My Personal Top 10 of Female Singers – No 1
…in no particular order & with my favorite recording…
Number One: Maria Callas
Maria Callas 1923-1977
Category: Inspiring Women & Men
January 19, 2015
January 18, 2015
Never a Bad Hair Day…
The enduring glamour of a fabulous “updo”
I bemoan the (nearly) lost art of chic updo’s, and I don’t mean the “nonchalant” versions of today, I mean the really unbelievably intricate glamorous hairdo’s of ladies of all ages, as a daily look, not just for your wedding day or a special occasion. In my Paris neighborhood hair salon, one girl is still specialized in the art of the weekly “updo” for many ladies.
January 17, 2015
Real or Surreal?
Model, Muse & Artist
The Amazing Life of Lee Miller
Lee Miller, self portrait 1932
What would I have given to have lived in Paris in the 1920’s and 1930’s..every artist, writer, photographer, socialite, thinker and person of interest congregated there…American beauty Lee Miller epitomizes all of the aspects of those heady days, where all was possible, and much was invented…Impossibly beautiful, she was an avant garde “It Girl” with brains and talent.
January 16, 2015
Storytelling…
Frederico Fellini vs Wes Anderson
When the great Italian film director Frederico Fellini suddenly died in 1993, we mourned his loss…no more of his fantastical, poetic, funny and tender portrayals of characters and events…my husband Gilles and I were in mourning… But then the wonderful whimsical film director Wes Anderson came onto the scene, and we were immediately drawn into his world of dysfunctional families, deep sea explorers, Indian train journeys, animated animals, boy scouts and more recently, a magical grand hotel in the sinister interbellum..
The “fantastical” Grand Budapest Hotel on the mountain top…
January 14, 2015
Basket Case…
I am proud to be called a “Basket Case”
My passion for baskets is all shapes and forms from all over the world must be rooted in my African childhood. Growing up in Kenya, baskets were a feature in all aspects of life. “Oh no! Not another basket!” is a recurring exclamation from the man in my life…
There is something sexy and innocent about a girl nonchalantly swinging a basket as a tote bag…I once read the lovely Jane Birkin also has the basket bug…
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