Jeanne Koré Salvato

Chanel

Chanel

hen we think of the word “fashion,” we see that it has an interesting dual meaning.  The first is to make or to fashion, from Latin facere, to make, which lingers in the French modern word faire, meaning to make or to do. “Fashion” also harks back to two old...
what is Paris without fashion?

what is Paris without fashion?

recently spent a day in Paris at two stores near the Champs Elysées, the fancy boulevard in Paris. This blog is something of a cross between visuals and investigative reporting, a cross you will not find often (probably for good reason!). HAUTE COUTUREFirst, What is...
Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano

ne of the joys of being an expat living in another country is that once you come across something, such as an architect of the Centre Pompidou, that something becomes like a stone thrown in a pond, creating ripples that give out ever widening circles. First, speaking...
Centre Pompidou, the sequel

Centre Pompidou, the sequel

One of the interesting things about being an expat, living in another country, is that one thing leads to another.  Now, what you might say, do I mean by that?  Well, the last blog post was about the Centre Pompidou.  And I would suggest that a tourist...
beaubourg

beaubourg

n my recent trip to Paris, I chose to stay close to the Centre Pompidou near the lively section of Paris called le Marais.  The Centre Pompidou building, located in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, is a sight to behold. The building, built by Rogers and Piano and...