After revolutionizing fashion with the little black dress and the quilted bag, Coco Chanel dove again into men’s fashion to find the inspiration to create another classic piece, the two-tone shoe. In 1957, Coco Chanel worked closely with Monsieur Massaro, the house shoemaker at the time, to create the iconic shoe of the maison Chanel. “Shoes are the...
From April 16th to September 19th, the urbanites straight out of Ron Mueck’s imagination will be setting up shop at the Fondation Cartier of contemporary art. Commodifying humanity without perverting it, he innovated by taking up Gautier Deblonde’s camera during the conception of his three latest works. Ron Mueck is one of the rare...
In one of Paris’ most prestigious gardens, Jérôme L’Huillier’s boutique sparkles and shines. In this colorful and artistic Bohemian universe, the architect of materials and colors finds himself going back to the 60s and 70s, making for a sensual, feminine, and sunny happiness. Pioneer of Paris’ Palais Royal, Jérôme L’Huillier, in 1995, became the first designer to install himself...
Happy are those who travel. Just ask the passengers of the Vuitton Express! July 19, 2011, the Louis Vuitton Express train pulled in to Shanghai after a long trek that had started in Paris several months earlier. This trip is all too reminiscent of the Great Peking to Paris Expedition, undertaken on foot through the...
The sale of Catalan restaurant elBulli’s cellar has brought Romanée-Conti wine back into the spotlight. This centuries-old wine still imposes itself today as the greatest Burgundy, and one of the world’s most sought after. To fully understand the current Romanée-Conti fad, let’s retrace its legend. The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is cultivated on a...
Nuxe’s Huile Prodigieuse. A legendary product. An evocative name. An avant-garde vision. An obsession: beautify women. A melting pot of softness, science, love, and oh how wonderful it is! A manifold product that pampers the body, transforming hair into a smooth and silky fabric. An ally in the beauty department without precedent! The stars can’t get...
Just for the occasion of the Bouroullec brothers’ exhibit Momentané (“Momentarily”) at Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs from April 26th to September 1st, let’s take a look back at their incredible work within the school that formed them. Before being all about Design, it was first all about family. Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec have been working...
1953 was a jam-packed year for the ultra famous design house Gucci. Not long before the death of its founder, Gucci decided to introduce, of all things, horse bits as adornment on the men’s version of their moccasins. Why horse bits? This equestrian accessory, which helps guide the horse, joins the label’s three other symbols...
Fred and Henri Samuel: the same smile, the same gaze, the soul of an artist, and most of all, the same passion: sailing. In 1966, Fred Samuel observed his son braiding a line of rope and checking on his shackles before casting his moorings. Being an inventive man, he was inspired by this braided sailor’s...
A “white shirt (…) reveals thousands of identities”, but when the form and the shade give an infinite number of identities to the garment, only that of the wearer is revealed in the end. The white shirt is neutral only in appearance. The power in its absence, the mystery in its clarity, its utter lack...
