Lip watches have been worn by Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, the great French aviator Jean Mermoz and Eric Tabarly, the French sailing legend. The French house located […]
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A Gourmet Gazette Fine Family Wine Find: the Courtly Cairanne, Fit for a King
Lace-like mountains, rolling and rising vineyards. This is some of the best wine-producing country in France’s southern portion of the mighty Rhône Valley. It is here that the Domaine Brusset wine estate […]
Haute Couture: Valeriya’s Couture Royale
Looks from the Valeriya Couture Collection Fall Winter 2023/2024 for Haute Couture Week in Paris. Photos: Courtesy of Méphistophélès Productions. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France -It was all about looking […]
Jazz and Wine in the Wilds of Languedoc
This is clearly a win-win situation. The stunning Hortus wine estate is hosting the annual jazz festival Hortus Live! on July 22nd with the Wax Tailor group at the top of the […]
Paris In Pataphysics
Paris, France — Pataphysics. Not your average everyday word. But it has wended its way into an exhibition currently underway at the Musée Carnavalet-Histoire de Paris museum which traces the history of […]
Moments in Time: On the Avenue Time, Fifth Avenue Time with Harry Winston
Art Deco inspired timepieces from the Harry Winston Avenue collection. In the background scenes of New York City. All rights by Harry Winston. Photo courtesy Harry Winston. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette […]
The Art of the Auction by Artcurial
Left: This Mauboussin major Art Deco brooch in platinum, gold, engraved emerald and diamonds, circa 1930 is estimated at US$28,000 to US$34,000 (20,000 to 30,000 euros). Photo courtesy Artcurial. Handout via The […]
Haute Couture: Glamorous in Grimaldi
Paris, France — When the clearly glamorous Jennifer Lopez stepped out onto the red carpet at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles last March for the premier of the film Air, […]
The Glass Menagerie
Made in France Paris, France —Feathers and fur, zebras and crocodiles. A majestic toucan, an emblem of a jungle paradise. René Lalique the great French jewelry and glass and crystal maker was […]
Deneuve the Divine
Paris, France — She is one of the greats. Catherine Deneuve. She goes well beyond iconic. And in an exhibition that is being played out on both sides of the Seine, she […]