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In her lovely home 20 minutes by train from Paris's Montparnasse station, our hostess introduces us to the works of her late husband, one of the great fashion illustrators of the mid-20th century.
Until the 1960's, fashion illustration was done through drawing. Vogue set the trends and one of the three artists it commissioned was a French engineer and aristocrat, Count René Bouët-Willaumez.
His self-possessed personnages, arrogant in their easy chic, observe each other covertly. The works are ironic.
Madame Bouët-Willaumez, who is infinitely nicer than the ladies in the drawings, shows slides and original drawings and evokes her husband's life and the New York and Paris of his time.
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- Our hostess as a bride and today
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- Home where the event takes place
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• Practical aspects
° Our hostess's salon can seat 30 participants.
° Her servant can prepare agternoon tea or a sit-down dinner.
° Her home is a pleasant 15- minute walk from the Bellevue train station, which is a few stops from Montparnasse.