22 March, 2013


The Duke of Saint Aignan investing Girolamo Vaini, Prince of Cantalupe and Duke of Selci, with the insignia of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Pierre Subleyras, 1737.

08 March, 2013

Magister Dixit:


"I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing."

- Coco Chanel 

03 March, 2013

McQueen on Givenchy:

Hubert de Givenchy posing for Roger Viollet, 1948.

"Well, what do you make of Hubert de Givenchy? He was only ever any good at ripping off Cristóbal Balenciaga."

- Alexander McQueen

01 March, 2013


 Fête musicale donnée par le cardinal de La Rochefoucauld au théâtre Argentina de Rome en 1747 à l'occasion du mariage du Dauphin, fils de Louis XV. Giavanni Paolo Pannini. 1747.
Empress Joséphine Bedroom at the Château de Malmaison