Marion Willingham selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter My personal style signifier is wearing natural I love Jigsaw – I’m quite good at mixing high street with high end – and Ulla Johnson dresses You can throw them on and feel instantly feminine I love jumpsuits by Dior and American Vintage for that reason too Her ring from Gem Palace Mumbai © Cathy KasterineThe last thing I bought and loved was a champagne diamond ring from India. A friend of mine said I shouldn’t leave without purchasing a stone, so I found this at The Gem Palace in Mumbai I never even knew champagne diamonds existed It brings me back to those lovely memories The best souvenirs I’ve brought home are also rocks I love collecting beautiful stones to make into doorstops for my home or gifts for people’s homes sea glass – little treasures you find on your rambles People make fun of me for my luggage – it’s full of stones – but I caught that from my mother The place that means a lot to me is my childhood home and I can still go back as we know the owners I can close my eyes and all the sensory memories haven’t changed Even if I open my eyes nothing’s really changed – maybe trees have grown all the wonderful colours of the Welsh hills – I find it really comforting My champagne diamond ring has the light of India in it The best book I’ve read in the past year is May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer and she was very overshadowed by his career It’s not a huge book but it tells her life story and there are so many inspiring sketches and all these fabulous embroideries and watercolours of landscapes and interiors One of her UIla Johnson dresses © Cathy KasterineDe la Falaise in her garden © Cathy KasterineMy style icons are all the amazing women I’m related to from my great-grandmother Rhoda Birley to my grandmother Maxime and her daughter Loulou my mother [Louisa] and my mother-in-law Anita Pallenberg We’ve always passed on a lot of hand-me-downs so I can put on something of Anita’s or my grandmother’s and it’s a nice way to bring a little bit of them into my style My favourite pieces are vintage Ossie Clark dresses from Anita and a ’70s denim jacket from Loulou The jug her mother gave her © Cathy KasterineA photo of her son Orson as a baby above Dior hats jackets and raincoats © Cathy KasterineThe best gift I’ve received is another hand-me-down My mum gave me a jug that passed through her family – a beautiful cream ceramic with oak leaves and acorns all over it The last music I downloaded was The Tortured Poets Department My 15-year-old daughter took me to a Taylor Swift concert so I was desperately trying to learn some words to her songs because my daughter says it’s a lot more fun if you can sing along There were so many words it was more like learning an essay My most memorable shoot was with Steven Meisel in New York in the early ’90s for the cover of Vogue The thrill of being on set; knowing you’re in the best hands to create a cover of dreams: the whole team and ambience was so inspiring at 19 years old My favourite holiday is Christmas because the three kids – Ella I have to say it’s a relief that they don’t believe in Father Christmas now: it makes things a lot easier Her starburst mirrors from Spencer Swaffer Antiques © Cathy KasterineI have a collection of gold starburst mirrors I’m sort of obsessed: I buy them from Spencer Swaffer Antiques in Arundel I have a wall of them that will slowly take over the whole room (hopefully) The old ones are amazing because they’re so delicate so I like to bring them in when I work with interior-design clients I try to introduce things I love into other people’s homes too The best beauty trick I learnt as a model was to have a good ritual for taking off make-up after a long day on set Her fridge staples include dijon mustard © Cathy KasterineIn my fridge you’ll always find Dijon mustard If you have the right few ingredients you can make a meal out of not very much The Dijon mustard is the real French Amora one which is becoming harder and harder to find Otherwise I try to shop as locally as I can but if I find a caper that is homegrown on an Italian farmyard I recently rediscovered an amazing book about pruning by Christopher Brickell but it’s very rewarding – and I can see such a difference in the plants The book tells you how to prune anything at all times of the year I do believe in life after death because I have lost wonderful people I’ve been close to and I feel like that connection can’t just fade away: the feeling of love is so strong The best party I’ve ever been to was for the solar eclipse in 1999 We all went to Port Eliot in Cornwall and rented a house Some of her Sisleÿa creams and Sisley scent © Cathy Kasterine“I like to be a bit old-school”: her tiny diary © Cathy KasterineThe thing I couldn’t do without is a tiny diary – I alternate between Dataday and Smythson – that fits in my bag because I like to be a bit old-school and write things down rather than having everything on my phone It kind of freaks me out having everything on one device An indulgence I would never forgo is vegan Booja-Booja hazelnut truffles Also a really luxurious hot bath with tons of Epsom salts Her Bella Freud jacket © Cathy KasterineThe last item of clothing I added to my wardrobe was the Bella Freud velvet Bianca suit in black It’s a jacket and trousers that I can wear separately or together The trousers are quite flared and the jacket’s got lovely lapels The Obelisk bookcase made by her father © Cathy KasterineAn object I would never part with is a bookcase designed by my father [Alexis] and he built this beautiful bookcase called the Obelisk It reminds me so much of him and his beautiful On my Instagram “For You” page you’ll find a lot of interior design I get good gardening tips – like creating free cuttings from plants you already have in your garden (it’s quite addictive) – and recently I discovered a lovely woman called Rosie Mennem who paints interiors with beautiful delicate flowers The beauty staple I’m never without is my Sisleÿa cream: I’m the ambassador for Sisley’s Sisleÿa range. I’ve always been a huge fan of its products and this cream is really hydrating and great for my age. Sisleÿa L’Intégral Anti-Age with an oak bookcase designed by her father Alexis © Cathy KasterineMy favourite room in my house is my study because it’s got all my things in it: my work stuff It’s a place I can make a creative mess in I’ve decorated it with my father’s bookcase a desk from my husband and lots of framed family photographs Loulou and Maxime in Yves Saint Laurent couture De la Falaise outside the Black Barn in her garden © Cathy KasterineWhen I was young I wanted to be an archaeologist digging around in the dirt and finding things When I’m gardening I find bits of old patterned plates I love the idea that maybe I’ll find a Roman mosaic one day My favourite location is a hamlet in Tuscany called Castello di Argiano It’s a place that I visited as a child and I got married there It has a 13th-century tower that they’ve just renovated and they make their own olive oil and wine the whole ambience – it’s like a little magic bubble I love Woman’s Hour and Desert Island Discs I go to those things because I know that I’m always going to learn something I like to keep things out of my ears and find moments of peace where I can My favourite apps are the translator and the weather And Pinterest: I’ve been looking at lots of bathrooms and shower rooms lately for a renovation project De la Falaise with husband Marlon Richards and children Ella and Orson photographed by Bruce Weber for US Vogue © Cathy KasterineThe best gift I’ve given recently was from my daughter Ella [Richards] many years ago There’s this wonderful glassmaker in Martha’s Vineyard called Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks and they did a very clever design for a vase that was like a tin can in beautiful bright red and yellow so I gave them to her when she moved into her apartment Buy things you would want to keep yourself The best way to spend £20 is to go to a flea market a charity shop or an antique shop and have a good rummage You’ll be quite surprised how many things you can get for £20 if you’re clever about it Her cat Fritz asleep by the Aga © Cathy KasterineDior La Force blanket and Rifat Ozbek cushions © Cathy KasterineThe one artist whose work I would collect if I could is Matisse I like to make collages and I’m inspired by the simplicity of his freehand style We live near the sea on the West Sussex coast and it’s always changing from greys to blues It’s a different landscape every time you go for a walk on the beach The works of art that changed everything for me were in an exhibition of Mark Rothko that my godfather took me to when I was very young I was blown away by his colour palette and the simplicity of only working with colour the way he uses colours together has inspired my own work – I can see it in projects such as my clothing collaboration with La Fetiche The best bit of advice I ever received was from my grandmother Maxime keep your eyes open and your ears peeled.”  We're finally saying goodbye to winter and enjoying the return of the sun with a breath of fresh air and sports activities: let's head to Falaise – Suisse Normande The Norman Puzzle Association invites you to join a life-size medieval investigation in the streets of Falaise Find the murderer of young Duke William's tutor and the scene of the crime by exploring the alleys of Falaise > €8 per person (of the 8 years)> 8 participants minimum> Duration: approximately 1h30> By reservation: at +02 31 90 17 26 XNUMX Are your children over three years old and would you like to introduce them to our exceptional heritage in a fun way with the participation of the Calvados department Discover Marceline's memories at the Falaise Memorial A notebook found immerses us in the little girl's memories: she tells us about her daily life during the war usual rates (also gives access to the museum visit)> From 5 years (presence of an accompanying adult required)> Duration: 1h30 Pigmentation> By reservation (limited places): at +02 31 20 02 97 XNUMX or to info@memorial-falaise.fr Knight Perceval needs you to find his sword set off to explore the dungeon rooms during the winter holidays collect the clues and create a fabulous story in which you will become the hero usual rates> From 5 years> Duration: 1h30 Pigmentation> By reservation (limited places): at +02 31 41 61 44 XNUMX or to chateauaccueil@falaise.fr Put on your armor and prepare totravel through time to discover lifeNorman soldiers of Duke William many recreational sites reopen their doors Whether you're keeping your little ones busy or simply getting your older ones out of their rooms you'll find plenty of activities near Falaise and in Suisse Normande to entertain the whole family Share What to do during the April holidays Subscribe to our free newsletter and regularly receive the best of our destination Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon Residents of part of NDG were sent a notice from the City of Montreal saying that the Falaise St The escarpment is a 4 km stretch of urban forest “the lungs of NDG,” as some have termed it a group whose mission is the protection and preservation of the area says it’s a getaway “for people looking for a bit of peace and quiet but there are signs indicating that access to the area off the path The city says it has become unsafe since a heavy one-day rainfall last August inundated the areas But Sauvons La Falaise says they don’t agree that there is a safety issue Gamper says it’s just “bureaucrats being cautious.” Closing the Falaise After that rainfall there had been a landslide behind one of the car dealerships on St Gamper says that’s a huge part of the problem and that the car dealerships bear part of the blame for what he refers to as the environmental neglect of the Falaise “They dump snow there when they clear their lots knocking down all the trees.” That’s part of what leads to the destabilization of the Falaise He acknowledges that the dealerships are probably within their rights to do so but that it’s very bad for the environment “they’re creating an environmental disaster and landslides on their own property,” and he would like to see the city do more to deter it The notice that the city sent to area residents did not indicate whether the closure is only temporary Gamper is worried that the city won’t reopen the Falaise saying that the necessary measures to shore up the land to create conditions favourable to keep it open would prove costly who lives in the Bellevue apartments across from the Falaise was disappointed to hear the news (she did not receive a notice; the call from The Suburban was the first she’d heard about the closure) She said the Falaise was a big part of the reason she and her husband moved there three years ago She had been encouraged to see what the city had been doing to beautify the area “But all of a sudden it stopped,” she says Sauvons La Falaise met with city officials in October including Executive Committee member Alex Norris They have another meeting scheduled with the city in December Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers:   Find events that the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Park Board produce Vancouver Public Library External website, opens in new tab The Georgia Straight External website, opens in new tab Destination Vancouver External website, opens in new tab Events from over one year ago are on Archive-It External website, opens in new tab The City of Vancouver acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band) More about unceded traditional territories Delivering the news from Henley on Thames and South Oxfordshire for over 100 years ABOUT 20 residents from Henley’s twin town of Falaise in France were hosted at a reception at the town hall who were staying with host families in the town were greeted by Mayor Rory Hunt at the event on Thursday last week and members of the Henley Falaise Leichlingen Twinning Association They were presented with a bottle of English sparkling wine from Fairmile Vineyard a book about Henley and a Henley-themed tote bag in the council chamber Among the guests were Cécile Le Vaguerèse-Marie as well as a number of Henley town councillors who chairs the Henley twinning association said the event was lovely for members of the society to be reunited with their counterparts When they were all getting off the couch in Station Road all the hosts were there and they were all meeting each other and hugging then Leichlingen comes the next and when Falaise come here who was a teacher at Trinity Primary School said she first joined the society to improve her German She said: “I love languages very much and I love going to visit the towns over there because they are really hospitable “Our members are getting older but they’ve had friendships going ever since we started The French started in 1973 and the Germans started 1979 president of the French twinning association I have a sort of bond as I worked for British companies for about 27 years before I retired.” Mr Loock said that the association was excited for Henley members to visit Falaise in 2028 as there are set to be events marking the millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror a chemistry and physics teacher from Falaise stayed with Henley residents Anne and Edward Sandars She said it was her first time visiting Henley and she was looking forward to exploring the town Ms Autricque said: “I find Henley very cute and very typical She said: “It’s wonderful to have our visitors from Falaise welcoming them and finding something new for them to do each time.” Roy Mawdesley joined the society more than 15 years ago with his wife Marion He said: “We’ve been doing exchanges for many years and have visited both towns many times It works very well and it has been good socially.” Cllr Hunt said: “It’s absolutely brilliant to have them here particularly in this day of difficult global cooperation Having good relationships with our European neighbours is a really important thing “We’ve had our twinning relationship with Falaise for 50 years now and that’s a real testament to the friendship between the two towns.” HIGGS GROUP Tel: 01491 419400 www.higgsgroup.co.uk HENLEY PAGES Tel: 01491 419419 www.henleypages.com HIGGS PRINTING & DESIGN Tel: 01491 419429 www.higgsprinting.co.uk HIGGS OFFICE SUPPLIES Tel: 01491 419499 www.higgsofficesupplies.co.uk HENLEY LIFE MAGAZINE Tel: 01491 419449 www.henleylife.co.uk © Higgs & Co (Printers) Limited 2016 | Registered in England number 1418717 Powered by Miles 33 Evan Agostini/ImageDirect2/9Ella’s parents, Marlon Richards and Lucie de la Falaise in New York, 2002. The couple met in 1992 after a blind date arranged by Anita Pallenberg, Marlon's mother, who had reportedly first noticed de la Falaise on the cover of Vogue Italia. The couple wed in 1994 and have three children. Ella’s siblings stay out of the spotlight. Taylor Hill4/9Alexandra, 36, left, and Theodora Richards, 37, are Ella’s seriously fashionable aunts. Keith Richards’ daughters from his marriage to wife Patti Hansen, the pair are Marlon’s younger half-sisters. Like Ella, the Richards sisters have dipped their toe into the modelling industry. The siblings have also dabbled as DJs. Andre Raudone5/9Ella’s great-aunt Loulou de la Falaise, uncle Daniel and mother Lucie, lounging on a chaise at Loulou’s apartment in Paris for the May 1993 issue of Tatler. On the cover? Lucie, who like her daughter was the It girl to know. Beverley Goodway/Mirrorpix/Getty Images6/9Great-aunt Loulou with designer Yves Saint Laurent, outside his first London Rive Gauche store on New Bond Street. Loulou was a Saint Laurent muse, as well as jewellery and accessory designer. Once dubbed ‘the quintessential Rive Gauche haute bohémienne’, the twice-married Loulou died in 2011, aged 64. Sal Traina/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images7/9Ella’s model great-grandmother Maxime, Comtesse de la Falaise, worked with Elsa Schiaparelli and was hailed the ‘only truly chic Englishwoman’ by Cecil Beaton. She married Alain Le Bailly de La Falaise in 1946. The couple shared daughter Loulou and son Alexis, Lucie’s father. Maxime died in 2009, aged 86. Mirrorpix/Getty Images8/9Maxime’s brother, Mark Birley, was the owner and founder of Annabel’s, named after his wife Lady Annabel (later Goldsmith), as well as Mark’s Club and Harry’s Bar. His passion for establishing exclusive private members’ clubs was inherited by his son, Robin Birley. Mark died in 2007, aged 77. Dave M. Benett/Getty Images9/9A distant cousin through the sprawling Birley clan (Ella’s great-great-grandfather was the painter, Sir Oswald Birley) is Robin Birley, owner of 5 Hertford Street, Oswald’s and, most recently, Birley Bakery, in Chelsea. The serial entrepreneur, pictured with Tracy, Duchess of Beaufort, named the basement club in 5 Hertford Street Loulou’s, in honour of his late cousin. having spent a wonderful and busy long weekend with local hosts Their visit began on Thursday with Henley Mayor The local Fairmile Sparkling Wine was certainly appreciated by everyone along with delicious nibbles a Welcome Pack with local information and welcoming speeches by Rory and Sue Fitzsimons others visiting local places such as Greys Court or the River & Rowing Museum everyone got together for “Britain at its Best” at the Christ Church Centre where everyone enjoyed cottage pie with vegetables followed by trifle crumble or fruit salad and an impressive cheeseboard of British cheeses Sue Fitzsimons rounded off a memorable evening with a speech in English and French and gifts for the French twinning association friends was a group visit to Warwick Castle with its impressive ramparts The final evening was spent with local hosts and several families chose to join together for dinner the guests left on Sunday morning for some shopping at Gunwharf Quays before catching the ferry to Caen For further information about the Henley Falaise Leichlingen Twinning Asociation (HFLTA), please visit our website: https://henleytwinning.wordpress.com/ and/or contact them by email at HFLTA73@gmail.com Comment *document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a238fd5d0494367d47cb5de7c38d744b" );document.getElementById("c08a1a06c7").setAttribute( "id" I agree to the terms and conditions laid out in the Privacy Policy. 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take effect once you reload the page The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Some of my favorite vintage costume jewelry comes from Yves Saint Laurent – especially the pieces designed by Loulou de la Falaise who joined Yves Saint Laurent in 1972 and was there for thirty years Yves Saint Laurent opened his eponymous design house in 1961 and up until the time that Loulou joined he had designed mostly tailored and lady-like clothing and few accessories According to Ines de la Fressange (another YSL muse) Loulou’s style represented the youth of the 1970s She was sparkling and gay and exuded an air of indifference This personal style greatly influenced Yves Saint Laurent and helped him to create the vision for the Yves Saint Laurent brand going forward Vintage Yves Saint Laurent jewelry on display at the Musee Yves Saint Laurent Saint Laurent hired Loulou to work with him before he even had a clear vision of what he wanted her to do She collaborated with him to make decisions about practically every design element ”It is important to have Loulou beside me when I work on a collection Her presence at my side is a dream.” Saint Laurent was introverted and a bit anxious but Loulou was able to draw him out and to calm him down Her relaxed sense of style caused Saint Laurent to design in a more relaxed way His clothing designs moved away from tailored silhouettes to less formal 1980s Yves Saint Laurent earrings from Ladybug Vintage Loulou said that she began designing the jewelry at Yves Saint Laurent because one day she realized that no one else at the company was designing it I’m going to do the jewelry.” She had no formal design training and was not very skilled at drawing but she was able to communicate her ideas to the jewelry ateliers that Yves Saint Laurent worked with At the time they worked with about seven different jewelry manufacturers – each one specialized in a certain technique or material Goossens in rock crystal and gilt bronze and Gripoix in verre nacre pearls and glass Nowadays this would be unheard of as design houses typically only work with one manufacturer Vintage Yves Saint Laurent butterfly brooch from Ladybug Vintage Loulou liked to mix styles and elements that had nothing to do with each other and she liked bold She said that her influences included nature she (Loulou) believed in wearing costume jewelry with the same intensity as real jewelry Loulou was a master at piling on the jewelry Loulou was the virtuoso behind all of Saint Laurent’s famously flamboyant accessories Saint Laurent tended to design his clothing with clean lines but it is the jewelry and accessories that took his clothing to the next level “One can never overstate the importance of accessories They are what turns a dress into something else I like dresses to be sober and accessories to be wild.” With Loulou this is exactly what he got Photo from Yves Saint Laurent’s 1983 Spring Runway Show Loulou left the company to produce her own jewelry and clothing lines and even designed jewelry for her friend In 2011 Loulou passed away at the age of 63 Even though Loulou was best known as Yves Saint Laurent’s muse She was instrumental in establishing the look of the Yves Saint Laurent brand as we know it today and in designing some of the best vintage costume jewelry ever to have been made Vintage Yves Saint Laurent necklace and box from Ladybug Vintage For more Ladybug Vintage, follow @ladybugvintage on Instagram or go to https://ladybugvintage.com/  walks… Find in our calendar all events at the destination Falaise - Suisse Normande  You are organizing an event in Pays de Falaise and you want to appear in our agenda Do not hesitate to send us your information by completing the form below the Falaise – Suisse Normande Tourist Office reserves the right to modify or reformulate certain content On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe and Asia discover the new temporary exhibition "1945 With the end of the Second World War in Europe on May 8 the world could finally celebrate the end of the deadliest conflict in history Behind the famous images of popular jubilation relayed by the major media the global strategic balances were reforming around the victorious Allied powers against a backdrop of tensions in the colonies and ideological rupture in light of the atrocities committed by the Axis powers the outcome of the war years was being settled in the courts around the major trials of Nuremberg and Tokyo where extrajudicial and then legal purges were in full swing.   and now bloodless after several months of fighting France obviously did not escape the troubles and questions of the immediate post-war period where the need to re-establish the Republic rubbed shoulders with the thirst for revenge but also with the desire for social progress carried by the National Council of the Resistance causing a profound questioning of the political moral and societal foundations of the world before 1940 It thus had the consequence of laying the foundations for major changes which are at the origin of the foundations of the World that we know 80 years later.  This exhibition will examine the state of the world in the immediate post-war period after six traumatic years of a war that was characterized by its ideological extremism and the unprecedented violence committed against civilian populations.  Through some fifteen panels supported by illustrations it will highlight the major geostrategic and political upheavals that paved the way for the Cold War as well as the moral developments that resulted particularly after the discovery of Nazi crimes It will focus more specifically on the case of France and hopes for social and societal progress the year 1945 marked a turning point between the pre- and post-war worlds thus laying the foundations for our current world This is the ambition of this new exhibition at the Falaise Memorial: to recall the origins of a world order and the achievements that make up our daily lives.  The exhibition will be produced and placed under the scientific direction of Emmanuel Thiébot historian and head of the Falaise Memorial It will be presented in the form of text panels supported by iconographic resources and objects from the Falaise Memorial's collections It takes place on the ground floor of the Falaise Memorial and will be split into two main thematic parts: she helped Saint Laurent see things through rose-coloured glasses A new book reveals why the troubled designer was drawn to his right-hand woman’s more-is-more style a woman whose Wikipedia entry starts by describing her as “a fashion muse” a muse comes to have cookies and a chat and looks frightfully smart,” she said “I didn’t see it as someone who worked as hard as I did.” View image in fullscreenDe la Falaise wearing a printed chiffon peasant dress with jewellery by Surjit and Adarsh Gill for Saz Photograph: Bert Stern/Condé Nast/Getty ImagesAs detailed in Christopher Petkanas’s book De la Falaise was by Yves Saint Laurent’s side for 30 years “He was very vague about [my job],” she remembered “He didn’t specify what I was going to do.” Her daily responsibilities show she was a multitasker of the highest order They included everything from helping decide on the colour of a collection (“Yves has a phenomenal sense of colour but he needs me to jerk it out of his system,” she said) to the casting of models (she encouraged the house to use Kate Moss) designing the jewellery and walking Saint Laurent’s French bulldog someone to try ideas on – sometimes literally – and to brainstorm with extravagance and elegance all in one blow,” said the designer De la Falaise’s style is now the stuff of legend – and Pinterest boards Headscarves and turbans became her trademark – on her wedding day in 1977 she married Thadée Klossowski in a white turban with coral-red tassels – while her attitude to dressing could be summed up as: “Why wear one skirt/sweater/necklace if you can wear four?” As with all style icons – from Jane Birkin to Kate Moss and Rihanna – a frustratingly indefinable flair was at the heart of it “I’ve always longed to pull off wearing a couture dress with a bit of old tat from a flea market,” says De la Falaise’s sometime associate Nicky Samuel in Petkanas’s book “but only a few women succeed.” De la Falaise was one of them If De la Falaise was part-inspiration at Saint Laurent she was also there to gee up the famously troubled designer who is also described as a Saint Laurent muse says De la Falaise “saw everything through rose-coloured glasses View image in fullscreenDe la Falaise Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex/ShutterstockAs with many people who present as sweetness and light Born in the UK to the French writer Alain de la Falaise and socialite Maxime Birley she and her brother Alexis were sent to live with a couple in rural France as children De la Falaise’s first fashion-show experience was being taken to Paris as a child by her aunt and she was friends with Andy Warhol by the time she was 15 and developed hepatitis in her 20s; she died three years after Saint Laurent While she had started her own label after parting ways with Saint Laurent when he retired from the house in 2002 it is for her associations with the designer that she will be remembered – muse or not Her importance was summed up by Paris Match after she died shadowy restaurant corners and late-night romances one of the most iconic fashion figures since Coco Chanel was formed: Loulou de la Falaise Loulou de la Falaise epitomised the hedonistic, wildly romantic Parisian lifestyle of the 1970s. At her death in 2011, she was named the ‘quintessential Rive Gauche haute bohémienne,’ by author Judith Thurman in the New Yorker she directed and inspired YSL accessories and his ready-to-wear collections Ella Richards looks de la Fabulous in Schiaparelli couture on the March issue cover shoot – just like her great-aunt Loulou who liked to say she was baptised not with holy water but with ‘Shocking’ Yves Saint Laurent with muse Loulou de La Falaise outside his first London Rive Gauche store on New Bond Street Loulou’s first meeting with the fantastical Yves Saint Laurent came in roughly 1968. Some claim it was in Carnaby Street, others claim it was at a tea party. Though the meeting’s date and location remain a blur, what is certain is that the two bonded instantly. ‘We hit it off straight away because he had a very silly sense of humour. We got into a fit of giggles,’ she once said, according to the Guardian. Revisit the moment that Features Editor Eilidh Hargreaves met Ella in Tatler’s March 2023 issue Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent with his model and muse Loulou de la Falaise in the backstages of his 1992 Spring-Summer Ready-to-wear fashion show Saint Laurent relied on Loulou to inspire him – and she successfully kept up with his jet-set lifestyle ‘Her presence at my side is a dream,’ Saint Laurent said in Christopher Petkanas’ book Sometimes they are violent but always positive.. I bounce ideas off her and they come back clearer and things begin to happen.’ Yves Saint Laurent threw a lavish reception for Loulou’s marriage to the French writer Thadée Klossowski de Rola The couple wed in the Bois de Boulogne – a park in Paris – and all 2000 guests were taken by boat to an island on the lake of the park to celebrate before changing into a navy and gold dress for the party Loulou de la Falaise with Thadée (Thaddeus) Klossowski de Rola on their wedding day in France ‘If you’re going out to dinner and you don't have time to go home and change you can take your jacket off and add a piece of jewellery to what you’re already wearing It’s a lot easier than carrying an evening dress on the underground.’ ‘but one of the most vivid female fashion personalities since Coco Chanel.’ Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de La Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent by Christopher Petkanas (St Martin’s Press) Fashion designer Loulou de la Falaise poses in one of her boutiques in Paris Wesley/Getty Images2/8Loulou de la Falaise, aged 18, alongside her new husband, Desmond Fitzgerald, the 29th Knight of Glin, after their wedding in London, October 1966. Pierre VAUTHEY/Getty Images3/8Loulou de la Falaise models for the 1993 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture spring-summer collection, in a silk wedding dress, complete with veil. Penske Media/Getty Images4/8Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise exchange glances at a party hosted by Pierre Berge for his book, Renaud Barrault. Paris, notre siecle. Pool ARNAL/GARCIA/Getty Images5/8Loulou de la Falaise and Yves Saint Laurent on the spring-summer runway, 1993 in October 1992. ARNAL/Getty Images6/8Loulou and her sister, Lucie de la Falaise (cover star Ella Richard’s mother, and a former Tatler cover herself), at an Yves Saint Laurent party, November 1989. Pool ARNAL/GARCIA/Getty Images7/8Loulou de la Falaise on the runway for Yves Saint Laurent, Autumn Winter collection 1993-1994, March 1993 in Paris. Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images8/8Count Thadée Klossowski de Rola and Loulou at dinner at Maxim’s, organised by Princess Maria Von Thurn Und Taxis in May, 2006. Loulou spent much of her early years at Charleston Manor a feckless bohemian beauty and eccentric of the first water Charleston was a working farm when Lady Birley chanced upon it in 1928 “a perfect house in a perfect setting,” according to Nikolaus Pevsner first built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror’s cupbearer Loulou de La Falaise at her country house outside Paris The 15th-century tithe barn at Charleston Manor Sir Oswald had the largest tithe barn in the country transformed into a painting studio for him as well as a theater where the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo performed Loulou had the run of vast gardens shaped by a trinity of 20th century horticultural greats: Gertrude Jekyll as her grandmother fed the Fantin-Latour roses…bouillabaisse but she may have been only half-joking when she told Women’s Wear Daily that Rhoda had occult powers: “Lady Birley had [Charleston] exorcised Everyone except her is a bit nervous there.” A fabric-layered guestroom in the French country house captures La Falaise's bohemian spirit The red velvet curtains came from Charleston Manor Loulou became the reluctant mistress of Glin Castle having married the Irish aristocrat Desmond FitzGerald a swashbuckling but inconclusive title that may be an Anglo-Irish adaptation of a Gaelic chieftainship in 2011.) Glin went up on the banks of the Shannon Estuary in County Limerick bay-backed Georgian pile with ravishing Adamesque plasterwork and a rare double flying staircase The castle was later “Gothicized” with turrets do the placement,” says her friend the decorator Jane Ormsby Gore “Loulou didn’t know how to run an enormous old-fashioned Irish country house—she was 19!” Loulou bolted from Desmond after barely 18 months “Desmond had a huge property without a penny I went crazy,” she confessed to YSL biographer Laurence Benaïm elaborating later on just what she meant by “crazy” to Rita Konig in HG: “I used to walk along the battlements and scream into the night.” marrying again five years later in what became known as “the wedding of the decade,” hosted by Yves himself The groom this time was Thadée Klossowski de Rola an enigmatic figure with unrealized literary ambitions who also happened to be the son of a monumental painter The newlyweds moved into a double-height artist’s atelier in an Art Deco building in Paris’s 14th arrondissement the scene at collection time of freewheeling parties where Jagger might be seen chatting with Countess Jacqueline de Ribes and Rothschilds mingled with punks without incident The new biography of Loulou de La Falaise. The gardens at Charleston Manor, the country house of La Falaise's maternal grandparents. As Loulou’s fellow muse Inès de La Fressange, who helped Karl Lagerfeld raise Chanel from the dead, said of her style, it had “nothing to do with money, and everything to do with taste and imagination.” who knew Elsa Schiaparelli and later modelled for her house certainly wanted her Anglo-Irish-French daughter to grow up fashionable and a free spirit was a Parisian landmark for more than 40 years clanking and chinking with the jewellery she designed – much-imitated friend and supportive shoulder to the couturier Yves Saint Laurent; she did not much care for the term "muse" led him astray and put in years of graft in his married to Comte Alain de la Falaise just long enough to produce Loulou and her brother a French court considered Maxime to be so unexemplary a mother that Loulou and Alexis were consigned to foster care Maxime had to apply to the law to regain custody whereupon she sent Loulou off to boarding schools in Sussex (expelled for inserting slugs in classmates' shoes); in Gstaad Switzerland (expelled for secretly keeping a forbidden St Bernard in the chalet); and in New York (expelled again) the art historian and Irish aristocrat Desmond FitzGerald though Maxime warned her that she would be more at home with the tinkers than in his castle vary of her first meeting with Saint Laurent in 1968: the most romantic locates it in Carnaby Street ("The younger you were in London then the more authority you had," she recalled) she said: "We hit it off straight away because he had a very silly sense of humour We got into a fit of giggles." On the advice of his partner Saint Laurent had gone into ready-to-wear and opened a prêt-à-porter boutique he was flanked by the woman he called his "twin sister" both dressed by him to emphasise their independent shoulders and bangle-shaking wrists a divorcee on the razzle in London and in New York with her mother's mates among Andy Warhol's Factory crowd hanging out with Schiaparelli's granddaughters (Loulou claimed that she and Berry had discovered Robert Mapplethorpe as a painter happy to splurge unexpected cash earnings of $1,000 on orange leather fringed hotpants tarty collection of 1971 was loathed on and off the catwalk he sent her its kelly-green-dyed fox fur coats as gifts she arrived at his atelier subdued in an old grey uniform skirt: "He had told everyone his eccentric friend was coming then I turned up looking like a 15–year–old from a strict boarding school." as she wore the many accessories she chose to work on – hundreds of pieces of jewellery a year of "semi-precious or even quarter-precious" stones mad materials given her "wonky twist" – plus a magpie collection of folkloric boots "Her presence at my side is a dream," said Saint Laurent and he hosted and designed her second wedding (gown included) and their Angels and Demons celebratory party She had been wild with Saint Laurent beyond the clothes: too much drink Klossowski said that it was Loulou who demonstrated to Saint Laurent how to get a hit from eating rather than smoking hash Yet her sense of self-presentation encouraged her self-preservation unlike many in the Saint Laurent entourage and for the next 20 years she was a disciplinarian of his house more determined to edit his collections even as he reprised his greatest hits there was so much of her in the YSL collections that employees nicknamed the line "Yves Saint Loulou" She never endorsed minimalism: "I don't like black you wear black when you're miserable." so thrown together at the last minute that her outfit might depend on what happened to be away at the cleaners That level of instinctiveness needs proper tailored jackets pants and knitwear that establish the silhouette and she produced those as under her own label She wasn't a natural shopkeeper ("I am the worst sales person in the world 'You don't need anything'") but she did open a Parisian boutique La Maison de Loulou: "The first time Yves came he said 'It has the blessing of Moujik [his bulldog],' and then the dog peed all over the wall." Her clientele was limited; only sophisticated customers with troves of accessories from family inheritance fleamarkets and worldwide souvenir shopping could perceive the full potential (though we are all accessory-wearers now she didn't give away "anything that I've either had a really good time in but she did hand them down – her daughter Anna is the fourth generation to wear grandmother's Schiaps: "They do sometimes turn into a pile of dust but that's a tribute to a good life." – and Normandy house were likewise patchworked from global finds and family memories taking off her jewels lest they get caught in the plants When recession closed her ready-to-wear business returning from a trip to New York with empty bags as the Bergdorf Goodman store requisitioned even her personal pieces muse: "I didn't see it as someone who worked as hard as I did But now that Saint Laurent is part of history finally it's not such a bad thing to have been a muse." Louise Vava Lucia Henriette le Bailly de la Falaise and continues to be known for her faultless eccentricity fabulous accessory designs and as longtime collaborator and right-hand-woman of Yves Saint Laurent by Ariel de Ravenel and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni and featuring a foreword by Pierre Bergé and it’s a tome well worth revisiting as the anniversary of her birth Comprising endlessly chic photographs of De la Falaise the book forms a smorgasbord of inspiration and is interspersed with text by Fraser-Cavassoni and quotes on De la Falaise’s singular charm from every fabulous person imaginable: Grace Coddington De la Falaise’s own witticisms are included as the publication meanders comprehensively from her childhood and the family she was born into (her mother was famous model and actress Maxime de la Falaise) to her life in 1960s New York and London with the likes of Ossie Clark which saw her move to Paris to work with Saint Laurent and Bergé (dubbed in the book ‘The Glorious Years’) and on to the ‘Magic Moments’ she shared with husband Thadée Klossowski and their family and friends a quotation from De la Falaise reads: “The atmosphere in the studio could get very silly and jolly and we all had loads of fun We loved to dress up and dress others up and shared many memorable fits of giggles.” It’s lines like these that hint at De la Falaise’s inherently rebellious nature – she was expelled from three different schools in her youth – and the mischievous seeking out of fun that she was to become renowned and adored for It goes without saying that De la Falaise had impeccable taste and style One section of the book details her wedding to Klossowski which was by all accounts a party for the ages held at Paris’ Bois de Boulogne mad and extravagant” and a “baroque night” that saw “lots of wild dancing” De la Falaise wore an Indian-inspired ensemble a look that apparently took minutes to construct after she and Saint Laurent focused all of their efforts on furnishing the party and neglected to make her dress bejeweled white turban atop her head and white clothes adorned with red and white tassels and layered necklaces formed her first outfit swapping the turban for a glittering crescent moon perched on her head These two style moments alone are indicative of the effortless glamour De la Falaise kept as a constant throughout her life perhaps in part due to her Anglo-Irish-French parentage The divine and glamorous Loulou,” reads a quote from Saint Laurent [...] I am truly fortunate to have had Loulou at my side all these years because there isn’t a day that goes by when she doesn’t fill me with wonder.” Loulou de la Falaise by Ariel de Ravenel and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is available now From the tenth century, the medieval town of Falaise enjoys a privileged status of ducal residence to which it will owe its prosperity the medieval castle founded at the end of the rocky outcrop dominates the surroundings with majesty The medieval castle of Falaise is one of the largest castle enclosures in Europe It shelters in its high court the fortified habitat of the descendants of the Anglo-Norman dynasty the Château de Falaise is an open book on the whole history of medieval Normandy if nothing now remains of the original building which saw the birth of William the Conqueror the current visit to the site allows visitors to discover not one but three dungeons Thanks to the touch tablets provided at the start of the visit discover the interiors of the dungeons in virtual reconstruction and enter into the intimacy of the illustrious characters who made the history of this formidable stronghold explore the different spaces and meet the great figures who left their mark on the Anglo-Norman domain descendants of William the Conqueror and kings of France: listen to the highlights of their adventures Finalist of the program Le Monument Préféré des Français in 2021 the Château de Falaise climbed the steps of the podium by rising to second place in the competition thus making it the favorite castle of the French many events complete the permanent scenography The mediators of the Château de Falaise offer guided tours during weekends and school holidays Occasional events such as Pierres en Lumières or the European Heritage Days bring the area back to life several times a year In August, these are the Medievals of Falaise which takes the whole town back to the Middle Ages re-enactment companies and medieval stalls restore the medieval city to its former glory there is a storytelling exhibition with life-size decorations that decorates the interior of the dungeons of the Château de Falaise Something to make young and old dream during the end of year celebrations Visit the three unmissable sites of the birthplace of William the Conqueror thanks to the Falaise Discovery Pass, on sale exclusively at the Tourist Office.* Solo pass: 20 € * Family pass: €49 Subscribe to our free newsletter and regularly receive the best of our destination. On Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2025, the Medievals of Falaise, organized by the City of Falaise and the Château Guillaume-le-Conquérant, return for a 23th edition! On Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2025, the medieval city of Falaise takes a leap into the past and takes you with it to the heart of the Middle Ages! Like every year, the Falaise Medieval will be an opportunity to fully immerse yourself in life in the Middle Ages. Wanderings, historical reconstructions, civilian and military camps, battle stories and other activities will punctuate your weekend. All weekend long, enjoy numerous shows and performances. Between chivalry tournaments, street theater, or even battle stories…The Medievals of Falaise promise to be spectacular once again! To the delight of children, the terrible dragon strap Josephine will make its comeback this year. And she won't come alone since this time she will be accompanied by her little ones. On Saturday evening, as night falls, don't miss the flamboyant equestrian show offered by the Caval Production company! Wall of fire, flaming lassos or even aerobatics: get ready to experience a spectacular moment. From 22:30 p.m. in Val d’Ante – Free and open access All weekend, the companies took possession of the castle and its ditches and set up their camps there. Crafting, cooking, archery, or squire training...: enthusiasts of the Middle Ages will help you discover the activities that marked the daily lives of our ancestors. Ardently defend the Château de Falaise and the medieval city by learning how to shoot a crossbow, by confronting the enemy during a memorable sword fight (in foam), or by trying to chivalry through an initiatory journey ! Are you more into celebrating than fighting? So much the better, we also knew how to entertain ourselves in the Middle Ages! Make your medieval headdress, learn to juggle ou dance to the rhythm of medieval music. This year again, many stalls will fill the aisles of the traditional medieval and craft market. Beverages, cutlery, jewelry, leather goods, pastries, sweets, toys, decorative objects... More than a hundred artisans and creators will occupy William the Conqueror Square and its surroundings to present their products and know-how to you. And as is now tradition, stalls inspired by the fantastical universe will complete the market's already substantial offering! Keep your eyes wide open: you might come across strange creatures. *Free and open access: Medieval market and its activities, Saturday evening fire show in the Val d'Ante. ** The entrance ticket to the Médiévales de Falaise gives access to the entire paid area of ​​the event. Another discounted ticket must be taken in addition to visit the interior of the dungeons of William the Conqueror Castle. Where the young William of Normandy spent his early years Memories like these are dotted throughout the book by Sofia Coppola alongside photographs documenting her days as an effortlessly chic model Loulou de la Falaise by Ariel de Ravenel and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, $65, rizzoliusa.com Loulou de la Falaise with headscarf photographed by Guy Marineau Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise photographed by Pierre Boulat LouLou de la Falaise in red coat in garden photographed by Jean-Francois Jaussaud Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise with Betty Catroux and François Catroux © Jack Nisberg/Roger-Viollet/The Image Works Top image: Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise with Betty Catroux and François Catroux and by looking at a photograph of Loulou de la Falaise you get an impression not only of her impeccable style Widely renowned as Yves Saint Laurent’s muse from the early 70s has compiled a book with Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni – the first of its kind – to honour the fashion icon who would light up a room she worked alongside Yves Saint Laurent designing his jewellery and accessories for three decades before launching her own ready-to-wear and jewellery line The book features 400 photographs from the likes of Helmut Newton to Bettina Rheims with the introduction written by Pierre Bergé Ariel explains how Loulou believed fashion should be fun it’s something that was born from an incredible character Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise Loulou de le Falaise with Yves Saint Laurent Loulou de la Falaise by Ariel de Ravenel and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is out now via Rizzoli On Saturday, November 5, 2011 the Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé Foundation announced that muse and designer Loulou de la Falaise had died after a protracted illness aged 63 de la Falaise – daughter of a Schiaparelli model and a French count – once famously declared that all French women were “all entrance The archetypal Parisian haute bohémienne was defined by her cropped hairdo dramatic make-up framed by thin arched brows and the kind of angular bony figure and effortless posture that made his dresses “look as if they are about to float off the body” Her androgynous frame and effortless elegance set off masculine tailored styles perfectly; she was allegedly the inspiration for Yves Saint Laurent’s historic female tuxedo and rumoured financial investor joined the fashion house officially in 1972 and stayed working with the company until around 2000 along with Betty Catroux and Catherine Deneuve made up a troupe of chic sidekicks known as Les Fidels Before the term it-girl had entered the public consciousness Time magazine rather charmingly referred to the trend-leader as a "girl gadabout" in a 1971 fashion feature focusing on the resurgence of the net veil Jet-setting between the world’s fashion capitals de la Falaise designed Halston’s colour-saturated prints in New York before settling in Paris and becoming acquainted with Saint Laurent Hypnotised by the bright jewel tones of Morocco and the bold oversized jewellery of North Africa de la Falaise worked on costume jewellery for Yves Saint Laurent She was responsible for designing the label’s iconic chunky cuffs bright enamels and coloured glass and resins recalls some of de la Falaise's arm candy: “…She wore a heavy African bracelet there was a red string tied around her tiny wrist more mythical than real – a woman who didn’t just set the fashion agenda but seemingly made an attitude and a carriage - slouched - de rigueur with a signature aesthetic that sits somewhere between 1970s iconography and timeless the gilt Rive Gauche style icon lives on as representation of excess extravagance and elegance of an era long gone Suggested Reading: Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni considers Loulou de la Falaise in her Inner Chic column. The historical narrative of the Second World War written by the victors and imbued with military heroism has long obscured a major aspect of our contemporary history with 35 million civilian deaths for 30 million soldiers the civilian populations are the first victims of the Second World War will then become the rule for all contemporary armed conflicts Normandy also paid the tribute of this liberation which marked forever its landscapes but also its inhabitants 20 Normans lost their lives following the fighting in the summer of 000 It is this story on a human scale that the Falaise Memorial a one-of-a-kind museum dedicated to the daily life of civilians in Normandy and around the world during the Second World War A strategic objective, the town of Falaise was hit on June 7, 1944. Like its country, it too suffered heavy losses. Liberated on August 17, 1944, the city will once again leave its name in history through one of the major sequences of the Battle of Normandy: the Pocket of Falaise-Chambois its retreat thus opens the way to the Liberation of France and Europe Symbolized by the martyrdom of the German armies and the heroism of the Polish troops this battle has gone down in history as one of the most terrible “One of the greatest kills of the war” – Dwight D In 2024, Normandy celebrates 80th anniversary of the Landings and the Battle of Normandy! The partners of the Falaise – Suisse Normande destination are mobilizing to properly celebrate this historic sequence which has forever marked our territory.Check the agenda! Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York While New York City has been referred to as “Hollywood East,” Long Island has also long been appealing to filmmakers Its natural settings have served as the backdrop for hundreds of famous films from The Godfather to Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” If you haven’t visited Long Island’s mansions you’ve definitely seen them on the big screen The area's connection to film history dates to the silent cinema when opulent parties and renowned mansions attracted stars like Charlie Chaplin Long Island is now home to state-of-the-art movie studios including Grumman Studios as well as Bethpage’s Gold Coast Studios where the second season of HBO’s The Gilded Age just finished filming These studios have been used for blockbuster hits like The Avengers which are all accessible by the Long Island Rail Road OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at Oheka Castle HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Huntington The castle is a 10-minute rideshare drive from the train station Oheka Castle is a ten minute rideshare from Huntington station Sand's Point Preserve is home to three spectacular mansions: Falaise; Hempstead House; and Castle Gould Falaise is a Normandy style home filled with antiques and open to the public for tours It's here that Charles Lindbergh wrote his famous book WE while staying with the Guggenheim family at Falaise and where he came for respite following the tragic kidnapping of his child The preserve provides versatile and diverse settings for film and TV with feature films, and has hosted productions like The Godfather (yes this was where the horse head scene was filmed) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) And not too far from the preserve in Sands Point The Wolf of Wall Street filmed at Belfort Beach House OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at the Hilton Garden Inn Roslyn HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Port Washington Sands Point Preserve is a 10-minute rideshare from the train station Sands Point Preserve is a 10 minute rideshare from Port Washington which features a 44-room English manor house and traditional The spectacular estate has been featured in over 25 movies including North by Northwest American Gangster and Cruel Intentions as well as in dozens of television shows including Sex and the City and The Gilded Age The public is welcome to explore both Westbury House furnished with priceless antiques and decorative artwork and the grounds which include sweeping lawns and some of the most beautiful formal gardens in the world Old Westbury Gardens hosts a wide variety of events including concerts OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at the Garden City Hotel or the Long Island Marriott HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Mineola or Garden City it’s a short rideshare drive to your hotel or Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury Gardens is a short ride from either Mineola or Garden City station Known as “The End," Montauk is the famous town at the very tip of the Long Island peninsula Did you know that a local fisherman from there partially inspired Jaws played by Robert Shaw in the 1975 blockbuster was based on Frank Mundus a sports fisherman from Montauk who made headlines in 1964 by catching a massive This news caught the eye of author Peter Benchley While there, visit Plaza Restaurant (752 Montauk Highway) and Kirk Park Beach, where Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind filmed You'll also want to check out Camp Hero a decommissioned military base in Montauk that inspired Netflix’s Stranger Things Inside Scoop: Actress Jennifer Lawrence has been spotted at several locations on Long Island for her upcoming comedy The movie is being filmed in Nassau County at locations like Hempstead Town Park Point Lookout and North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa or Daunt’s Albatross Motel, Marram or Montauk Manor HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Montauk Montauk’s downtown area is easily walkable and Camp Hero is on the way to the lighthouse Downtown Montauk is a three minute rideshare from Montauk station Located on the North Fork and known for its abundance of restaurants Stay the night at a historic hotel or B&B in this seaport town located in the Town of Southold and visit the town where an episode of the HBO series Girls was filmed in as well as Brad Pitt’s The Devil’s Own (filmed around the Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding Company) OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at the Shoals, American Beech, The Menhaden, or the Sound View HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Greenport where the walkability makes it easy to explore on foot Greenport station is located in the middle of all of the action The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum is a unique combination of mansion planetarium and park with many exhibition and program themes focusing upon Long Island’s Gold Coast Era The Centerport location was also a film site for the movie Crocodile Dundee II in 1988 the elegant Vanderbilt Mansion was the backdrop for the movie Nick and Nicky where the story’s wedding scene OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at the Chalet Inn & Suites or Hampton Inn & Suites Huntington Downtown HOW TO GET HERE: Take the Port Jefferson branch from Penn Station to Northport The Vanderbilt Museum is a 12-minute rideshare from Northport station Vanderbilt Museum is a 12 minute rideshare from Northport station Located in Fire Island National Seashore just east of Robert Moses State Park Fire Island Lighthouse is a Long Island icon and see the original 1858 Fresnel lens on display The Lighthouse is also in What Happens in Vegas and serves as a Post Office in Men in Back II Inside Scoop: The Hulu film Fire Island was naturally filmed on location at Fire Island American Horror Story: NYC was also filmed on Fire Island in 2022 OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at Courtyard by Marriott in Farmingdale or Ocean Bay House HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Babylon Robert Moses State Park is a 15-minute rideshare from the station Robert Moses State Park is a 15 minute rideshare from Babylon station This destination features one of the largest all-living coral reef displays in this hemisphere The Netflix show Jessica Jones filmed an episode at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead during their second season Inside Scoop: Julia Roberts’ new Netflix movie Leave the World Behind recently filmed in Riverhead in April of 2022 in four separate locations around the town OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at Hyatt Place East End or take advantage of the LIRRs discount package at Hotel Indigo – East End HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Riverhead Long Island Aquarium is a 4-minute rideshare from the Riverhead station or you can enjoy the 15-minute walk Long Island Aquarium is a 15 minute walk or 4 minute rideshare from Riverhead station Long Beach is one of only two cities on Long Island With the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Reynolds Channel on the other this “the city by the sea” is a picturesque waterfront community the iconic boardwalk featuring an Instagram-worthy mural And did you know that the NBC spy-thriller The Long Beach Bridge doubled for Washington D.C with a scene that included explosions and other stunts OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at The Allegria Hotel or Freeport Inn & Marina HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Long Beach Long Beach is easily walkable with a boardwalk and plenty of paths so bring your bike and some walking shoes Long Beach station is only six blocks from the beach Situated on Montauk’s most pristine stretch of oceanfront real estate Gurney’s is a Hamptons icon and the only year-round resort in Montauk Their acclaimed spa is renowned for its healing treatments and ocean-fed seawater pool the only pool of its kind in North America The Montauk resort hosted the cast of Hilary Duff’s show OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa or Daunt’s Albatross Motel Gurney’s offers a shuttle service to get to the hotel from the train station Gurney's offers a free shuttle from Montauk station for guests Caumsett State Historic Park is the former estate of Marshall Field III and is situated on a scenic peninsula in Lloyd Harbor cross-country skiing and nature trails over acres of woodland rock shoreline and salt marsh and also served a film location for Angelina Jolie’s thriller filmed in the Lloyd Neck section of Lloyd Harbor (as well as in Riverhead) HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Cold Spring Harbor Caumsett State Park is a 9-mile ride share from the station Caumsett State Park is a 20 minute rideshare from Cold Spring Harbor station Jones Beach State Park is on Long Island’s South Shore with 6.5 miles of ocean beach one-half mile of bay beach for stillwater bathing and a two-mile boardwalk with a “Castles in the Sand” photo collection at the East Bathhouse The 2014 movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was filmed at Jones Beach in addition to the series OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION: Make it a weekend getaway by staying at the Jones Beach Hotel or Freeport Inn & Marina HOW TO GET HERE: Take the train from Penn Station to Freeport Jones Beach is a 10-minute drive with bus service from the train station resuming at the end of May Jones Beach is a 10 minute rideshare from Freeport station © 2025 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Media Kit Subscribe to MTA Away's Newsletter With an introduction by Pierre Bergé, an afterward by Loulou’s still-dashing widower Thadée Klossowski, and a comprehensive text by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, the tome is the most in-depth exploration of the life and times of Loulou, who passed away in 2011 It was only fitting that her dearest friend (and eventual business partner in eponymous jewelry design) Ariel de Ravenel edited the project from start to finish “I first met Loulou during a sitting for French Vogue,” de Ravenel remembered over breakfast at Maialino in the Gramercy Park Hotel this week “This absolutely amazing creature walked into our offices [then under the editorship of Francine Crescent] more stylish than anything you can possibly imagine.” It was a coup de foudre Loulou’s quotations from that 1969 spread in the magazine—an equivalent to the contemporary It girl page in American Vogue—are magical: “You have to believe in ghosts if you want to see them There are some ideas I’ve wanted to do for a long time Not long after meeting Yves Saint Laurent over tea with designer Fernando Sánchez advising on all manner of studio operations ‘I’m thinking of pearls,’ Loulou would make millions of accessories which she knew he would love,” according to de Ravenel And the relationship was mutual.” By the end of their decades-long collaboration YSL even began to officially list Loulou in the program of his haute couture shows for her work designing jewelry and hats “That was something which Yves never would have done for anybody else,” de Ravenel says Media depictions might have one believe that Loulou was merely an accessory of Yves Saint Laurent bohemian socialite who made it all the way to Morocco (de la Falaise’s cousin Robin Birley did she was the soul that continually stoked YSL’s brilliant flame If Betty Catroux was YSL’s physical equivalent a way for the designer to see himself in his own clothes then Loulou was the sorceress behind the scenes Small wonder that she’s often compared to a fairy—“Titania totale,” de Ravenel says referencing the sprite in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Loulou de la Falaise, collaborator and muse to the late Yves Saint Laurent The cause of her death has not yet been announced Descended from an aristocratic French family de la Falaise was born in England and rebellious  from a young age She was expelled from several fancy boarding schools  before she married and then quickly divorced Irish nobleman Desmond FitzGerald I thought it was the most glamorous thing in the world.” De la Falaise first met Yves Saint Laurent at a tea party in 1968 She moved to New York and began working for him in 1972 and clothing for his haute couture and ready-to-wear lines chunky gemstones became a YSL trademark; she also served as the designer’s muse inspiring several of his signature pieces like the “Le Smoking” jacket other than her undeniable professional qualities Moving … She has an extraordinary lightness of touch along with a faultless critical view of fashion de la Falaise initially rejected her “muse” label claiming that it trivialized her design work in 2006 she said she had come to terms with it: To me a muse comes to have tea and cookies and a chat I didn’t see it as someone who worked as hard as I did … But now that Saint Laurent is part of history finally it’s not such a bad thing to have been a muse She is survived by her daughter and husband Cherokee Elementary School 5th graders held their annual Living Wax Museum Thursday portraying prominent figures who didn't let their hearing disabilities stand in the way of achieving their dreams "We just completed reading our guidebook unit Wonderstruck where two of our main characters are deaf," said Tory Hudson 5th grade English Language Arts teacher. "Our students created travel boards and we're doing a living wax museum in order for them to see into the lives of famous people that are deaf or hard of hearing and for them to realize that they can accomplish anything The students learned about such figures as Helen Keller who was not only deaf but blind as well and the the struggles she faced due to her disabilities Some other figures they portrayed included NBA players Lance Allred and Derrick Colmean; Major League Baseball player William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy; mixed martial artist and wrestler Matt Hamill; author and former FBI agent Sue Thomas; German composer Ludwig van Beethoven; stunt actor Ashley Fiolek; astronomer Annie Jump Cannon; Miss America Heather Whitestone; NFL player Kenny Walker and ballet dancer Nina Falaise Each student read aloud the biography of the person to people who came to their station My name is Nina Falaise," said Ruheena Sherbaz I was deaf due to a temporary lack of oxygen in the womb What lesson did Ruheena learn from Nina Falaise's story chic hats tipped on her short hair - Loulou de la Falaise was the essence of an English eccentric Loulou and Yves have fun with hatsCourtesy of de la Falaise family archiveIf you are looking for a holiday gift to transport you to a magical world of Marrakech by way of New York and Paris With so much fashion focus on the Seventies here is the real deal: a lively text and a mass of photographs in this Rizzoli edition of Loulou de la Falaise Loulou wearing a red coatJean-Francois JaussaudNatasha Fraser-Cavassoni has written the story of an upper class Anglo-Irish girl who played a bohemian rhapsody in the Paris fashion world about to kiss Yves Saint LaurentPierre BoulatAriel de Ravenel whose mission was "to give Loulou her due" Her exceptional photographic research and the layout by art director Alexandre Wolkoff take the reader from underground clubs to haute-couture splendour There is also Loulou in her element in a masquerade staged for the birthday of the artist Balthus the father of Loulou's second husband Loulou on her wedding day to Klossowski in Paris June 1977Guy MarineauFraser takes the story through five chapters: introducing readers to Loulou's British family and her beautiful grandmother who had the green fingers that Loulou displayed in her latter years She created a wild English garden in the French countryside Loulou was neglected in the miserable childhood she would never talk about and married off to the Knight of Glin at the age of 19 because it is the only image in the book where Loulou looks bourgeois at the booksigningGiulia Pizzini"But she gave all the jewellery back when they got divorced," says Fraser-Cavassoni underscoring the independence of her subject Loulou’s banglesHaving set the scene of this artistic Fraser follows Loulou through the New York of the wild Andy Warhol years her work with legendary American designer Halston and her introduction to Fernando Sanchez Fraser describes him as the "forgotten hero of the hippy movement" He saw "this marvellous girl in purple velvet" at his door - and ultimately introduced her to Yves Saint Laurent When Loulou went to Paris and met the shy and introverted Yves imagination and a hippy-deluxe glamour that balanced the haute-bourgeois side Loulou relaxingJean-Charles de RavenelBut even while working with Yves They are recreated in the black-and-white pictures so liberally spread that they throb with energy and excitement But as one of the Saint Laurent clan put it "she was always at her desk in the morning." Loulou with YvesGuy MarineauFraser underscores the de la Falaise work ethic by saying Although so many characters in the story have already passed away I loved to see some of the original Loulou group gathered in London at the home of Terry and Jean de Gunzburg their daughter Anna and wider family gathered to give the book a fine send off it was on specific condition that the family agree,'' said de Ravenel It is rare to find in what looks like a coffee-table book so much depth in both Ariel 's research into images - iconic or unknown - and Fraser-Cavassoni's text That there is a quote from one of Loulou's friends or acquaintances in almost every paragraph makes the book seem more like a television documentary than a traditional literary work the Glamorous Romantic’ coverRizzoliBut this is not a bad idea especially since the book comes in the wake of two films about Yves Saint Laurent that both reduce Loulou and fellow muse Betty Catroux to fashion plates Contact The Falaise Memorial – Civilians in the War Annelies Vorsselmans with Falaise de Muze The acclaimed VDL Stud has bought the promising breeding stallion Falaise de Muze (Wandor van de Mispelaere x Nabab de Rêve) the son of Harrie Smolders’ Walnut de Muze Falaise de Muze impressed in the international ring up to 1.50m level and in the Netherlands his oldest offspring look very promising in young horse competitions and stallion shows an injury caused a break for Falaise de Muze’s sports career but currently the chestnut is working on his comeback Jeroen Dubbeldam and Annelies Vorsselmans are bringing the spectacular stallion by top sire Wandor van de Mispelaere back to work We think he truly is a great sire already,” Wiebe-Yde van de Lageweg of VDL Stud states about the purchase of Falaise de Muze Falaise de Muze is a son of Harrie Smolders’ long term number one horse Walnut de Muze the mare who competed at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010 With the legendary Qerly Chin as his granddam it is no surprise Falaise de Muze passes on his own talents the talented horses Gravin ES and Garfield ES are selected for the WEF Sport Horse Auction next month in Wellington and several other offspring stood out in young horse competitions and at the KWPN Stallion Show Text © World of Showjumping by Peter van der Waaij// Picture © Jenny Abrahamsson © 2025 World of Showjumping - All rights reserved Powered by Artionet - Generated with IceCube2.Net