Lagniappe

A little lagniappe from the studio of Mignon Faget

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Amanda de Leon + Blackout by Ashlie Ming

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http://twelveofour.blogspot.com/2013/01/all-i-see-is-dollar-signs.html

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http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/neworleans84/

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http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/03/what-are-brits-watching-mr-selfridge/

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"American Gothic" Wall Street Journal, April 25 2013

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From Stray artist Tom Strider's solo exhibit at the Staple Goods Gallery in New Orleans, LA.

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Duro Olowu for JCP.... Mignon loved the mailer!

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la·gniappe  (lnyp, ln-yp)

n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi

1. A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase.

2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 

[Louisiana French, from American Spanish la ñapa, the gift : la, the (from Latin illa, feminine of ille,that, the; see al-1 in Indo-European roots) + ñapa (variant of yapa, gift, from Quechua, from yapay, to give more).]

Regional Note: Lagniappe derives from New World Spanish la ñapa, "the gift," and ultimately from Quechua yapay, "to give more." The word came into the rich Creole dialect mixture of New Orleans and there acquired a French spelling. It is still used in the Gulf states, especially southern Louisiana, to denote a little bonus that a friendly shopkeeper might add to a purchase. By extension, it may mean "an extra or unexpected gift or benefit."