Paris in the 1920s is such a glamorously evocative concept … You can’t help but think Ernest Hemingway and highballs, Josephine Baker and dances of wild abandon, Coco Chanel and beaded black party frocks, avant-garde artists and smouldering muses … And, most of all, fun — crazy-mad fun. Paris didn’t call these years les années […]
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My Paris: Illustrator Kerrie Hess
Brisbane-based illustrator Kerrie Hess has legions of fans worldwide who swoon over her creations. At once elegant and whimsical, a blend of chic inky lines and soft watercolour splashes in bonbon shades, Kerrie’s art celebrates impossibly glamorous women in dream settings — and just begs to be displayed above velvet sofas or in luxurious boudoirs. […]
My Paris: Author Jane Paech
South Australian-based Jane Paech might reside half a world away from Paris these days, but she knows the City of Light more than most — having lived à la parisienne for six years, she has been a regular visitor to her spirit city ever since. Her knowledge of and passion for Paris are beautifully, eloquently […]
Paris in a Perfume: Five Perfect Fragrances
Paris is the capital of the perfume industry, so it’s not surprising that so many classic fragrances have a French accent to them. Paris has also played muse to many fragrance creators who live in and love this city, and who have often attempted to capture some facet of this beguiling place within their formulations. […]