Etiquette & Good Manners for Modern Life — Manhasset, Long Island
Confidence • Grace • Practical Elegance
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Most people think etiquette is a set of rules waiting to catch them out. We think it's the opposite — it's what lets you stop worrying about yourself and start paying attention to everyone else.
So we teach it as practice, not theory. Students sit at a properly laid table and use it: passing, serving, ordering, holding a conversation with someone they've just met. Very little is memorized. Almost everything is done.
Founded in Manhasset, Long Island by a graduate of the Austrian Higher School of Etiquette, we teach children, teens, adults and couples — in restaurants, in our studio, and on Zoom.
Move through any social situation with calm assurance, knowing exactly how to behave appropriately and gracefully.
Polished details and refined manners that naturally elevate your presence and leave lasting positive impressions.
Thoughtful actions and considerate behavior that make everyone around you feel genuinely valued and appreciated.
To make good manners feel natural rather than learned — so that being at ease puts everyone around you at ease too.
Small classes, real tables, and plenty of practice. Children, teens, adults and couples are all welcome.
Join the Free Etiquette CircleChoose the experience that fits your family or occasion perfectly.
For Adults
An elegant evening designed for two — featuring multiple courses, proper cutlery usage, engaging conversation skills, and building dining confidence together. Learn the natural flow of Western fine dining in a refined yet relaxed format that feels like a special date night.
For Adults
Discover the refined world of Japanese dining culture through respectful table behavior, proper chopstick skills, and step-by-step sushi etiquette. This graceful, educational tasting experience introduces you to centuries-old traditions while building cross-cultural confidence.
For Adults
English Tea Ceremony held in the Grand Salon of the Baccarat Hotel, New York City. This refined experience blends British tradition, impeccable service, and culinary excellence — all within one of the most beautiful interiors in New York.
For Adults
Eternal Elegance is a carefully structured 20-class program designed for women who want to cultivate elegance not only in appearance, but in behavior, communication, relationships, and lifestyle.
For Families
The Little Aristocrats™ Program is a thoughtfully designed educational experience for children, created to nurture confidence, emotional intelligence, social awareness, and elegant behavior from a young age.
For Families
Playful, hands-on dining etiquette with a shared meal featuring pasta from a kosher restaurant, fresh bread rolls with butter, and crisp salad. Children learn real table manners through engaging games and practice, while parents discover simple ways to reinforce these skills at home.
For Families
Personalized lessons delivered in the comfort of your own home, designed specifically for parents and children. We tailor topics including dining etiquette, proper greetings, effective communication, and everyday grace to match your family's unique needs and lifestyle.
For Virtual
To understand your partner more deeply, you must recognize his individuality — his ways of connecting, his emotional needs, and the qualities he values most. When you understand his archetype, everything changes.
For Virtual
Delve into the essence of authentic feminine expression as we explore five distinct archetypes that embody grace, elegance, and confidence. Purchase the recording of this transformative Zoom session.
Have a question about which Elegance Academy program is right for you or your family? I’d be happy to connect.
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90 Days. Small Intentions. A More Elegant You.
Elegance is not something we save for special occasions. It is built in the small choices we make every day — how we speak, listen, respond, show kindness, show respect, and carry ourselves.
My Elegance Journey is a complimentary 90-day experience designed to help you turn those small choices into natural habits.
Each day, you'll receive four simple acts of elegance to practice in your everyday life. Nothing complicated. Nothing that requires extra time. Just small, intentional actions that gradually change the way you move through the world.
Kindness · Respect · Communication · Presence · Poise
In 90 days, don't just know more about elegance.
Make elegance part of who you are.
Your elegant new self isn't created in one class.
She's created in the small things you practice every day.
Complimentary · Opens in Telegram · No additional app to download
Another Day closer to Elegant New You
Small acts of kindness, respect, communication and poise designed to fit naturally into your life.
Complete them throughout your day and become more aware of how you speak, listen, respond and show up.
Collect petals, build your streak and watch your progress over 90 days.
From the Library of Elegance Academy
A beautifully written collection of stories designed to help children discover the value of kindness, respect, gratitude, and good manners in a warm and engaging way.
Through charming characters and meaningful life lessons, this book introduces etiquette not as rigid rules, but as a joyful way of treating ourselves and others with care and consideration.
Perfect for parents, grandparents, teachers, and families who value kindness and character development. A thoughtful gift and a timeless addition to every child's library.
Beautifully written and thoughtfully paced — a wonderful addition to any child's bookshelf.
He listened attentively to all four stories in one sitting.
We read it to our grandchild and he absolutely loved it.
Positive lessons that feel natural rather than preachy.
As a mother of three, I wish I had found this book years ago.
It kept my child's attention the whole time.
Beautifully written, with the most beautiful illustrations.
Such a sweet and meaningful book for children.
Exactly the wisdom worth passing on.
You can tell the love from the author.
Irina teaches etiquette the way it actually gets used — at the table, in a restaurant, in the middle of a real conversation. Her students range from seven-year-olds learning to hold a fork to couples preparing for a business dinner, and her classes are kept deliberately small so no one gets lost in the room.
A graduate of the Austrian Higher School of Etiquette, she is also the author of Tales of Kindness and Good Manners, a children's book about kindness and respect.
Her belief is simple: true elegance isn't about knowing more rules than anyone else. It's about making the people around you feel comfortable.
Four things that do not change, whichever workshop you pick.
Ten to fourteen seats, never more. Everyone gets real attention — whether they are seven or forty-seven.
You learn at a properly set table — in restaurants, at The Baccarat Hotel, in our private studio. Never from a slideshow.
Children, teens, adults and couples. A seven-year-old learning to hold a fork and a couple preparing for a business dinner both belong here.
Join us at the table on Long Island, or from anywhere in the world. Recordings available for selected sessions.
Four quick questions. Let's see how you do.
Some things are better taught at your own table. I come to your home — or a venue of your choice — for one family, a birthday, a circle of friends, or a team, and we build the evening around what you actually want your guests to walk away with.
Tell me what the occasion is — I’ll come back with a plan and a price, no obligation.
Feel-good music, inspired by real moments in life — the ones worth slowing down for. Put it on while you set the table, while you take your time getting ready, or while the evening winds down.
Write to me directly — I read and answer every message myself, usually the same day.