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The Private World of YSL
Yves Saint Laurent residence photographed by Ivan Terestchenko “This is not a book on decoration. It is a window on two shared lives.” ~Pierre Bergé Those with the most discerning of tastes,… more →
The Errant Æsthete
The Private World of YSL
eÆsthete wrote 1 day ago: Yves Saint Laurent residence photographed by Ivan Terestchenko “This is not a book on decoration. … more →
Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens
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eÆsthete wrote 1 week ago: With the recent publication of Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens: A Life in Pictures, more indeli … more →
Ignore Everybody
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eÆsthete wrote 1 week ago: It had me, so they say, at the title: Ignore Everybody One reader hailed it thus: … more →
The Singular Essential
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eÆsthete wrote 1 week ago: Costume sketch by Donfeld for Anjelica Huston in Pritzi’s Honor, 1985. The cocktail dress riv … more →
Overheard
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eÆsthete wrote 2 weeks ago: “… the problem has come since the film. So many people have completely misunders … more →
Bloomsday
eÆsthete wrote 2 weeks ago: James Joyce, Paris, 1926. Photo: Berenice Abbott For literature lovers everywhere, today is Bloomsd … more →
Lore from the Happy Valley
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eÆsthete wrote 2 weeks ago: Djinn Palace, Lake Naivasha, Kenya, circa 1970 The famed Djinn Palace, most famous and notorious of … more →
A Matter of Measurements
eÆsthete wrote 2 weeks ago: In the new restored version of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition which brill … more →
Why We Work ... So Hard
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eÆsthete wrote 2 weeks ago: Even the best job in the world can be difficult to enjoy on a bad day. No matter how reward … more →
No Country for Old Men
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John Henry wrote 1 month ago: Look, I don’t want to really criticize Gran Torino. I enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty good … more →
Afterword
eÆsthete wrote 1 month ago: Early one Sunday morning during the Nixon years– too early, in Patricia Taylor Buckley’ … more →
Leopold Godowsky
John Henry wrote 1 month ago: UPDATE: The cf below links to audio of the original Chopin. If it’s too difficult to hear the … more →
IMSLP
John Henry wrote 1 month ago: Music lovers, rejoice! IMSLP is a wonder of the internet age: a collection of sheet music in the pub … more →
Johannes Brahms!
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John Henry wrote 1 month ago: I think this is one of my top-5 favorite commercials: … more →
Another Lost Art
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eÆsthete wrote 1 month ago: Maybe its the rush of the times, the loneliness of an andrenalized and indifferent society or the po … more →
Sleeping Giants
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eÆsthete wrote 1 month ago: Sleeping Lion by Colleen Plumb from her series Animals are Outside Today. I think I could turn a … more →
The Dishonor of Paris
eÆsthete wrote 1 month ago: On the upcoming anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, one hundred and twenty glorious years, a compellin … more →
Bye-Bye Bourgeois Culture
John Henry wrote 1 month ago: Somewhere in Goebbels’ diaries there is a passage that haunts me. He’s going down into t … more →
Afterword
eÆsthete wrote 2 months ago: [Lady] Diana Cooper visiting Iris Tree, dying in the Sister Agnes hospital, says to the nurs … more →
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