Dinner at the bistro on Tuesday: So happy our schedules finally
came together. The conversation lively, escapist and about
everything but work. Even as the last table to say au revoir
while blushing to the staff, the seconds starting to rim midnight,
the evening tasted warm and lulling, deliciously vintage on the
city street. It may be that Pierre Rohatyn savored something like
this once. His design for J.L. Coquet’s Catherine collection, so
vivacious and fashionably drenched in juicy colors, it gleams
vibrant and nostalgic like the champagne toast of another
era. Sadly, the meal will have to settle for being second best
tonight. For retailers, DeVine Corp., 732.751.0500 devinecorp.
net; to view collection, jlcoquet.com
Years have passed and the record kept of this life becomes less literal and more sentimental.
Objects around the house bear the complexities and differences in character—some
better than photographs—and more forgiving than laugh lines. What we cherish seems
easier to identify now. These Giraffe tripod floor lamps from the Lumiere collection by Côté
France are stirring reminders. A variation on a theme, they speak of 19th century France in
style and proportion yet feel appropriately rousing for today. In brass and iron or pure nickel,
fewer than 40 lamps are handcrafted each year in the workshop of the company known
for its remarkable, authentic translations of French furnishings. To the trade, 212.684.0707
cotefrance.com
If necessity truly is the mother of invention, the kids better treat mommy dearest to a day
at the salon. Luxury is one dashing gent, and the lady needs to be carefully briefed on the
merits of a plunging neckline and perfectly tousled hair before they’re properly introduced.
That is to say, yes, modern aesthetes appreciate a little utility with their furnishings, but as
hopelessly romantic creatures we fall hardest for the sensual, intelligent ones no one
saw coming. Mr. Philippe Starck, what is this spell you have cast? She is from the Darkside
collection and created by the renowned designer for the inimitable Baccarat, so let us
count the ways: sleek proportions, a lavish tease of crystal. We are in lust. Philippe Starck
crystal chair from Baccarat, to inquire, 800.777.0100 baccarat.com
