What is it about gardens that appeals to so many of us? (Even those, like me, who seem to have the black thumb of death when it comes to plants.) Why is it that if you put a model in a haute couture ballgown and place her in between some Versailles-style hedges, it immediately lifts the fashion shoot...
Is Periwinkle The Perfect Blue?
It's a tough discussion, the Blue Debate. I mean, how do you possibly choose the perfect blue?There's the sophisticated, dignified, thoroughly distinguished blue that is navy. (Which I have always had a soft spot for. And I suspect half of Paris does too, judging by their wardrobes.) There's the rich...
Paris Through Hue-Coloured Glasses...
I love stumbling across gorgeous blogs about Paris, especially if they do aesthetic justice to the city and its glamour and grandeur. Nichole Robertson's blog littlebrownpen.com is simple but full of colour, life and Parisian charms. It's so enchanting, Chronicle gave her a book deal. It was well...
A Gilt(y) Complex: Why Gold is Growing On Us
Barbra Streisand and the Bee Gees sang it best. We got nothing to be sorry for. And we got nothing to be gilty of. Not when it comes to a love of gold.It may be a reflection of the current value of this precious metal (which continues to escalate), or it may just be that gold gives a shimmering, sexy...
