Portrait

Guy Martin starts up in Japan

Novembre 2007

The head chef of Le Grand Véfour is addicted to Japan. For over 30 years, he has spent long periods in the archipelago, sometimes for three months, and has maintained continuous contact with the Japanese. He has been the culinary advisor for Le ...

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Champagne Ritz: it is majestic!

Octobre 2007

What would be the Ritz without the Champagne? Symbol over a century of the French perfection, the jewel of the Place Vendôme offers its guests eponymous Champagne. Since 10 years now, it has always been the Maison Jacquart which makes its nectar. ...

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Pavarotti: Death of a Well-Travelled Tenor

Octobre 2007

Rome, Paris, New York... Luciano Pavarotti's flamboyant and stentorian voice has resonated from the stages of the most prestigious opera houses in the world, but also in more popular venues to reach a wider audience. After 40 years of dedicating himself ...

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The One and Only King on DVD

Octobre 2007

For those of you who are wondering what to do these long winter nights, Warner Bros suggests you take advantage of them by watching some of Elvis Presley's greatest films again. On the menu: 8 films and a recording of a mythical concert, all presented ...

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Luxury, according to Alain-Dominique Perrin

Octobre 2007

Barely scratch the surface when it comes to Les Must de Cartier, La Fondation Cartier, Ecole des Dirigeants et Createurs D'Entreprises (University for Leaders and Entrepreneurs), and you will find Alain-Dominique Perrin. Dedicated hedonist and wine connoisseur, ...

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Luxury, according to François Curiel

Octobre 2007

François Curiel is the chairman of Christie's, Europe. Graduate of the Institut de Gemmologie in Paris, François Curiel began his career at Christie's as a jewellry expert in London in 1969. After having worked in Madrid, Paris and Geneva, ...

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Luxury according to François-Xavier Demaison

Octobre 2007

François-Xavier Demaison, actor at the peak of his career, brings his laughing audiences to tears with his hit show "Demaison", in which he incarnates several characters, one more extraordinary than the next. A Science-Po graduate, he worked for ...

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Luxury according to Catherine Malandrino

Octobre 2007

Catherine Malandrino, a French designer in New York, praised by stars like Madonna or Sarah Jessica Parker, whose heart remains French. She opened her first shop in Saint-Germain des Prés, Paris, at 10 rue de Grenelle and followed this by a space ...

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Luxury according to Alain Senderens

Octobre 2007

Alain Senderens knows what luxury is. Moreover, at 65 years of age, he has had the luxury to hand back his three stars from the famous Guide Rouge, after having lived with them for 28 successive years ... But if he knows luxury, has sought it, practiced ...

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Yom star at Moonstar

Septembre 2007

It is thanks to talent hunter, Moonstar, that Yom was discovered along side other artists Marc Ash, Patrick Laumond and Ruddy Candillon. This July, an exhibition of new sculptures by Yom marks the launch of his most recent series of monochromic porcelain ...

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Pierre Perret - A half century of songs and smiles

Août 2007

You appear to be in very good shape, but what with celebrating 50 years of songs, making a new album and a tour throughout France... how will you cope with all that?

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Michel Jonasz - The Return

Août 2007

Swing, blues, funk, jazz, soul... From Super Nana to Guigui, from seaside to jazz clubs, Michel Jonasz, otherwise known as Mister Swing, brings us his inimitable take on songs by past great French singers. The album modestly entitled 'Chanson Française' ...

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Blaise Mautin: The nose of Park Hyatt

Août 2007

If you have already spent a night at the Park Hyatt, you will know of its delicate scents of patchouli, Russian leather, Florida orange and slightly caramelized vanilla fragrances which will have regaled your senses. These captivating perfumes are found ...

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Bicycle, signed Paul Smith

Août 2007

An inveterate cyclist, the English artist Paul Smith turned to fashion design after a bike accident when he was 17, which put an end to his cycling career as pro. With Mercian Cycles, an English company, he has now created some bicycle models which will ...

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Olivier Lapidus, the future designer

Juin 2007

If you hear about video dresses, lightening embroideries, clothes with telephone or MP3 function? Or about seaweed, dandelion, asparagus, leek, or just flowers? Have you guessed? No, this is neither about the latest exhibition on vegetables nor about ...

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Marianne Guedin, crazy shapes!

Juin 2007

Rounds, aerials, unevenness, Marianne Guedin imaginates crazy vases from another planet. A tribute to magic, transparency and light for this daily item only reduced to its practical use.

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And Hédiard created grocery delights...

Juin 2007

If Ferdinand Hédiard would have been a woodworker, the delicate grocery would have been totally different! Eugène Delacroix, Colette, Marlène Dietrich or Jean Cocteau, for over 150 years, rare are the ones who have not tried and yield ...

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Elsa Zylberstein "Television, is like ready-to-wear, and cinema like haute-couture."

Juin 2007

She has style, likes fashion, loves cinema. The actress with green eyes betrays cinema and plays on TV. On France 2, she portrays a sad bourgeoise in "Petits meurtres en famille", thriller in costumes of 1939, from Agatha Christie.   Meeting in ...

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