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BOOK END No16
October’s deep dew its wet gossamer threw Upon Leipzig’s lawns, leaf-strewn, Where lately each fair avenue Wrought shade for summer noon – Thomas Hardy – Here are A-Gent of Style‘s picks of noteworthy...
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SHOWTIME: PETER PAN AND THE DESIGNERS OF THE CARIBBEAN
He’s behind you! Famous designers take centre stage for pantomime in aid of the NSPCC. Leading names from the worlds of interior design and fashion are joining forces again this autumn to put on a...
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FROSTY FAIR & THE CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS at FORTNUM & MASON
The competition is rife throughout the year amongst the leading department stores to dazzle, surprise and entice us, material consumerists, with their extraordinary and lavish displays. And over the...
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‘THE POETESS of METAL”: LINE VAUTRIN at CHRISTIE’S
Line Vautrin is no stranger to this blog. ‘The Poetess of Metal’, so named by American Vogue in 1948, was the recipient of a main feature on A-Gent of Style more than a year ago, and his appreciation...
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PRICKLY SUBJECT: THE PINEAPPLE EXTRAVAGANZA
from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler The pineapple has long been a symbol of hospitality in design and architecture and is still trending today. So what better way to start the new year with a token...
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LINE VAUTRIN & A-GENT of STYLE: A PHOTO SHOOT & FEATURE of CHRISTIE’S ONLINE...
A couple of weeks ago, when Xavier Brunswick, 20th C Design specialist at Christie’s, London, approached A-Gent of Style to partake in another collaboration with the illustrious auction...
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PHANTASMAGORIA: VINCENT DARRE & PIASA
Another day, another, auction house, another sale…and third time lucky. At a time when the world and its geopolitics seem to have gone awry and make little sense, it feels right for A-gent of Style to...
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BIRDS of a FEATHER: JANAINA MILHEIRO & ROBERT FOUR-AUBUSSON
There have been a few definite highlights during Paris Déco Off this year for A-Gent of Style and today’s feature is one of his favourite discoveries. The exhibition was just on his door step in...
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GIVENCHY and his GIACOMETTIS
A seminal sale in the world of interiors is looming. In a few hours, in Paris, important objets that were the result of a fruitful and exciting collaboration between two giants in the worlds of art...
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AN EDUCATED EYE: RATEAU for JEANNE LANVIN and other CHEFS d’OEUVRE
Tomorrow afternoon in Paris, Christie’s will be auctioning from a private collection some important and striking pieces of the 20th C and 21st C by design maestros such as Rulhmann, Printz,...
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