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Parisian Street Sellers of Yore

Shopping in Belle Epoque Paris wasn’t exactly … well, convenient. General stores and grocery stores were still a very novel concept in the latter half of the 19th century, and the few that existed were only catering to the wealthy elite. There was also a French law that restricted merchants from selling or specialising in…

Inside a Secret (but Shoppable) Antiques Museum on the Seine

If you thought the antiques business was on the decline, you only need to step inside the Galerie Kugel to realise you might have had it wrong. Familiar with Paris? You’ve likely ogled at this mansion on the banks of the Seine a dozen times before, and yet never dared to assume you could simply…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXXIV)

1. Living Paintings By Thierry Mandon 2. Joan Didion’s belongings from her NY apartment are up for auction See the catalogue here. 3. The New Yorker’s List of Best Books of 2022 so far If this list doesn’t get you back into reading, I don’t know what will. 4. This Instagram account is “a Love…

Meet the Mama of Dada

We need to talk about Beatrice Wood. The last surviving member of the American Dada movement, the ceramicist, the artist, the writer, the actress, the lover, and let’s not leave out, the inspiration behind the headstrong character of “Rose” in the movie Titanic. Beatrice was born at the end of the 19th century, and died…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXXIII)

1. A Parisian Apartment For Sale in the Iconic Art Nouveau Hector Guimard Building The 4th floor apartment is asking 840,000 euros, found on Architecture de Collection. 2. These Incredible Miniatures by Aida Pravia Found on Etsy. 3. Virtual Reality from the Year 1830 4. Cool Stuff they Used to Paint on Bass Drum Heads in…

Florence Nightingale’s Rival was a Fearless Transgender Man the World Forgot

The secret life of Dr. James Miranda Barry would make one hell of a movie. This remarkable character would spend decades working as a pioneering military surgeon for the British Army, travelling the world, reforming entire healthcare systems and fighting the corner of society’s undesirables. In Africa, Barry performed one of the first successful C-sections…

In 1920s Berlin She Was the Pioneer of Punk

Thought punk was an invention of the 70s? Think again. A diminutive ravenette bombshell with animated eye-brows, brash blue eyeshadow, chalk-white skin and red lips was eons ahead of the curve and had laid the foundations of the punk movement w-a-y back in the 1920s already. Dance performance artist, cabaret queen, pantomimist, big & small…

Before There Was Emily in Paris, There Was Sally Jay Gorce

Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century and well into the beginning of the next, it’s easy to track our fascination with young women attempting to figure out life – they are witty, tenacious, and often keenly perceptive of the world in which they exist and their place within it. Their names have become…

A Mad Hatter’s Guide to the Parisian Tea Salons

The Mad Hatter’s favourite afternoon past-time is not exclusive to the English, for as the true tea connoisseur will reveal, the tradition of sipping delectable concoctions while gracing the air with one’s pinky finger is deeply ingrained within the French nation’s history. It is argued that the decadence of high tea was in fact invented by the French in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCXXII)

1. A Secret Underground Staircase outside the Louvre Revealed Spotted by a tourist, this is a hidden tunnel network for emergency. Much of the museum and its stores are underground and they are all connected to a big tunnel that you need to follow to exit safely the facility in case of a fire. The…

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