- In the latest issue of Paris Match, French first lady Bernadette Chirac is photographed wearing a pair of fingerless leather gloves, a nod to a designer who never takes his off. No wonder: Lagerfeld himself took the photo. Lagerfeld shot Chirac with members of her staff and in the Elysée wine cellar. The 10-page article also includes a spread of photographs Chirac selected herself, which illustrate her 12 years spent at the palace.WWD
- Socialite Pat Buckley who died at age 80 at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut of an infection following a long illness. Bless.
- The Louis Vuitton Cup has begun in Valencia, Spain and will determine who can challenge Switzerland for the Americas Cup, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli asked Rem Koolhaas to create a special installation for their party at the city’s Mercado Central to support Prada’s Luna Rossa Challenge boat.
- This is a fab site for holiday houses in Greece “ a family business offering unique seaside holidays in attractive homes in a lovely, unspoilt corner of Greece. Divine. http://pelion.co.uk
- Off to France? Stay at this cute hotel in Montpellier http://www.jardin-des-sens.com/us/lieu.html
- Book a holiday here http://www.hotelraya.it/
- Please stay here in Santorini http://mystique.gr/hotelife.htm
- If you ever go to Minneapolis then check out this fabulous art hotel http://www.chambersminneapolis.com/
- Off to Italy? Book a stay here http://villapisani.it/english/indexeng.htm
- Heading to London? check out the exhibition at the V&A New York Fashion Now exhibit http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/index.html
- Check out the the exhibition at the Met in New York that all the fashion world is channeling Poiret http://www.metmuseum.org from May 9, 2007–August 5, 2007. ‘It was Poiret’s remarkable innovations in the cut and construction of clothing, made all the more remarkable by the fact that he could not sew, that secured his legacy. Working the fabric directly onto the body, Poiret helped to pioneer a radical approach to dressmaking that relied more on the skills of drapery than on those of tailoring’
- Off to Paris? Read up on the best vintage shopping in http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/vintage-affair
- Off to Toronto ? This is a cute hotel http://thedrakehotel.ca
- See the trailer for the new Film The painted veil http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/thepaintedveil/
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