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Five minutes with French decorator Jacques Garcia
Jacques Garcia has been an architect and decorator for more than three decades, but he became a star in the Nineties due to two Paris projects: the ever-trendy Costes hotel and the Sultan of Brunei’s...
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Five minutes with Marisa Berenson
Io sono amore, or "I am Love" is the title of one of Marisa Berenson's new movies. It also could be the actress' motto. At least that's the impression left by her new memoir, Moments...
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That's hot! Parisian baker Gontran Cherrier
With his disheveled hair, baggy jeans and a satchel over his shoulder, Gontran Cherrier looks more like a college kid than an accomplished entrepreneur. But the handsome Cherrier, 30, is Paris's most-buzzed-about-baker and a dynamic...
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Who knew? Carole Bouquet now a winemaker
Actress Carole Bouquet may be best known as iconic French beauty and the onetime face of Chanel N°5, but she has another calling: winemaker. In Pantelleria, an island south of Sicily where she bought land...
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Who is Paris's poshest florist?
The son of a farmer, 37-year-old Eric Chauvin is the most sought-after florist in Paris. He opened his first shop, Un Jour de Fleurs, in 2000 on posh rue Jean Nicot in the 7th arrondissement,...
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- Paris
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President Sarkozy loves his truffle-stuffed pasta
Parisian chef Eric Frechon is on a roll. Earlier this year, the 45-year-old earned his third Michelin star for his restaurant, Le Bristol, a few months after being awarded the legion d'honneur by Nicolas Sarkozy....
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The man to know at the Ritz—and what he knows
Manfred Mautsch, the guest relations manager at the Ritz in Paris, has been tending to the needs of VIPs—from Kate Moss to the Aga Khan—for 28 years. He knows, for instance, who will not accept...
