I first learned of French architect Paris-based architect Luis Laplace and his partner Christophe Comoy recently in Vogue. More on that later. But then I found their Paris apartment online and fell in love. As with any designer’s home, it is a place for trying out new ideas and is ever changing especially since it also […]

Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m having a wonderful time in Paris with Chanel to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sublimage. We’ve been scheduled from morning until night with amazing activities and meals. I look forward to sharing a more in depth look at my trip after I return but wanted to […]

It’s funny how white apartments might be boring elsewhere but always look chic in Paris. Such is the case of the apartment of jewelry designer Gaia Repossi. It helps that hers has high windows and beautiful wood floors that set a great backdrop for her furniture and art. It also looks like there is an interesting upstairs […]

I feel like I’ve just gotten over my jet lag from Italy and now I’m off to Paris with Chanel to help celebrate 10 years of Sublimage, a seminal moment in Chanel Skincare history. I’ve used Sublimage off and on over the years but religiously for the past six weeks. I can honestly say that my skin […]

I’m off on the train to Venice today. Until I have time to write a post, I suggest you check out this very chic apartment in Paris designed by Studio Ko. It was featured in T magazine this weekend.  I love that you can read it online like the real magazine if you happen to […]

My final show each fashion week is Ralph Lauren.  I like to think of it as saving the best for last and it always ends the week on a high note. While the red, white, and blue color palette might seem all American, the lyrics that played while Mr. Lauren took his bow was “I love […]

I’m a huge fan of understated weddings and Chloe Malle’s recent nuptials to Graham Albert were a chic and simple affair.  Although there is nothing simple about planning a wedding in France even if it is at your family’s own house as Chloe’s mother Candice Bergen pointed out. I loved seeing some of the photos […]

While Peter Copping and his husband Rambert Rigaud sold their Paris apartment when Peter was appointed the artistic director of Oscar de la Renta in New York, they weren’t going to give up their Normandy retreat. You can see why from the new photos they’ve posted on Instagram. You may remember that I posted some photos from […]

I came across a photo on Pinterest yesterday that led me to a dreamy rental property Le Lieu Perdu in France on Lonny.  It didn’t surprise me to read that Julia Leach, the founder of Chance, was the one who had rented the turreted home in the Dordogne region of France.  She said she bookmarked the listing on […]

I’m not sure why Madewell waited until after Bastille Day to launch their second collaboration with Sézane but better late than never. The French brand was founded by Morgane Sézalory and inspired by vintage designs. She says of the Madewell et Sézanne pairing, “We both have brands for real women in real life, but with some soul. […]

Even though I was in Paris in March, I feel the itch to plan another trip.  Perhaps it’s because it’s Bastille Day and photos of the City of Light are all over the internet.  But even when I’m not scheduled for travel, I like to look at the apartments on Haven in Paris for inspiration. […]

The 14th of July in France is La Fête Nationale holiday the equivalent to our American holiday of the 4th of July.  They don’t refer to it as Bastille Day as we do here. Many of the French are enjoying their long bank holiday weekend in Normandie or another place in the country. And maybe while they’re […]

The couture shows are happening right now in Paris but there are always other fashion events that are scheduled during the same week.  One of those included the new Tory Burch flagship store opening on rue Saint-Honoré. “Designed by architect Daniel Romualdez, who’s done the rest of Tory’s stores and her own home in New York, […]

As a devout Francophile, I will see any film set in France so I’m looking forward to A Little Chaos which will be released June 26, 2015. It’s a fictionalized account of a female garden designer hired by landscape architect André le Nôtre to work on a water feature in the garden of Versailles for […]

I’ve never been to Corsica but the house that Olivier Marty and Karl Fournier of Studio KO designed makes me immediately want to immediately book a trip. That and the fact that it’s cold and grey in New York today. The duo restored the abandoned home and created a perfect holiday house. I especially love the lack of […]

I almost booked a last minute flight to Paris this weekend because my favorite brocante, printemps brocante de la rue de Bretagne, is taking place in the Marais. I’m kicking myself now that I didn’t because Ines de la Fressange has also just opened a new eponymous boutique in the 7th arrondissement.  It’s filled with a chic combination of […]

Writer Kate Betts and I have bonded over all things French and she was kind enough to send me a copy of her new book My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine. It’s funny to be reading it exactly a year to the date I […]