Welcoming the Parisian Winter Nights with Brassai
With the nights in Paris getting longer, the trees looking more naked and the cobblestones…
Category Nostalgia
The Real Ice Queens: Women Who Conquered the Cold Wearing Corsets
Can’t bear the winter cold anymore? Consider for a moment, this photograph of a woman…
Inside the Secret Workshop of the Louvre
In a vast warehouse at the edge of Paris, artisans are working around the clock…
One of Europe’s Greatest Treasures Hides in a Sleepy French Village
Conques was never supposed to be found. Or at least, not easily. The sleepy village…
How Does a 10 Day Week Sound? The French Tried It For 13 Years
It’s the Year 232, according to the French Republican Calendar. If a wine’s vintage is…
Dressing the Woman in Gold: The Unknown Bohemian Designer behind the Paintings
You know a Gustav Klimt painting when you see one. His gold leaf Japanese-influenced portraits…
The Dandy Suit that America Banned and Caused a Riot
You know the zoot suit. It’s the suit that bad guys are usually wearing in comical mid-century gangster movies,…
Korean Cowboys of the Old World
Wisemen, dapper dudes, cowboys of the far east– I’m not really sure what to call…
The Dapper Daredevil Who Documented America’s Skyline in the Making
Where do I start with this photograph? The dapper shoes? The Gene Kelly stance? The delicate…
Olympia Le-Tan transformed “Don’t be a Tourist” Books into Clutch Bags!
As an author and purveyor of curiosities, if there was ever a collaboration to be…
The Paris of Tomorrow That Thankfully Never Was
What do you love most about Paris? Perhaps it’s looking up at all the limestone…
The Art of Kissing Fanny
There’s a curious expression used in Provence by pétanque players. “Embrasser Fanny” or to “kiss…