The best part of Paris Fashion Week are all the amazing venues.  I may not be there to enjoy them in person but I love seeing them each day on Instagram.  The Alexander McQueen autumn/winter 2013 show was held in the Grand Foyer of the L’Opéra Comique yesterday which perfectly complimented the intricately beaded dresses and […]

All the tweets and photos from Paris Fashion Week have me itching for a trip to the City of Lights. If tax time wasn’t coming up (what’s a refund?) I’d be on an Air France flight tomorrow.  Since I’m stuck in the City that Never Sleeps which is also currently freezing, I’ll make do by […]

I was saddened to hear that legendary French interior designer Andrée Putman passed away in Paris Saturday at the age of 87.  She might be best know here in New York for designing the Morgans Hotel for Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager but she also designed many spaces and products in her famous minimalist style. I posted […]

After seeing this flat in Paris designed by Gilles & Boissier, I think a move to Paris might be at the top of my New Year’s resolution list now. It’s perfect in every way especially those herringbone floors and boiseries and gilt mirrors and….you get the idea.  Bon weekend!

I was excited to come across the name of a designer who was new to me yesterday.  Christian Astuguevieille has been the head of a fashion house, a perfumer, a sculptor, a painter, a craftsman, and a designer of jewelry and furniture. He works in a nineteenth century space in Paris that is “a world of […]

I’ve been visiting many chic workspaces in Toronto and can’t wait to share them with you.  Until I’m back and able to post them, I’m leaving you with the gorgeous Balmain showroom designed by Joseph Dirand. I’m definitely putting this one on my wish list for my follow up book to Creativity at Work.  Bon […]

Paris fashion week is fini and so are all the spring 2013 shows.  I can barely make it through New York fashion week so I don’t know how the editors make it through a whole month. The Paris street style looks were filled with a lot of black but also a lot of great coats. […]

Brooke Astor isn’t the only chic woman whose estate was up for auction this week.  The contents of the gorgeous apartment of Hélène Rochas who passed away last year is up for auction at Christie’s in Paris today.  I apologize for the short notice but I myself just learned of this yesterday.  Even if you […]

I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a rainy night in New York this week than with a vintage French film.  Les Choses de la Vie (The Things of Life) from 1970 is part of a series saluting director Claude Sautet a the Film Center Lincoln Center.  It stars Romy Schneider as Helen, […]

I challenged myself to wear more color this summer because that’s what every magazine and fashion blogger was touting.  The problem was that every time I did wear color, I wished I was wearing neutrals.  Sometimes you just have to stick with what works for you whether it’s fashion or decor related.  I’ve described my […]

I first became acquainted with the work of Christian Liaigre a few years back.  A certain designer loved to use his furniture in his projects.  It never really had the same effect since the interiors were also modern.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but contemporary furniture looks best to me in […]

All the talk about the Chanel Resort 2013 show at Versailles had me thinking back to my last visit to the palace. While I posted photos of Le Petit Trianon and the grounds, I never posted any photos from the interior of Versailles itself.  These images are from The King’s Interior Apartments and The Royal […]

My appointment at the hair salon yesterday gave me time to read the new May issue of Vogue.  It features the Paris apartment of fashion designer and former model L’Wren Scott.  For those of you who don’t know, she has also been dating Sir Mick Jagger for the last ten years. That’s actually important information […]

I flew to Chicago for a meeting Sunday afternoon and instead of connecting to the wifi and doing work, I relaxed and read my new magazines.  One of my favorite spreads in the April issue of Vogue featured Kate Moss in the Hôtel Ritz in Paris.  It was shot by photographer Tim Walker who is known for […]

When I read that today was the anniversary of the creation of the fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent on 4 December 1961, I knew it would be a great time to post some of my favorite YSL photos.  It wasn’t until I logged in that I realized that my previous post was about his […]

I wrote almost a year ago in the post The Chic Catroux about how you rarely see projects from interior designer François Catroux published in magazines.  He and his wife Betty seem happy to not promote themselves or their work. Which is why it was very exciting to see not only their Paris apartment featured in […]

I have no idea who designed this apartment but I can tell you that it’s located in Paris.  I just love the beautiful architectural details and living room colors.  Sometimes that’s all it takes to make me happy. And an Yves Klein coffee table doesn’t hurt. UPDATE: A few eagle eyed readers recognized that the […]