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...Behind the inconspicuous door of 5 bis Rue de Verneuil is the house that was once Serge Gainsbourg’s Paris pied-à-terre....
...“I’m a man, I’m straight, but I’m very sensitive. I used to wear Dr Martens and listen to Yann Tiersen…” He chuckles. “I know it seems crazy to say that now....
...When I was at Vogue, I would mix Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium with Serge Lutens’s Fleurs d’Oranger, so that was my first creation. It left a trail wherever I went; people would say, “Carine was here.”...
...Make-up, Adrien Pinault at M+A. Stylist’s assistant, Ewa Kluczenko. Videographer, Sara Echeverr. Production, Producing Love...
...It’s among the first to have an average room size of 40sq m, and a full 38 suites....
...I’m just heartsick.”...
...I don’t know how this happened, but I’m now a massive dog person. If they’re not in the house, the energy is completely changed. The house is alive when they’re there....
...However, during my stay it had the advantage of being quiet, apart from when a Serge Gainsbourg lookalike wandered down the street playing “La Vie en Rose” on a trumpet....
...“It was part of his DNA to shock — and then to say, ‘I’m terribly sorry,’ like a child. But he got caught up in his own game. Poor lamb, he used to ring me and ask me, ‘Did you see me on TV?’...
...The next morning I’m woken by the crystal-clear hum of a choir singing early-morning hymns in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi opposite the hotel....
...“Oh no, I’m not having it,” declares Joan. “I hope not to get to 100. And I’m not having an exhibition.” Neither is squeamish on the issue of death....
...I’m fortunate that the market closest to my original bakery on 8 Rue du Cherche-Midi is open on three days (Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays) on Boulevard Raspail....
...M&C also upgraded its earnings outlook, saying full year 2021 pre-tax profit will be materially ahead of expectations....
...I adore its cast-plaster Orfeo uplighter, in the manner of Serge Roche....
...As Imani said in last week’s newsletter, I’m delighted to be taking turns co-editing FintechFT with her....
...“It’s clothing that says: ‘I wasn’t wearing this today, I’m wearing this now because I’m going to see you,’” he says. “I think it’s polite to dress to be seen by someone.”...
...“Serge Chermayeff, although born in Chechnya, was the very essence of Europe and spoke like a philosopher. Then you had Vince Scully who brought history alive....
...I used to be obsessed with what Serge Gainsbourg or Michel Leiris wore....
...“I’m writing another album and there are more film projects to shoot,” she says, revealing that she always has new projects on the boil....
...sneak into the gallery just before the opening and have “The Burghers of Calais” positioned to obliterate the strongest wall of Monet’s canvases: “I don’t give a damn about Monet . . . the only thing I’m...
...“It’s a brave new world that I’m not quite sure I’m enjoying,” she says. “It’s just not the same as being in the room.”...
...Around the same time, Parisian Serge Roche was shaping plaster into rococo flourishes (shell-shaped sconces, fronded candelabra and decadent console tables)....
...“I’m an oversize man and I know what it is [like] when I go to find clothes for myself, which is why I buy a lot of shoes and glasses,” he laughs....
...It has a very specific scent of cypress, which reminds me of the south of France.” £49 for 75ml; loccitane.com Nadia Rosenthal, scientist“I love Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle....
...The best gift I’ve given recently was a scarf that I knitted myself, for my friend Serge Le Borgne. The most beautiful and meaningful things are those that are made by hand, with love....
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