I was recently savoring the ode to the eighteenth century that was Karl Lagerfeld's Paris flat, as captured by Christie's in 2000.  ...

Harry Heissmann's living room, featuring a pair of Castaing brackets, photo by Russell Gera Madeleine Castaing didn't buy Importa...

Mlle Dervieux's boudoir For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by that singularly glamorous creature, the Courtesan....

The same week Dog House , Carol Prisant's charming tale of "One Love, Ten Dogs, and a Forty-Two-Year Marriage" landed on my r...

While scouring French decor magazines from the 1950s and '60s, I came across a feature on the first lady of couture Nina Ricci's Par...