by Christina Uebelein

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Homage à Eloise

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(El-o-eez) 1. Origin: a female personal name, the Modern French form of the Old French Heloise, itself derived from the Ancient Germanic Helewidis meaning “healthy and robust”; 2. Historic: Heloise was popularized in the Middle Ages owing to the fame of a 12th century Frenchwoman whose legendary story of unrequited love with the famous scholar Pierre Abelard was well-known in her own lifetime: the two lovers were tragically separated – she forced into a nunnery and he into a monastery – their romance would survive only through love letters; 3. Usage: the Medieval English form (Helewis) vanished after the 13th century but was later revived as Eloise in the 19th century; this was the name used for the titular character in a 1950s book series about a delightful six-year old who lives “on the tippy-top floor” at the Plaza Hotel in New York and for my mother whose style reached its apogee in Paris.

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