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If you missed the classic French film La Piscine at the Film Forum last summer, you still have a few chances to see it on the big screen at Metrograph this month. I think the reason that the restored film from 1969 ended up running for 18 weeks at Film Forum after only being scheduled […]

La Piscine

06 . 08 . 15

La Piscine is the visually chic 1969 French film that has inspired many fashion collections and photo shoots, as well as other movies. It stars Romy Schneider and Alain Delon as couple on holiday at a villa outside Saint Tropez. When her former flame and his 18 year old daughter (played by Jane Birkin) arrive, their idyllic […]

Pool Party

05 . 26 . 14

While many of you were enjoying the unofficial start of summer this weekend in the United States, France is getting ready for their own long holiday weekend starting this Thursday. It’s time to enjoy warmer weather and swimming. I remember working on a design project years ago where I had to find as many photos […]

Thanks to a little tweet from Luxuo, I was alerted to the fact that French actress and style icon Catherine Deneuve is selling her house in Normandy, Chateau de Primard.  The 18th-century stunner an hour from Paris will set you back €3.9 Million ($5.5 Million) which seems like a bargain considering that it’s move in ready and […]

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”  – Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby  It’s the start of the Memorial Day weekend here in the US and […]

La Piscine

01 . 08 . 11

The new Spring 2011 ads for Salvatore Ferragamo were just released this week. Creative Director Massimiliano Giornetti said this collection was inspired by the 1969 French film La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) and he wanted to portray “that free-spirit, bohemian, gypsy attitude.” I thought it might be fun to continue our warm weather posts with […]