Madame Monsieur’s ‘Mercy’: How a Newborn Refugee Inspired French electro-pop duo
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The Aristocats Who Call the Ritziest Suites Home
The Aristocats Who Call the Ritziest Suites Home. Every hotel wants loyal customers, and a cat on the concierge’s desk may be the way to win them Newsweek, September 5, 2014
Christian Louboutin and the Art of Desire
If Christian Louboutin weren’t wearing a gray-and-neon-yellow hoodie, he might disappear into the bric-a-brac that clutters his dimly lit Paris office. There’s a faux-cheetah rug with a decorative head staring up from the floor. A dingy Snoopy doll slouching on the bookshelf behind his desk. A massive painting of nearly naked boxers standing ringside. And […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Turning Trauma Into Rhythm
Wispy and delicate, Charlotte Gainsbourg rushes into the lobby of Paris’ Hotel Montalembert looking like she might collapse under the weight of her enormous fur coat. Seeing two representatives from her record label, she delivers four decidedly froid air-kisses. “No more interviews,” she says, clearly exhausted from the weeks she has spent promoting her new […]
Paris Hotel Wars
For nearly a hundred years, the Hôtel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels — the Crillon, George V, Meurice, Plaza Athénée and Ritz — have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today […]