desperately seeking square stemware

March 13, 2008 8:23 PM

Where can I find square-shaped champagne flutes?

Ever since seeing them featured prominently in 2001's 'The Anniversary Party', I've been obsessed with square champagne flutes. Has anyone a.) seen this movie and b.) know where I can get them?

posted by jenlyn1123 to food & drink (7 comments total)

Here.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 8:26 PM on March 13

Yeah, I've seen those at Macy's. They're not right. The one's I'm looking for don't taper at the stem.
posted by jenlyn1123 at 8:28 PM on March 13

Thanks, though. Honestly, I've been looking for about four years and I JUST saw those at Macy's a month ago and it was first time I had seen anything remotely square.
posted by jenlyn1123 at 8:29 PM on March 13

These aren't square, but they have the kind of base I think you're looking for.
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:53 PM on March 13

I haven't seen the movie, but found two pictures (albeit not great ones) of said glasses:
One (on the floor and coffee table)
Two (lower right corner)

Based on those pictures, I can't tell... is the top of each glass square (as opposed to round) or are they round glasses with no taper (hence squared-off)? If they are just squared-off, then these might be similar.

[on preview: showbiz beat me to the C&B link]
posted by hihowareyou at 8:57 PM on March 13

C&B used to make these, which are actually squared off at the top (as opposed to the edge referenced above, which are a tall narrow cylinder). They don't seem to carry them anymore, but a phone call to the direct marketing line on their website might help you locate them.
posted by the luke parker fiasco at 6:06 AM on March 14

I'm going to offer some of that off-topic advice that everybody on Ask.Me hates so much, just because I can't help it. If you do find them, please either try them before you buy them, or make sure you can return them. My parents have some glasses that aren't square, but hexagonal and all those straight edges and sharp corners make them a bitch to drink from without spilling on yourself -- and they're mostly used for milk. I imagine it would be much, much worse to have even sharper corners on a square glass that was used for drinking alcohol. By the middle of the second glass, I'd probably be just pouring it on myself to save the pretense that I was drinking the champagne.
posted by jacquilynne at 6:32 AM on March 14