Romy Schneider; A Tribute to an Unforgettable Actress

After a first exhibition dedicated to the Brigitte Bardot myth, Espace Landowski - Boulogne-Billancourt welcomes a new exhibition about one of the biggest legends of cinema: Romy Schneider.

Romy Schneider was a fascinating actress due to her fragility and determination. This exhibition built on a chronological basis, plunges visitors deep into the life and career of the actress, who by the late 1950s no longer wanted to be Sissi, and by the 1970s was a celebrated star of French cinema.

The Austrian-born German actress bemoaned her roles in Germany and went to Paris to play women who did justice to her acting abilities and expectations. She settled in France at the beginning of the 1970s, where she advanced to be one of the biggest stars of French cinema. She won several awards and made films with nearly all the great directors and actors of that period. Romy Schneider died in Paris in May 1982.

The exhibit will present new documents, numerous photographs, press images, original posters, film stills, personal objects and costumes. Viewers will be immersed in the fate of an exceptional woman through correspondence and fan souvenirs that reflect the cult worship that Romy Schneider inspired from an early age and as well as the role she played in the Franco-German reconciliation.

Romy Schneider exhibition

An homage to the star for the 30th Anniversary of her death

Romy Schneider, 1972

© Eva Sereny / Camerapress / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider, in "Les Innocents aux mains sales," a film from Claude Chabrol, 1974

© Botti / Stills / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider during the movie shoot "Les choses de la vie" from Claude Sautet, Sept. 16, 1969

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Romy Schneider with her son David, January 1968

© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider and actor Karl Henry Bohm during the movie shoot "Sissi," 1955

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Alain Delon and Romy Schneider met for the first time on the movie shoot "Christine," June 24, 1958

© Keystone-France / Gamma-Rapho

Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, Nice, August 1968

© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Alain Delon and Romy Schneider during the movie shoot "La Piscine" from Jacques Deray, August 1968

© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider on the beach while filming "Dix heures et demi du soir?" from Jules Dassin, 1964

© Botti / Stills / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider, 1968

© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Coco Chanel and Romy Schneider, 1960

© Botti / Stills / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider, 1972

© Eva Sereny / Camerapress / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider, 1974

© Reporters Associes / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider during the movie shoot " L'important c'est d'aimer," from Andrzej Zulawski, 1974

© Botti / Stills / Gamma-Rapho

Romy Schneider exhibition is currently on view at Espace Landowski - Boulogne Billancourt, France

November 4, 2011 to February 22, 2012

Courtesy Espace Landowski - Boulogne Billancourt, France
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Meet " Les Dandys," a literary concept

" Amidst the amazing territory of refinement defined and created by Ibride, objects are in league with each other, whisper their presence and share with us the desire for the unique and the extraordinary."

The Ibride design studio was originally conceived by Rachel and Benoit Convers, and became a reality with the close collaboration of Carine Jannin. Since 1996, the trio has created several small collections that can be qualified as "author design."

In its latest collection " Secrets..." Ibride teases our senses and plays with our judgements. The series of bookcases connect us to a make-believe world. Hidden beneath portraits of Dandy - Rastignac, Edmond Dantes and Bel Ami - are small shelves designed to store our favorite books.

In this collection inspired by the imaginary world of Balzac, Dumas, Maupassant, de Vigny and Flaubert, Rachel and Benoit Convers, the design team pay tribute to the theme of Secrecy. The Ibride design collection infuses a secret life to its objects, thus instilling a fairy tale atmosphere to our homes.

" Secrets " was previewed in January 2011 in Paris, and will also be presented at Salon Maison & Objet in September.

Bel Ami

Chatterton

Edmond Dantes

Rastignac

Rodolphe

Courtesy Ibride Studio, France
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Le Calendrier Olfactif 2011: A Scented Calendar for 2011

Le Calendrier Olfactif 2011 is the limited edition Scented Calendar from the Paris-based perfume house Quintessence that makes some of the most exquisite fragranced candles. Along with a lovely calendar for your wall, you get one fragranced, individually designed candle for each month of the year. Each scent and glass container were designed by a personality.

12 months, 

12 celebrities who participated in the creation of a perfume,

12 exclusive fragrances, imagined like small stories,

12 scented candles,

In many civilizations, lighting a candle is a symbol of hope, as it brings warmth and light to children in needs, and every candle from this calendar carriers some of this hope.

For every calendar sold, Quintessence will give 24 euros to La Voix de l'Enfant, a French organization dedicated since 1981 at protecting abused children.

Here are a few of the 12 scented candles designed by celebrities
January by the Association La Voix de l'Enfant
Childhood Memories, a scent evoking strawberry candies...

February by Christian Tortu
Hyacinth, in the heart of winter, the hyacinth bouquet fills the air with a fresh perfume reminding us of the coming spring season....

April by Yaguel Didier
Iris Intuition, goddess to the Greeks, the Iris flower evokes the eminence of good news....

May by Ines Sastre
Sweet Pea, the fresh and voluptuous breeze exhales a perfume of freesia, sweet pea and jasmine.....

August by Jean-Michel Othoniel
Melting Tar, in the middle of August, the temperature is above 100 in the shade, the forest exhales the smell of cedar bark and warm earth....

October by Jean-Francois Lesage
Alpassi, October in Madras has the appearance of spring, earth is filled with water and the air releases perfumes of jasmine shrub with fruity impressions of peach, apricot and ylang...

November by Frederic Fekkai
Almond and Honey, time to rediscover the pleasures of cocooning and pampering.....

December by Apollonia Poilane
Gingerbread, the house is filled with delicious scents of nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, anise and clove...

 Courtesy Quintessence, Paris.

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Vestiaire de Divas or the Diva's dressing room

Vestiaire de Divas: De Maria Callas a Dalida. The Diva's dressing room: From Maria Callas to Dalida.

The Centre National du Costume de Scene (National Theatrical Costume Center) is paying homage to the Diva, that prima donna endowed with a magnetic aura and exercising fascination over her audience, via an exhibition entitled Vestiaire de Divas (The Diva's dressing room), through December 31, 2010 in Moulins, France.
The Centre National du Costume de Scène(CNCS)  was established in 2006 with the mission of preserving and exhibiting costumes from the performing arts in France. The costumes in the permanent collection — donated by the Bibliothèque Nationale, the Comédie-Française, and Paris’s National Opera — span the second half of the 19th century all the way to the early 2000s. In order to protect the fabrics, the collection is not on permanent display, but the CNCS organizes three exhibitions a year. 


For Romans, then for Italians, the "Diva" was originally a "goddess". At the dawn of the 20th century, she became mortal in the form of an opera singer whose talent, virtuosity and personality combine to form a truly explosive blend, nurturing unparalleled success and popularity.
Vestiaire de Divas, a beautiful exhibition, displays an array of costumes, dresses, jewelry and accessories from the 19th and 20th century, wore by true myths such as, Maria Callas, Sarah Bernhardt, Edith Piaf, Dalida and Edwige Feuillere among them.

The various outfits of Maria Callas

Edwige Feuillere's fan

Sarah Bernhardt's pouch, 1896

Louis Vuitton toiletry case

Maria Callas's dress

Dalida's dress, 1981

Edith Piaf's vanity case

Images, courtesy of Artinfo

and Evenfr

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L'Ile aux Oiseaux or Bird Island

Inspiration of the moment. L'Ile aux Oiseaux is not the latest scoop but this restful oasis is definitely worth reviewing.

I am ready to hop on a plane and immerse myself in this environment of rare beauty. The "Ile aux Oiseaux" is a magnificent suite designed by Martin Margiela, the Belgian fashion house designer for Maison Martin Margiela. The suite is part of "Les Sources de Caudalie", the 1st Vinotherapie spa retreat in the world. Near Bordeaux, the luxury boutique hotel is nestled among vineyards and forest on the ancient estate of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte.
This superb suite Ile aux Oiseaux is reserved for nature lovers. It sits apart from the hotel in an idyllic stilt-mounted cabin. The suite's decor is classic Margiela, with its minimalist palette of white, black  and grey tones, trompe l'oeil playfulness, and a splash of red in the form of a giant pair of lips, a replica of Salvador Dali's classic Mae West sofa.

Photos courtesy of Les Sources de Caudalie

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