Paris Matchmaker
When fashion houses need a new designer, Floriane de Saint Pierre is the woman they turn to. Caroline Roux peeks inside her world.
A favorite art piece: Louise Bourgeois’s Maman, 1999.
Floriane de Saint Pierre in her Paris apartment.
Alber Elbaz
Christopher Bailey, and
Christophe Lemaire are three of de Saint Pierre’s notable finds.
A view of the billiard area, with a black Baccarat Philippe Starck–designed chandelier.
De Saint Pierre’s favorite book.
Yin Xiuzhen’s Portable City: Hang Zhou, 2011.
De Saint Pierre’s homemade jams.
Just Jaeckin’s White Woman, 2008, a photograph of de Saint Pierre.
A portrait of de Saint Pierre’s great-aunt the Countess Alexandre de Saint Pierre, by Frédérique Vallet-Bisson, circa 1890.
Books on Château de Beaumanoir and De Dion-Bouton, the company her great-great-uncle founded.
Jars filled with herbs from the terrace.
De Saint Pierre’s books on female artists.
Gisèle Freund’s Vitrine de Coiffeur, Paris, 1938.
An Alessandro Mendini Proust armchair on the terrace.
De Saint Pierre’s favorite Helmut Lang look, from 2003.
Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Grande Papagallo Giallo, 1962.
De Saint Pierre on her terrace.
