Forget Louboutin, Step into the World of André Perugia, the True Icon behind Modern Shoe Design
You name an avant-garde brand of note – Saint Laurent, Rick Owens, Moschino, Comme des…
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What Happened to Picasso’s Mysterious Teenage Muse?
For a few Spring months in 1954, a melancholy Picasso found himself enraptured by 19-year-old…
Who were the Monets of Japan? The Impressionist Movement your Art History Class Forgot
What happens when a samurai puts down his sword, and picks up a paintbrush? In…
Inside a Secret Paris Atelier of Curiosities
Behind what might be the narrowest door in Paris, at the back of a peaceful…
Silent Saviour: How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Lives in WWII
His name is synonymous with the art of mime, a performer whose silent expressions spoke…
Memories of a Lost Valley: 5,000 Photographs Discovered in an Attic
Between 1900 and 1930, a poor and destitute seed pedlar took more than five thousand photographs…
Twisted Treasures: The Quirky World of Telephone Cord Bag Collecting
We love a fashion moment wrapped in a mystery, which is precisely what happened when…
The Inexplicably Fascinating Secret World of Thomasson
“Thomasson: noun \ to-ma-son \ a preserved architectural relic which serves no purpose”. We’ve all come…
Before Playboy, Came “La Vie Parisienne”
A pair of clandestine, gender-bending lovers are about to embrace at la brasserie. A fashionable…
A Brief Compendium of Curiosity Shops
It’s not quite a junk shop, but it’s too informal to count as an antique…
Now That Is How You Write a Love Letter
They met in Paris in 1932. Both already married, American novelist Henry Miller and Franco-American…
20 People Not Giving a Damn About the Red Carpet at Cannes
My favourite kind of people are one the ones who don’t give a damn. So…