tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560199810443952110.post7501893555388734517..comments2024-03-09T19:11:54.072+00:00Comments on Fergie & Fife: and I don't even get a free subscription...littlewowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997689711201195434noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560199810443952110.post-72026038028544068542017-03-18T17:19:12.714+00:002017-03-18T17:19:12.714+00:00My daughter recently found your blog and sent the ...My daughter recently found your blog and sent the link to me. We share your interest in Jessica Daves - she was my great aunt as well. My father was Walter Pittman, your mother's older brother. I greatly enjoyed the information you shared. Much of it was new to me.<br /><br />While I did not have the opportunity to meet Anee, two of my older brothers did. One owns the bust of herself that she had commissioned as a young woman when she first went to New York. I did correspond with her briefly in 1971; her letter was signed "Anee". I don't recall the origin of the nickname but my brother might. Apparently "Jessica" was not her given name, either, but she thought "Jessie" lacked the refinement to which she aspired. <br /><br />As you determined, the other woman purported our Jessica Daves certainly was not. In fact the New York Times, in her obituary, stated "She was a portly woman with a face that resembled a baked apple, and if she wore custom dresses, they looked like ready-to-wear." She was not the glamorous image of a Vogue Editor-In-Chief, but she was very good at her job. And apparently a woman of principle. She was ultimately forced out of her position on the heels of her refusal to publish a spread on Marilyn Monroe that was prepared before the actress' death and ultimately published after her untimely passing (largely due to the mechanisms of Diana Vreeland).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560199810443952110.post-52245998583902114522015-11-03T16:13:42.004+00:002015-11-03T16:13:42.004+00:00I write a blog about older American women and fash...I write a blog about older American women and fashion. While Daves was editor at Vogue, the magazine invented a stylish older woman called "Mrs. Exeter." I'm now thinking your great aunt might have had something to do with it. I would love to learn more about her! Take a look at my post here: http://americanagefashion.com/?p=5326 and if you are interested please contact me at lmally at uci dot edu. Thanks, LynnLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05413150151279160155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560199810443952110.post-11434908597809796542011-09-01T04:45:02.653+01:002011-09-01T04:45:02.653+01:00Dear Ryann --
Did you ever post more photos of Je...Dear Ryann --<br /><br />Did you ever post more photos of Jessica Davies? I write a blog called Reading Vintage Vogues (readingvintagevogues.blogspot.com) in which I blogged through the October 15, 1959 issue and am now starting the December 1959 issue. I did find a second of a newsreel (http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=34544) with Mrs. Davies that I will post this weekend. <br /><br />I am amazed at how little known she is. <br /><br />"Catherine Oliphant""Catherine Oliphant"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16587370836028124511noreply@blogger.com