Voici Paris, a dream of Haute Couture!
Paris, September 2025 My Dearest, After that false start two months ago, when some vagrants were stealing high speed track cables, I didn't even know that was a thing, and my train was unceremoniously cancelled at 5 am, I am pleased to report that I have at last made it to Paris. One must accept, I suppose, that even the most exciting journeys sometimes stumble at the first step. Still, it made my eventual arrival feel all the more like a small triumph. My very first stop, was Petit Palais. To finally see the Worth exhibition, a gathering of the master’s greatest creations, assembled from across the globe and from quite a few private collections. To stand before them, under that painted ceiling, was almost overwhelming. Worth has long been one of the chief personas that fuelled my love for haute couture, and to see such a assembly of his beauty together in one space was profoundly moving. It felt, if I ...
