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Dior and TV: A ‘New Look’ All Around
“The Collection,” a new Amazon Prime series airing in Britain, tells the story of a Parisian fashion house in postwar France. Credit Nick Briggs/Lookout Point 2016 PARIS — For Dior, it is a revolution:...
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A journalist’s dark perspective on the nuclear deal with Iran
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in September. Jay Solomon warns, “The next U.S. administration must be prepared to confront an Iranian regime just as hostile to the West as past ones.” (...
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At the Quai Branly, ‘Each Exhibition We Do Is a Book Telling a Story’
Oceanic statues in the main hall of the Musée du Quai Branly, whose multilevel open floor plan crosses eras and oceans. Credit Julien Mignot for The New York Times PARIS — When the Musée du Quai...
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Bordeaux Is Changing—for the Better
Left: The Harmony Room at La Grande Maison. Right: The 17th-century Château de Cérons.Martin Morrell France’s premier wine-making region produces some of the greatest vintages of all time, but it has...
View ArticleAt These Paris Hotspots, Latin Flavor Is King
Tango, tacos, arepas, olé! The City of Light has a new flavor—and it speaks with a Spanish accent. The salsa and tango dancers who liven up the banks of the Seine on summer evenings will be back in...
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At a Family Workshop Near Paris, the ‘Drowned Mona Lisa’ Lives On
The most famous person to have died in the Seine River has no identity at all. She is “L’Inconnue de la Seine” — the Unknown Woman of the Seine. open a .pages file A mask and a mold of “L’Inconnue de...
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Performance Center Rises from the Seine
La Seine Musicale was built on an island on the Seine. Solar panels on the sail of the building absorb its heat and glare during the day and generate electricity to light up part of the structure....
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In Paris, Passion Battles the Decline of Stamp Collecting
Raphaël Stern, owner of Action Philatélie, works on stamps at his shop in Paris. Credit Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times PARIS — There is a rundown shop in my neighborhood near the Rue des...
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Something for the Kitchen to Remind You of Paris
La Bovida, a classic kitchen equipment store in Paris, sells macaron-making kits as well as silicone molds to make traditional pastries. Credit Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times. PARIS — When...
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Celebrating Fashion That Can Be Seen But Not Bought
“Hermès à Tire d’Aile: Les Mondes de Leïla Menchari” opened this week at the Grand Palais in Paris. Credit Guillaume de Laubier PARIS — Hermès has turned window shopping for handbags and saddles and...
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