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Flamant: Belgian Charm
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Photo Louis-Philippe BREYDEL

Flamant, Corso Magenta 10, 20123 Milano
+39 02 72 73 041 www.flamant.com

The Flamant store in Milan: a cocooning demonstration, endowed with all that's necessary and all that's superfluous to turn one's home into a haven of softness and elegance - very Belge.


Shu Uemura or the Art of Japanese Bathing
 

 

 

 

Bath oils Pleasure of Japanese Bath
1- Hinoki (Japanese cypress)
2- Sakura (cherry blossom)
3- Shobu (Japanese iris)
4- Yuzu (Japanese citron)

Each bottle 200 ml 29,50€
From 20 September 2007
Shu Uemura 176, bd Saint-Germain Paris 6°
+33 1 45 48 02 55
www.shuuemura.com

 

A few drops of one of these four bath oils by Shu Uemura, and the water will turn opalescent and the tub will exhale marvelous scents. Sakura, the cherry blossom with its hint of bitter almond, brings back the mild days of spring, when the trees of Japan cloak themselves in pink. Shobu is the iris flower that, according to an old belief, lends energy and fortitude: it makes the bath all peppy. Hinoki, the precious cypress tree, smells like a delicious dive into primeval forests. And Yuzu, the citron fruit, soothes the skin and wraps it in sweet warmth.

 


Kenzoki: Rice and Lotushighlight
 

 

 

 

 

1- Bare Body Night Cream, 200 ml, 49,50€

2- Exfoliating Gentlemask, 50 ml, 46€

Kenzoki at La Bulle Kenzo, 1, rue du Pont Neuf Paris 1° 3rd floor
+33 1 73 04 20 04
www.kenzoki.com

To start a day of cocooning without Kenzoki products at hand: what heresy would that be? Choosing from the collection's four flavors, we'll skip the spicy ginger and energizing bamboo leaf - they won't fit today's mood. We'll rather opt for the sensuous rice steam and the white lotus, a flower for relaxation. The evocative and playful names of each product are wonderful illlustrations of their properties. With the Milky Rice Body Scrub, Twilight Cream or Bare Body Night Cream, we don't risk getting bored all alone in a large bed; while the Exfoliating Gentlemask, Cosmic Cosmetic Cream, or Fresh Lotus Water soothe even the most sensitive skins, to the point of slowing down the blood flow inside their tiny vessels. We'd love to live forever within the small world of Kenzoki...


The Angel Heathhighlight
 

Body milk 250 ml 19€, shower gel 250 ml 16€, eau de toilette 100 ml 45 €,
Lann Ael range, Lostmarc'h
www.lostmarch.fr

Lostmarc'h is the name of a very Bretonne beach: suspended on the edge of the world and swept by great winds, rich in strangely-shaped pebbles that bear the smell of the ocean and wet sand. But the perfumery brand that bears its name is wise enough not to confine its fragrances to the scents of the sea and the weed-grown sandhills. The Lann Ael range, for instance, whose name translates to "Angel Heath", smells strongly of... hot cake, a delicious apple and vanilla pie. A perfume to be worn indoors, where it's nice and warm, while expecting the return of the sailors under a heavy rain.


Fat Sofa: je ne veux pas travaillerhighlight
 

 

 

 

 

Fat Sofa deck chair couch, design Patricia Urquiola, B&B Italia,
h 72 x w 150/210/230 x d 106 cm, from 3 228€

Silvera Kléber, 58, avenue Kléber Paris 16°
+33 1 53 65 78 78
www.silvera.fr

Voluptuous curves and a generous, comfortable bulk: Silvera's Fat Sofa is an invitation to laziness. It can be huddled in all day long, when we're perfumed and all dolled up, if possible after a Zen bath. It is, then, superfluous to get dressed - this deck chair is large enough to accomodate both us and the boyfriend.


Dior: New Look's Gallant Party
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1- Sweet Almond nail polish, 20,46€
2- Rouge Dior Addict Ultra-Shine, Shiniest Softness, 24€
New Look Collection Fall 2007 Christian Dior
www.dior.com

That one spends the day on a sofa, lounging about, delightfully relaxed, is not an excuse for sloppiness. Christian Dior's New Look make-up collection adds new, soft colors to the range of rouges and nail polishes: Sugar Cane, English Rose, Chiffon Beige... The perfect weapons for a cajoling seance, clad with make-up only.


Laura Mercier's Indian Summer
 



Lip Stain Shy Pink, Laura Mercier, 24€
Fall/Winter 07-08 Collection Indian Summer
www.lauramercier.com

Just like us, Laura Mercier didn't really want the season to end. Her Indian Summer collection brings it back by force, on our lips for instance. Maybe that is why it's still so warm here in Paris?


Bobbi Brown and the Stones of Slothhighlight
 

Stonewashed Nudes Palette, Bobbi Brown, 47€
7 colors: Navajo, Mica, Ash, Hot Stone, Stonewash, Rock, and Espresso, plus a dual-ended Mini-Eye-Shadow/Eye-Liner Brush
Limited edition Fall 07
www.sephora.com
www.bobbibrowncosmetics.co.uk

Smoky tones of ash, stone, earth... For this fall, Bobbi Brown serializes the browns and grays to form a palette comprising seven matte or shimmering eye shadows. The textures are silky-smooth, the nuances delicate, and each shadow bears an eerie, evocative resemblance to the material it's named after. The ideal tool for tuning one's gaze to the snug atmosphere of a lazy day.


Paul & Joe: From a Couch with Lovehighlight
 

Left: silk suit 575€, wool cinch-waist jacket 470€, suede ankle boots 560€, black satin pouch 575€

Right: short cashmere cardigan 700€, silk crepe blouse 290€, cashmere pants 505€, suede ankle boots 560€, Artic 80 bag 575€
Paul & Joe fall/winter 07/08 collection
Paul & Joe, 64-66, rue des Saints-Pères Paris 7°, +33 1 42 22 47 01
www.paulandjoe.com

For spy movie heroines, who prefer to extort information from gangster socialites at private parties in luxury chalets, Paul & Joe offer these outfits. The kings of the underworld will quarrel to come whisper their secrets in our ear. Beware: these outfits are not appropriate for ski chases or embassy infiltrations. Even James Bond doesn't work like that now anyway.


South of Eden
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  • Category: Art
 

1- Michael O’Brien, Gatorfest Queen, 1990, photographie chromogénique
The Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, don du Texas Monthly et de l'artiste,
2000.391, © Michael O’Brien

2- Sally Gall, North Boulevard, gelatin silver photograph, 1986, printed 1990
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gift of Penelope Dixon and Michael Ball in honor of Joan Morgenstern, 99.549
© Sally Gall

3- Ann Stautberg, 10-2-95, A.M., Texas Coast, gelatin silver photograph with applied color, 1996
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gift of Claude and Susan Albritton, Andre and Sylvia Crispin, and Joan Morgenstern, with additional funds provided by Clinton T. Willour, 97.63
© Ann Stautberg

Exhibition Houston Wilderness: A Collaboration, 22 September 07 to 6 January 08
The Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston, TX, +1 713.639.7300
Exhibition page on www.mfah.org


Rykiel: At Home in the Streets of Parishighlight
 

Grey mohair dress 1165€, woollen cap 395€
Wool overalls 985€, woollen cap 395€
Sonia Rykiel 175, bd Saint-Germain Paris 6° +33 1 49 54 60 60
www.soniarykiel.com

To step outside without leaving the comfort of one's cozy alcove, Sonia Rykiel imagined a fall/winter collection teeming with wool and mohair. We'll wrap ourselves in these clothes as in a smooth blanket; but in Rykiel even soft is edgy.


Boys Feel Softer in Loft Design Byhighlight
 

1- William grey tote, washed leather, 295€

2- Hooded sweater, cashmere and silk, leather patches, for men 175€ (for women 150€)

3- Mittens, cashmere, 45€

"Do we really have to go out?" asks our lover. Yes dear, otherwise how would we enjoy the homecoming? Quick, grab your bag and put on your soft cashmere mittens. Stay in that gorgeous sweater - and pull your hood back, that I may kiss you.


Fragonard and Cupid's Paintbrush
 

1- Jeune fille délivrant un oiseau de sa cage, Grasse, Parfumerie Fragonard, private collection, photo Jean-Jacques L'Héritier

2- La Petite Sultane, Ball State University Museum of Art, E. Arthur Ball Collection, gift of the Ball Brothers Foundation, 1995, © Trustees of Ball State University, photo Steven J. Talley
Exhibition Fragonard, Les Plaisirs d'un siècle, from 3 October 07 to 13 January 08
Musée Jacquemart-André 158, boulevard Haussman Paris 8° +33 1 45 62 11 59

To Fragonard, any subject was interesting as long as one could derive pleasure from it: the pleasure of painting it, that of watching it, and the pleasure of imagination. From the court to the rustic countryside, from aristocratic libertinage to the heroes of mythology, from a modern sultana to the ancient poets; and sometimes, these all went together. The exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André is the ideal promenade to prepare an afternoon siesta with one's lover.


The Farniente Headquartershighlight
 

1- At Grassmat's
2- Chocolat O Lait, hydrating body milk with cocoa butter, 250 ml, 20,50€
3- Mousse O Chocolat 50 ml, face scrub and cocoa skin-renewing mask, 31€
Sensation Chocolat www.sensationchocolat.com

At Grassmat, 17, rue du Temple Paris 4°, +33 1 42 71 16 67 www.grassmat.fr

The Grassmat store was opened in Paris a few months ago by two young ladies who don't relish especially the sight of a sunrise. It's the secret base of operations where the informed idler get their supplies. Beauty products and sweet delights look about the same here, next to the mandatory cushions and the thick woollen blankets, or the fur-clad mules, scented candles, and velvety peignoirs. You'll also find all that's needed for a breakfast in bed (to be prepared by someone else of course).


A Baobab in Belgium
 

Scented candle Wild Grass, Baobab Collection, from 6,5 cm, 50 gr, 55€ for a set of 4, until 40 cm, 7,5 kg, 310€
7 other fragrances available : Madagascar Vanilla, Miombo Woodlands, Maasai Spirit, African Morning Dew, Orange River, White Rhino, Serengeti Plains
www.baobabcollection.com

After a long afternoon out, we'll celebrate our Home Sweet Home by lighting a candle from Baobab Collection, a brand imagined by Belgian designer Valérie Bietlot somewhere between South Africa and Tanzania. The largest candle, made by hand like all the others in Wavre, Wallonia, stands 40 cm-tall (that's 1.3 feet!), burns through seven wicks and lasts 800 hours. That's entire weeks that a part of us will spend dreaming of the morning dew on the wide plains of Africa, or the fringe of deep, dark forests wherein the rhinoceros may venture. Under the influence of Wild Grass' notes of herb and tarragon, the mind journeys towards a tan tent, carefully camouflaged in the savannah's high grass, where we'd lay on coarse, comforting carpets. Outside the rain season is under way, and torrents pour down on our cotton shelter. Under the immense trees, the lions shake their dripping mane before they set off on the hunt.


Moissonnier and the Dreams of Madame de Sévigné
 

Madame de Sévigné's resting bed, soft waxed beech, dim. : 100 x 200 cm
White filling 8.600€, white filling without bedding 5.700€
Cloth: Hodsoll Mackenzie and Frey
Upon order, allow 4 months for manufacturing
Moissonnier, 52, rue de l'Université & 28, rue du Bac Paris 7°, +33 1 42 61 84 88
www.moissonnier.com

A beautiful book, a cup of tea, candlelight. Outside the sky is turning pale. All that's left to do is coil up inside this resting bed by Moissonnier - a replica of the one Madame Sévigné used to muse upon. The dreams there are always soothing.