Showing posts with label Madeleine Castaing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madeleine Castaing. Show all posts
Madeleine Castaing, The Film
What intrigued you enough about Madeleine Castaing to do a video of her?
I had always wanted to create a film about an iconic women. One afternoon walking along Rue de l' Universite, and crossing over onto Rue Bonaparte, I literally fell into Mme Castaing's shop... and said in French, "AH". Once back in San Francisco, I received a World of Interiors Magazine, from a friend, that had a one page story honoring, Mme Castaing by Barbara and Rene Stoeltie. I called them and they loved the idea. The adventure began.
Barbara and Rene, led me to the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley; Lord Cholmondeley, loved the idea and kindly provided his footage of Mme. Castaing for my film. All in all, it really it was Barbara and Rene Stoeltie, and especially Rene's photograph's, that truly brought Mme Castaing to life.
2. What was the most interesting aspect of the project ?
To see the portrait of Soutine by Mme Castaing in Jacques Grange Parisian flat.
3. What were you surprised to learn about her ?
It was amazing to hear the story of Mme Castaing, putting the vacuum cleaner on reverse to blow the dust all around a room. As Barbara Stoeltie said, for Mme Castaing "Nothing should be to clean, or too neat for Ms. Castaing, for her a room has to be a bit tattered" which reminds me of my upper east-side flat as these pictures show.…
4. What are you working on now?
I just completed the film OLEK, "bad artists imitate, great artists steal," which is about the crochet artist and her work in New York. One can watch it on my youtube channel. Also November 5th, I am in a huge show in Miami Beach called "Sleepless Nights". For the third year, my video work will run on the shuttles buses for 24 hours a day as folks ride from venue to venue.
The Peak of Chic comes to Gramercy Park
Jennifer Dwyer of The Peak of Chic fame was in town last week. Thomas and I invited her for drinks on Gramercy, where at long last we had the pleasure of meeting this great blogger.
She is every bit the Peak of Chic, as well as, the quintessential lady through and through. She delighted us with her tales of buying couture in Europe and the shocking tariffs that come with it and what life down south is like. We had to dash to catch a train ( I had to start to prep for a hospital benefit the following Saturday where I cooked for 70 guests) so sadly our time was limited, but I can't wait to get on her calendar for the next time she is in town.
Jennifer Dwyer and Thomas in our apartment On the topic of chic woman, there is a new biography on the iconic 20th century French interior designer and retailer Madeleine Castaing. From the little I have had time to read of it, the book promises to be a page turner.
Note: As far as I know it's still only available in french. Don't despair, Proust didn't write this. It is not a daunting read.
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