10.31.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK









LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
Yves St Laurent's house, Tangier

au revoir.



10.28.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK









LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
A hammam in Marrakesh

au revoir.

10.27.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK









LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
A bedroom in a riad in Marrakesh

au revoir.


10.26.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK







LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
A bathroom in Marrakesh

au revoir.


10.25.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK







LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
Riad Bel Haj, Casablanca


au revoir.



10.24.2011

THE MOROCCAN WEEK




LA SEMAINE MAROCAINE
Maison de l'Eléphant Tangier


au revoir.



10.21.2011

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL





MIROIR, MIROIR...
Take a small powder room, cover in mirrors, take a step back.
Wow!

au revoir.




10.20.2011

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL







MIROIR, MIROIR...
What a statement a mirrored wall makes!


au revoir.



10.19.2011

IT'S PARIS MOROCCO TIME AGAIN




C'EST LE MOMENT POUR UN PARIS MAROC

Today I fly to Paris for 2 very short, very busy days (as usual), then on to Morocco; Tangier (as usual), Casablanca (the 1st time in 30 years) and Marrakesh (it's the perfect season).
Why?
PARIS: 
It is my relatively regular short opportunity to heal my needy heart: I see... what am I saying?, I embrace, kiss, look at, listen to, and really only very reluctantly let my 3 Paris children go to work , if they must...(Kevin, do you really have to live as far as Australia?)


MOROCCO: 

Tangier

Casablanca

no,no,no, not THAT one...
not that one either...

THIS Casablanca

Marrakesh



This time it is a week long working trip. I'll reveal what we will be working on later. Much too early at this point.


I have a few mini posts lined up to be published when I am away. 
Hope you like them.




à bientot.



10.18.2011






 COUP D'OEIL
Just something that caught my eye.

source unknown to me

The clever use of curtains to frame a mirror and add height to a space, the clean lines, mixing warm texture and clean, sleek materials, the minimal palette. 


au revoir.






10.17.2011

NICOLE PIBEAUT




LA GENIALE NICOLE PIBEAUT


Quite a few years ago in Paris, I met a wonderful illustratrice whose art I have always admired. 
Her name is Nicole Pibeaut.
I love the portrait she did of Hélène Rochas, the wife of the couturier and perfumer Marcel Rochas, above.
During the last showhouse I participating in, she was generous enough to sketch the portrait of me, below..
Her ability to capture a sitter's expression in just a few strokes of her pencil is astounding


She does work for advertising and some calligraphy, but her work is mainly magazine illustrations.

She illustrated an article for Le Figaro Madame this month about men and their weight issues and wishes. Fun article and great illustrating.
You should definitely go check out her website.
Bravo, Nicole!


au revoir.

10.14.2011

FRENCH EYE VIEW

 COUP D'OEIL
Just something that caught my eye.


image robert couturier via elle decor

The restrained color palette on a backdrop of creamy white, the tightly edited objects and furnishings, the contrast between small and gigantic, classic and dramatically modern and hot and cold tones, the 1940's vibe, the apparent comfort.

au revoir.


10.13.2011

THREE ZERO





TROIS ZERO

Today in Australia it is already my beautiful little Kevin's birthday


Well, in fact, he will be celebrating in Bali.
When I took this picture a little under 30 years ago, I had no idea what he would become 30 years hence; well...I had an idea; with a smile like that, I knew it was going to be all good, for us and for him. 
My motherly instincts did not betray me. He is all good and so much more.
Happy Birthday 
my cuddly little Kevin who became big, and tall, and cute, and kind and talented and a devil at making everyone melt- "fondre" as we say in French- and the list could go on and on.
I know, I am your mother...
You know I always tell the truth, even on the internet.



au revoir. 



BEYOND THE REAL

PLUS FAUX QUE VRAI

Fur was back on the runways for winter. Real fur. I don't wear real fur.
I don't even wear faux-fur that resembles real animals; I mean leopard or fox or chinchilla; that kind of faux-fur.
I do on the other hand want to wear something furry feeling and looking this winter.
The great news is that faux-fur comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes and in styles that I will call "generic". 
Fantastic!
Irt even comes in luscious colors. 

Fur problem solved. Well, except for which color to choose...
Warmth, comfort and chic and no wearing an animal around my neck.
What more can a girl want?

au revoir.



10.12.2011

BEYOND THE SHEER



PLUS FIN QUE FIN
via kitearscat

All right, after my sartorial yearning for pale shades this winter, I am also wanting to wear chiffon. For daytime. I can wear a coordinated tank top underneath, a fine sweater or an easy jacket on top; it works from morning to night, if I don't go crazy on the froufrou (even though even then, I can dress it down with a very simple cardigan and wool pants or skirt and a soft scarf. Yes, always the scarves...
Warehouse

Equipment

A chiffon blouse with a scarf detail is a little more "formal", I would say, but right on this winter.
Mango

To finish off a chiffon style for day, I would choose a very light and airy scarf of the sheerest silk or even wool chiffon.
Echo Design

Burberry's and Issey Miyake 

Alexander McQueen

Tomorrow, my last must have for winter. This one comes with a challenging choice...


au revoir.

10.11.2011

BEYOND THE PALE





PLUS PALE QUE PALE
I have been feeling like wearing pale powdery colors lately. From whites to pale grays, maybe a touch of very light lavender and even some hardly there blush shades; any slightly tinted cream, any ethereal misty blue will catch my eye every time.
Maybe its a wish for softness before the hard dark winter? a change from the brights of summer? a continuation after the nudes of spring?
It's not as if this last weekend was anything resembling winter. No, no, quite the contrary; it was delightfully, EXACTLY like a very warm spring day. 
An unexpected very welcome gift of an Indian summer from Mother Nature.
So maybe that's where this yearning for barely colored tones comes from: the gentleness of the weather.
Do you feel the same way?
I'll tell you my other latest fashion whim, tomorrow.


au revoir.