The fashion designer and ancient artistic director of Azzaro has been able to reinvent himself after stopping his own brand. Among other things, one of his paintings adorns the cover of the book she has released recently, “Guide to Gentlewoman”. Between two half, it follows.
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A hand arches at the bottom of the coffee. Arrival with a little in advance, the creator of Fashion Vanessa Seward invites us to join her in these few square meters behind the white onyx bar where no one passes, nor servers or customers. A recast so hidden we will miss Vincent Lindon come to have a drink with his children. No bad place: banquettes and view for both, it avoids salamalecs.
On the first floor of Flora coffee, the epicenter of the show-business located on a few blocks, the autore of the Gentlewoman’s guide (JC Lattetes, 2021) preferred the touquet. This family bistro for four generations plays the map of the discretion in the heart of the Latin Quarter. Here, nothing has changed since the 1954 renovation: neither the red and yellow neons integrated with cornices, nor the water lily appliques on the bright blue opaline panels, nor the formica tables and the beef blood flasks in moleskine. “Go see the old phone box with rooms and toilets”, suggests Vanessa Seward, admiring this subtly modest decor, where his Amazon face framed by thick black hair diffracts in the mirrors in angle. She wears the right back, no disdain none.
Nostalgia. Five years ago, it is here that The stylist of Argentina , famous for its blouses and lavallières, celebrated the opening of its third boutique Parisienne, located on the sidewalk of opposite: its husband, Bertrand Burgalat, director of the Label Trictemberg, had rented a Juke-box to pass the soundtrack of its parades, a refined pop composed by its care. Even Arnaud, the boss of the bar, remembers it. That night, platoons of pretty girls rushed on the pedestrian crossing in front of the property, to reach the shop. Since then, “Vanessa Seward has closed,” she said soberly, following the withdrawal of his investor, Jean Taitou, the Founder of APC, but the rouquet remained the place of his friendly and professional appointments . She is half a half, not what we had imagined.
“Sophisticool”
While fashion is only seasons and lessons, parades and wardrobe renewal, the one that has multiplied the Red Carpets of Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie, and removed Kate Middleton, perpetuates the “Sophisticool” style, nor you saw me or unnoticed. Matching shirt with jeans, cowboy belt, it sports a panoply from an old collection “Vanessa Seward for the Redoute”: “The monochrome works as a flattering optical effect for the silhouette. It looks like a combination.” His Impeccable brushing slice with naked nails and skate lips, incontestable brand of the iconic labello with strawberry. Around the neck: a miraculous medal lent by his 11 year old daughter. “She’s believing and I love talismans,” she summarizes, as if to ward off her anxiety related to the release of her book.
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