sit down, which is considered rude or threatening in some cultures
9. Giving a lengthy explanation when you decline a social invitation
10. Carrying a large handbag at night