A fashion retrospective of the 1990s and 2000s in Paris part 2: Lanvin,...
After walking you through the first part of the exhibition on 1990s-2000s fashion currently taking place in Paris, let’s now visit the rest of the retrospective. What’s on the program? Hussein...
View ArticleThe Assouline bookstore at the Plaza Hotel in New York
After my divine treatment at the Caudalie Spa in the Plaza, I explored the prestigious New York hotel. As I wandered in the marble lobby under its giant crystal chandeliers, I noticed the Assouline...
View ArticleNY diary: Midtown Manhattan and skyscrapers
Every time I live abroad, Papa and Maman Ritournelle never fail to pay me a visit for a week or so. As they spent time with me here in New York until Friday, I took time off work in favor of my...
View ArticleNY diary: the Caudalie Spa, a view from Chanel and other delights
After a day of cultural bliss on Museum Mile, I treated Maman Ritournelle to another pleasure: a morning of luxurious pampering at the Caudalie Spa. The perfect Mother’s Day gift! We headed to the...
View ArticleChanel’s Little Black Jacket exhibition in Paris
If you’re in Paris this weekend, I recommend you head to Chanel’s Little Black Jacket exhibition at the Grand Palais. After gracing the galleries of Tokyo, New York City, Taipei, Hong Kong, London,...
View ArticleWhere is spring in Paris?
Where is spring in Paris? I am asking this as cold rain is pouring on the first day of May. The weather of the past few days makes you hesitant to shed your winter coat. It even snowed in France last...
View ArticleChanel N°5: an exhibition for a myth in Paris
Today is the last day to catch the Chanel N°5 exhibition, which I highly recommend you do! We’ve all marveled at the ads for this perfume. On top of making us dream, N°5 is the best-selling fragrance...
View ArticleParis Haute Couture
Paris Haute Couture is the fashion exhibition of the moment in Paris. With the support of Swarovski, the Hôtel de Ville de Paris hosts more than 100 magnificent designs of the past century for you to...
View ArticleThe Little Black Dress gets its own exhibition in Paris
Along with La Mécanique des Dessous, Little Black Dress is the other fashion exhibition not to miss in Paris this summer. Curated by Vogue USA contributing editor André Leon Talley, 50 LBDs by...
View ArticleDeauville, the Normandy hotel and Chanel-related wishful thinking
After getting our feet in the sand and our window-shopping session in my previous post, here is the second part on my day trip to Deauville. Have you seen this short movie directed by Karl Lagerfeld...
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