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Posts tagged French Fashion

Proust's Muse: The Countess Greffulhe

Calling all Francophiles! Calling all fashionistas! Calling all bookworms!

The stars fell into alignment over The Museum at FIT this week as several international experts on Proust and the Belle Époque, gathered for a fashion symposium marking the opening of a superb exhibition: Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe.

Books & Articles, Art in New YorkBarbara DonskyOctober 29, 2016Proust, The Museum at FIT, Countess Grefullhe, Duchesse de Guermantes, Garment Center, French Fashion, French style Comments

The Frick Museum and Bistro Chat Noir

Last week, on a day with China-blue skies and temperatures in the upper 60s, I headed for the Frick Museum to see the exhibition: “Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish novel in Eighteenth- Century France.”

Art in New York, French Restaurants '15-16Barbara DonskyApril 12, 2015Bistro Chez Noir, French Fashion, The Frick Collection Comments