Catherine Shannon

Catherine Shannon

The Elegance of Refusal

On beauty, quality, and restraint

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Catherine Shannon
Dec 10, 2025
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The market rubs your shoulders. It puts its mouth to your ear. It’s your boomer boss in a polyester, pit-stained polo: do you have your stocking stuffers yet? You don’t? You don’t have a $5-30 item for every person in your extended family that they will not care about or maybe even hate? Let me help you. Let me show you how it’s done.

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