Geometric precision, contrast, texture and light.

March brings the domino of fashion week around the globe and a dedicated celebration of design, new and old. The fundaments of fashion, style and grace may evolve ever so slightly with time… however they do not shift.

Fashion can be so much fun, so liberating and such a varied mode of expression and delight: for all ages and all cultures.

The perfect silhouette combines geometric precision, contrast, texture and light. These details are some of our favourite snippets from some of the classics, history that has been made.

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Everybody needs a little sugar … Oh la la Laduree!

Nestled in the glamour and glitz of the Avenue des Champes-Élysées is the divine Laduree. Wander through the iconic doorway to find luscious pastries, cakes and exquisite interiors …. J’Adore!!

The magic began in the southwest of France in 1862 when Mr. Louis Ernest and Mrs. Jeanne Laduree, passionate intellectuals, bastions of free speech and social progress, and millers, established a bakery.

It was an era of fierce intellectualism, new architecture and Baron Hausmann leading the “new face” of Paris… The Laduree bakery was a destroyed in a (suspect) fire. In response to this slight, the Laduree family forged brave social and culinary innovation.

The famous artist Jules Cheret was commissioned and designed the celadon green, brass and gold detailing. Jeanne’s proposal to combine a traditional Parisian cafe and Patisserie with a Salon de The was unprecedented. In a time where women were prohibited from cafes, Jeanne’s Salon de The provided a exquisite (and instantly popular) meeting place for women intellectuals, artists and innovators.

In the 1930s, the next generation of the Laduree family produced the double layered macaron. The young Mr. Pierre Desfontaines took the 18th century macaron recipe, formed two shell of macaron and filled the perfectly formed shells with ganache.

This signature delicacy quickly gained fame throughout Europe and continues to be the beloved jewel of the Laduree…

C’est le paradis sur terre!