EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Grey Gardens gave up the last of its ghosts over the weekend. For decades, Grey Gardens has belonged to Sally Quinn, the journalist, and Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post who died in 2014. Afterward, Little Edie, with her upside-down outfits, florid, looping drawl and naïf-savant proclamations, emerged as a campy philosopher and gay idol. Little Edie’s niece is selling Grey Gardens rosé; a #staunch T-shirt is $19.89 online; and a shower curtain printed with a photographic montage of both Edies and a raccoon, with a border of paté cans, is $60 on eBay. You can buy reproductions of Little Edie’s signature brooch at all prices.

Source: New York Times November 22, 2017 15:45 UTC