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Having reached its 60-year milestone, fragrance powerhouse Diptyque discusses its incredible brand story and exclusive new fragrance launch for the Middle East.
Diptyque has such a rich history of over 60 years. How has the brand evolved?
Diptyque’s adventure starts with a story of love and friendship that lasted 40 years between Christiane Gautrot, a graduate of the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Yves Coueslant, a graduate of the Ecole du Louvre and Desmond Knox-Leet, a painter from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts – three transdisciplinary creatives. They decided to create a place where they would only sell what they like. As “merchants of nothing” they hunted, found, decorated and diverted everything that inspires them. Their chic bazaar opened in 1961 at 34 Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris, they presented a collection of surprising and unique items like magical lanterns, precious toys, homemade treasures like printed fabrics
Work by Ghislaine Davis
“The exhibition is of oil paintings and watercolours from Norway, France and the area around Chichester.
“There are motifs from where I have lived from my husband’s photographs who is a keen amateur photographer.
“After visiting my husband’s sister in Canada, I was introduced to the Canadian Group of Seven who have been a constant influence for their use of colours, light and winter landscapes.
“Living in Norway gave plenty of opportunity to paint snowscapes that really interested me. The interesting skies and seascapes in the Chichester area have also been an inspiration as in the west of Norway. Since I came to Chichester, I have been a member of a Tuesday morning watercolour group. As participant in the Art Trail and ad hoc exhibitions in the library and The Oxmarket I have had a lot of positive appreciation of my work including those who have my pictures on their walls.
Hotel History: Hotel Theresa, “ Advertisements
On September 18, 1960, four months before the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, Fidel Castro arrived in New York City for the 15
th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He and his staff first checked into the Shelburne Hotel at Lexington Avenue and 37
th Street. When the Shelburne demanded $10,000 for alleged damage that included cooking chickens in their rooms, the Castro entourage moved to the Hotel Theresa in Harlem. Castro’s group rented eighty rooms for a total of $800 per day. The Theresa was the beneficiary of worldwide publicity when Nikita Khrushchev, the premier of the Soviet Union, General Abdul Nasser, president of Egypt, Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India, and Malcom X, all visited Castro there.
DATA Rush “Data traffic, which affects all aspects of our lives and the entire virtual society, is invisible to the naked eye. How do you photograph something that is barely photographable?”
A preview of Noorderlicht Photofestival 2015View Images
DATA Rush “Data traffic, which affects all aspects of our lives and the entire virtual society, is invisible to the naked eye. How do you photograph something that is barely photographable?” DATA RUSH The Teaser As always, the Dutch organizers of the excellent Noorderlicht Photofestival have pulled together a complex and compelling series of exhibitions and events for the 22nd edition of this international photo festival, open from 23 August - 11 October 2015, in Groningen, the Netherlands.