February 16, 2011
In Spring 2005 I went to Paris for the first time, with my friend Anne. It was a unique opportunity for me, as Anne knows her way around the city and she speaks French fluently. At that point, I owned a single pair of pearl earrings, a gift from a dear friend sometime in the [...]
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February 9, 2011
In the The Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake, there’s a reference to this photograph of Yves Saint Laurent taken by the French photographer Jeanloup Sieff, Paris, 1971. It was the centerpiece of an advertising campaign for Yves’ first men’s fragrance, but Martin and I don’t recall ever seeing it. Being born in 1958 put us [...]
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