Parisian Settee News
A La Mode - New York Times
Herve Van der Straeten and Bruno Frisoni know that good parties, like good design, are all about the mix. At a recent dinner in their airy Parisian loft, the worlds of fashion and art melded in a perfect reflection of their decorating sensibility: modern chic with an edgy take on the classics.
Publication: The New York Times
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French fine furniture from Allot FrE?res Workshops.
Summary: Specialists in luxury cabinet making, Allot FrE res Workshops will take part for the first time in the Parisian Maison & Objet (House & Object) trade show, from next September 5th to 9th. They will in particular be unveiling their latest creations. French fine furniture from Allot
Publication: Albawaba.com
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Haute cabana: from his Portuguese retreat, interior designer Jacques Grange hides from his tony clients, dishes his rivals, and trades his usual luxe for the simple life.(Feature)
Casa Nina, the summer retreat of Parisian uber decorator Jacques Grange, isn't really a house. Rather, it's a collection of houses, a series of rough-hewn cabanas cradled in a valley of dunes on a remote stretch of the Portuguese coast. Overhead, flocks of prehistoric-looking storks hover, making
Publication: W
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French fine furniture from Allot Frres Workshops
French fine furniture from Allot Frres Workshops Specialists in luxury cabinet making, Allot Frres Workshops will take part for the first time in the Parisian Maison & Objet (House & Object) trade show, from next September 5th to 9th. They will in particular be unveiling their latest creations.
Publication: Al Bawaba
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Viva: The Ethiopian slave who thinks I was a flamenco dancer in a past life; Confused?So was Abigail Hughes when she let spiritual medium Andrea Grieveson delve into her past.(Features)
Byline: Abigail Hughes I'M sitting on a settee talking to Andrea Grieveson,an Ethiopian slave girl who has fallen in love with her Egyptian captor. Or at least that's who Andrea believes she was two millennia ago. These days she more strongly resembles a comfortable looking, 60- something
Publication: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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RAZZLE-DAZZLE 'EM.
Jean Paul Gaultier: Madame. Ritche [sic]. A white card bearing the scripted name sat on a gold settee at Jean Paul Gaultier's headquarters on Wednesday, the site of the designer's gorgeous couture show. Not surprisingly, it ignited a paparazzi firestorm well before Madonna arrived. Once she showed,
Publication: WWD
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The Man Who Could Be King;The Great-Grandson of Montenegro's Monarch, Warming to an Unexpected Welcome
Sometimes a journey is more than just a move from one place to another. Sometimes a trip can change a perspective, or focus a world view. A voyage can offer the freedom to imagine another time, to dream of a different self: a rogue, an adventurer, a hero. A king. So it was with Nicolas Petrovitch
Publication: The Washington Post
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Toile
FACES, PLACES, SHOPS, AND TRENDS TO KEEP YOU IN THE KNOW IT'S FRENCH, ITS FUSSY, AND ITS HOT. Toile ("twahl") is showing up on runway fashions, in wallpaper books, and on furnishings of all shapes and sizes. Toile, which translates to "linen," refers to the Toile de Jouy region in France, where the
Publication: Minnesota Monthly
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