Paris Haute Couture for the Birds
Is haute couture for the birds? Absolutely, says fashion follower Corinne LaBalme, who joined the flock at Paris Fashion Week to report on the Spring/Summer 2013 collections. With stylists pushing the envelope, haute couture has always functioned as the canary in the fashion mineshaft.
Stephane Jaspert’s Cobblestone Art: From the Streets of Paris to a Garret in Montmartre
Stephane Jaspert picks the cobblestone up from his desk and says, “Tourists often see Paris as a light and romantic city, but it’s a tough city, hard as rock.” We are high above the cobbled streets of Montmartre in Mr. Jaspert’s garret.
Statue of Liberty Given Place of Honor in the Orsay Museum
Joining Whistler’s Mother, Van Gogh’s Self-portrait, Degas’s ballerinas, and many more, the Musée d’Orsay took on another familiar face this month when Liberty was given place of honor on a pedestal near the entrance to the museum’s great nave. The Orsay Museum had long claimed that Liberty rightfully belonged within its walls rather than in the Luxembourg Garden, where it previously stood.
Two Sisters in Aquitaine Recreate Historical Wines
Isabelle and Catherine Orliac, two sisters in Aquitaine, are heirs to a property in southwest France that supplied wine to Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the Court of France in the 1780s.
Statues of Liberty in Paris, and to the Republics for Which They Stand
July 4. France Revisited celebrates the Fourth of July with a photo reportage of the major Statues of Liberty in Paris, along with the author's homegrown version.
Luxury Silversmith Maintains Tradition of French Savoir-Faire in the Northern Marais
The formerly workaday neighborhood of the northern Marais has been increasingly gentrified over the past 15 years, but something that hasn’t changed is the discreet presence of one of France’s few remaining creators of luxury silverware, tableware and decorative accessory: Lapparra.
The Eiffel Tower: A Star Is Born
Protest and Progress
A letter protesting the construction of the Eiffel Tower was published in Paris on February 14, 1887, less than three weeks after...
Savoring Provence: The Charentais of Cavaillon, a Succulent Superstar of a Melon
Every summer, piles of gold are sold in the Provencal town of Cavaillon. The gold in question is not the precious metal measured in...
Calvados, Where Rotting Apples Have a Good Name
An introduction to the alcoholic apple-based beverages cidre (hard cider) and calvados produced in Normandy.