Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
2293
AUTHOR:
Kennedy Fraser
QUOTATION:
For the camera and for posterity, Stanley Marcus and Estée Lauder greeted each other with an embrace … a pair of elderly merchant monarchs who had tested each other’s titanic shrewdness for decades formally exchanging a kiss of peace.
ATTRIBUTION:
On launching a new perfume at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas, “As Gorgeous As It Gets” New Yorker 15 Sep 86
