Le Bal du Moulin Rouge

No photos inside, ladies and gentlemen, so no photos of the feathers and LED plumage, the diamanté eyelashes, the water tank that rose out of the floor so the lady could swim with the snakes...

... danse, danse, Paris danse, Paris danse, danse...

...nor the cancan girls with their frothy petticoats, the singers with their red smiles, the man with the talking dog, the acrobats...

...the tables with their fringed lamps, the bottles of champagne in their ice buckets, the history...

... nor the birthday boy with his big smile.

Le Bal du Moulin Rouge, Place Blanche, Paris 18

Art nouveau Sunday

As per usual, I rocked up to this exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay just a few days before it closed, and an hour and a half before the museum shut its doors. A thoughtful look at art nouveau-influenced design, from the nouveau'style of the early years of the twentieth century, to the surrealists of the 30s and psychedelia of the 70s, via naturalism and Aubrey Beardsley.

Running home from the 7th to the 18th through the Tuileries at dusk

Some gorgeous etsy finds, inspired by Art Nouveau...


The Blue Nouveau scarf, by silk painter Alana Bills, creator of works of art you can wear.
The incredible Mata Hari headdress, from MoonshineBaby, who carries a stunning range of feathered and jewelled headresses and fascinators which evoke the steamy Parisian cabarets of the 1900s.

I am never far away from the wedding section these day, this art-nouveau-inspired sash would work wonderully on a backless, 30s-style wedding dress... see Delphine Manivet's Agapan and weep, vintage contemporary fans.


A very special find from ArchipelagoVintage: a 1900s post card album, with gold leaf to the cover and a classic poppy design. Beautiful.


Sumptuous art nouveau-inspired psychedelia from award-winning illustrator Zoe Hong, who has just opened her etsy shop. Check our her beautiful bubbeheads as well.