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...“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.”...
...hôtes: there are west African antiques and Serge Mouille lighting, velvet settees and grand marble fireplaces....
...“The reason I’m such an old first-time novelist — I’m 50 — is that I wasn’t ready to do this before....
...When I’m focused on writing that mindset is fantastic because ideas fly in; there’s never writer’s block. But when it’s not got a focus, it’s not good. I’d like to be able to be in the moment more....
...The créatrice d’expérience recommended nearby Chez Gabrielle for dinner....
...“I’d love to be back . . . I’m in contact with the guys and they want me back, when I’m allowed to go back. That won’t happen this year . . . The door is not closed.”...
...This year, it’s a new book called The Rise of Corporate Feminism by Allison Elias about the evolving role of secretaries....
...Serge thought I was just fine, contrary to what I’d understood from John.” The British never really got Gainsbourg, I suggest. “No,” she agrees....
...“I didn’t know I’d become a film-maker at all.”...
...It occurred to me when I got there that this car park was the largest piece of flat land I’d seen since leaving Locarno....
...“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....
...“Physically, I’m not strong enough yet,” he said, speaking softly and switching between Spanish and broken English....
...And you’d struggle, really, to hang a coat on most of the characters or to spy any nuance in the story. But then veracity is never this show’s thing....
...“I’m doing huge artworks,” they say, “designing handmade tiles — and completely cladding the external colonnade.”...
...“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....
...It is not, Levine points out, representative of his own way of working: “I’d like to think I would stop short of conscious manipulation of a kind you see in a movie....
...The Musée d’Orsay did away with them in 2011....
...“It was hard because I’d got to know them really well.”...
...Around the same time, Parisian Serge Roche was shaping plaster into rococo flourishes (shell-shaped sconces, fronded candelabra and decadent console tables)....
...When I was a teenager, my aunt wore it and I was obsessed – I’d jump into her arms to smell it....
...“A friend called to ask if I’d be interested in something like this, and I said yes, but I was doubtful we’d get access,” JR says....
...“I’m proud to have participated in the revival of this industry,” he says, “and I’m longing to see surprises, as it’s the young perfumers coming from different countries who will now ultimately redefine...
...The beauty staple I’m never without is Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle....
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