Technology and globalisation have made it easier to relocate anywhere in the world than ever before. In our new series Imagine Yourself In, we will be exploring new towns and off-the-beaten-path finds around the world. Whether you’re looking for a change of scenery, a slower pace of life, or just a new place to call home, there’s an endless list of destinations waiting to be discovered.
The Château de Versailles, the royal residence where Marie Antoinette lived, was once a modest hunting lodge built by Louis XIII in 1623. His son, Louis XIV, extended and transformed it when he installed the Court and government there in 1682, creating a magnificent palace that is now renowned throughout the world. Over the course of more than 100 years, a succession of kings—including Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI—continued to embellish the palace up until the French Revolution. Now considered one of the finest achievements of French 17th century art, the Palace of Versailles remains a cultural symbol of royal splendour that has been listed as a World Heritage Site for 30 years.
WELL THE WEATHER OUTSIDE has definitely been frightful, with rain and rather dramatic thundershowers for seemingly forever for a city that...
FOR THE FOURTH instalment of Five Things Love this Week, an impossible waterfall at Versailles, white ruffled shirts and Sophia Loren, shop news and the best job ever . . .
My day at Versailles was one of the prettiest days of my life. I personally went in knowing I would experience over-the top opulence, but I had no idea how beautiful the grounds of the palace were. I spent hours wandering alone through the forest and fields, sitting in the grass and reading, just like in the Sofia Coppola edition of Marie Antoinette. It was a dream.
This week’s ’s 30 Images of Inspiration is an unofficial ode to the last month of summertime, with pink hydrangeas and striped beach...
IT IS A BLUSTERY SUNDAY and coloured leaves are whirling, dancing along the window panes and it’s cosy here, the scent of sandalwood and candlelight, and here, a few images of inspiration — of oysters and sequinned skirts and pretty fonts and watercolours, macarons and le weekend de chanel . . .
. . . in between that lost pocket of time — the one just as winter is ending and spring has yet to begin — time stands still, and the world holds its breath, waiting, waiting, for green grass and blossoms on trees, for tulips and daffodils and everything in bloom, and when it does finally happen, everything is awash in a hazy, golden light, and the everything comes alive again . . .
. . . if what they say about april showers is true, then shall happily take today’s sunny showers as...
. . . whether perfectly ornate walls and antique daybeds, or stemmed glasses and gold-rimmed china, everything is better...
Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me....
. . . hello! it’s lovely to see you again; the week has only just begun, and already, it feels as if it were getting away . . .
. . . how it came to be nearly summer’s end will forever remain an eternal mystery, but the light...
. . . and the month of august always feels a little bittersweet, as if it were the beginning of...
. . . and with all of the exciting things happening recently, had not a chance to wish you a...
