Le Flandrin by Joseph Dirand

The next time I am in Paris, I am making a point of eating at the lovely, glamorous Le Flandrin restaurant which just received a glorious black and gold Art Deco makeover by designer and architect Joseph Dirand, and featuring a new menu by Chef Olivier Denis. It is located in an old train station in the 16th...

http://www.leflandrin.com/

BEAUTY: Interior--Black Lacquer Design

This home designed by Black Lacquer Design (founded by Caitlin Murray) is glamorous, modern, and eclectic--elements that look fantastic together (I really love the dark green cabinetry in the kitchen and the graphic black penny round tiles in the bathroom)...yet taken as a whole, there is a marvelous, skilled restraint that feels peaceful.

http://www.blacklacquerdesign.com/

BEAUTY: Men In Make-Up

I do love a smokey eye on a man, but these fashion-forward make-up looks are more post-apocalyptic/future dystopian tribal war paint by way of Goths and Apaches than anything else. Make-up as mask. Make-up as marking.

Many of these looks remind me greatly of the black stripe Daryl Hannah as Pris the android sprays over her eyes in the 1982 sci-fi film "Blade Runner," the first time we had seen such an application...soon followed by Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals (via Vivienne Westwood's "Nostalgia of Mud" collection) in the video for his song "Buffalo Gals," and then finally on Annie Lennox in 1992 when she dueted with David Bowie on "Under Pressure" for the Freddie Mercury Tribute.

BEAUTY: Men--The Smokey Eye

I love a man with a smoky eye...