MUSE-INGS
Detail of The Muses Clio, Euterpe and Thalia (1655), by Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655), French Baroque painter muse \ˈmyüz\ 1- any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song,...
View ArticleCOZ WE CANNES, CANNES, CANNES
The Cannes International Film Festival is 66 this year. The prestigious, world-renown and European-centric festival kicks off today on the sun-kissed French Riviera until May 26. A-Gent of Style takes...
View Article“A LONDONER IN PARIS”: LOUXOR CINEMA
A-Gent of Style was delighted to hear lately that Le Louxor, the flamboyant Egyptian Revival Art Deco landmark cinema, has now reopened its doors after a 25-year hiatus with a selection of art house...
View Article“MIRROR, MIRROR…”
A situation reminded A-Gent of Style yesterday that whilst interior design is a wonderful profession that can embellish and enlighten people’s life, and an industry he relishes working in and takes...
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If you haven’t seen yet Cate Blanchett’s stellar performance in Woody Allen’s new movie Blue Jasmine, here’s a aperçu of an impressive gamut of facets the antipodean actress can achieve in 1min01 in...
View ArticleMADEMOISELLE C
After ten years at the helm of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfield, who resigned her editorship in January 2011, is the star of her very own documentary entitled Mademoiselle C, made by the same...
View ArticleUNEARTHED MARILYN
“What do you wear to bed? A pajama top? The bottoms of the pajamas? A nightgown?” So I said, ‘CHANEL N°5,’ because it’s the truth… And yet, I don’t want to say ‘nude.’ But it’s the truth!”– Marilyn...
View Article‘A LONDONER IN PARIS’: JANUARY 2014
A-Gent of Style – and most of the London design scene or so it seemed – descended in the French capital last week to attend Paris Déco Off, Maison & Objet but also a private tour of the ‘1925,...
View ArticleYVES SAINT LAURENT: THE MOVIE & PARIS APARTMENT
Away from the buzz of Paris Déco Off and Maison & Objet, the only evening off A-Gent of Style managed to get was on Sunday when he, like one million or so French cinema-goers in the last...
View Article‘THE PRICE OF DESIRE’ FEATURING EILEEN GRAY, LE CORBUSIER & VILLA E-1027
“The poverty of modern architecture stems from the atrophy of sensuality. Everything is dominated by reason in order to create amazement without proper research. We must mistrust pictorial elements...
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