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...filled front row. The material mattered more than the scene?more than the next It handbag. I remember visiting Yves Saint Laurent's studio for an haute couture preview when the designer himself was still working, fitting dresses on models. Saint Laurent and his aide-de-camp Loulou de La Falaise were yanking huge bolts of color-saturated Abraham silk down from the shelves and spinning out a fantasy scene of a hot summer day in New Orleans circa 1860, complete with big taffeta skirts and wide-brimmed hats. It was as if the fabric were speaking to him?...
With Piaf as its subject, Olivier Dahan's new film La Môme (The Kid), titled La Vie en Rose in some countries, was virtually assured success. In the first week following its Feb. 14 release, the film attracted over 1.5 million viewers - 400,000 more than the 2001 smash hit Amélie pulled in its first week. The towering billboards are an appropriate symbol of Piaf's cultural legacy. She may have measured a mere 1.47 m, but the full-scale Piaf revival Dahan's film has inspired shows that, decades after her death...
Signs of Piaf nostalgia abound. On Feb. 28, La Môme's soundtrack ranked No. 4 on France's album charts and was among the Top 10 album downloads on iTunes' French site. Six best-selling music books on the French version of Amazon are Piaf titles. At least five books on or by Piaf were published last month, and more are on the way. Paris' prestigious Marigny Theater is reprising the hit play Piaf, une Vie en Rose et Noir to near-capacity crowds. Considering Piaf's popularity abroad - which other French singer can shift 75,000 copies...
MARKET Vaison-la-Romaine vaison-la-romaine.com has a great market, and you can see the Roman ruins right nearby. I bought the most beautiful raspberry pashmina there. We also got some really beautiful tablecloths...
...leather clutch with Lucite and silver plaque ($950, gucci.com) Opposite page, from top: Belle by Sigerson Morrison silver bow flat ($260, sigersonmorrison.com) Roger Vivier Ballerine Chips ($525, 212-861-5371); Sigerson Morrison perforated flat ($345, sigersonmorrison.com) Bally Lumia ($295, bally.com) Ralph Lauren Collection Brigita skimmer ($395, polo.com) Oscar de la Renta patent runway flat ($450, Oscar de la Renta boutiques...