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Save money in Paris - Maurice Hurand Hotels 31 mars 2008

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From London to Paris by Eurostar

It’s easy to reach Paris direct from London with Eurostar. The typical journey time from London St Pancras International to Paris Gare du Nord is just 2 hours 15 minutes.
Gare du Nord is Eurostar’s end destination in Paris. It is clean and modern but also one of the busiest stations in Europe.

Tread lightly: you can rent bikes from Vélib’ at the Gare du Nord, a clever 24-hour rental system which allows you to drop them at a different point from which you picked them up. You can easily catch the Metro or the RER (urban bullet train); look up and follow the big, blue and white panels down the escalator. Taxis are also readily available from outside the station. For a quick bite to eat before boarding your train, you’ll find plenty of brasseries and sandwich places in and out of the station.

Save money during your stay in Paris:

1. It makes sense to buy a “carnet de dix” (a pack of 10 tickets) instead of loose tickets, as the price per unit will be less. If you’re going to be doing a lot of travelling, you might consider purchasing 1-, 2-, 3- or 5-day period passes called “Paris Visite” (calendar days, not 24-hour periods). Careful though, the user must write his or her name on the pass to ensure validity or you could face a fine.

2. Check the current interesting promotions and packages for May and this summer at the boutique hotels Maurice Hurand on the website and book directly online a hotel in Saint Germain des Prés, Invalides or Montmartre!

A glamourous hotel in Saint Germain des Pres, Maurice Hurand Hotels 28 mars 2008

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Artus Hotel, a design hotel in Saint Germain des Pres

Madison Hotel, a historic hotel in Saint Germain des Pres

Hotel de Buci, a four star boutique hotel in Saint Germain des Pres

Downtown Hotel in Paris, Terrass Hotel 19 mars 2008

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Made in France by FATEX is the unique show dedicated to French manufacturers in clothing, leather goods, home linen, jewellery, fashion accessories and lingerie.

The Made in France exhibition will open its doors next 26th and 27th of March, in an exceptional venue: the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.
When ‘Haute Façon’ rhymes with History, Excellence, Authenticity, Respect, Spirit, that means you’re in the Made in France universe in which all these values mean something.

At a time when the words profitability, margin, result are the most important in the world of Fashion, Made in France throws the limelight back on the skills of the French clothing industry and highlights the traditional know-how which sometimes might appear paradoxical these days.

Maurice Hurand Hotels like fashion and the Made in France exhibition
A hotel downtown Paris, Terrasse Hotel

Lucinda Timmerman by Bianca Pilet at Colette Paris 11 mars 2008

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March 24th until April 26th 2008

This exhibition traces six years in the professional life of Lucinda Timmerman as seen through the lens of Bianca Pilet. Though separated by age and background, the two have forged both a close friendship and a highly productive working relationship, beginning when Lucinda was a schoolgirl of just 15.
Though just a regular kid from the streets and not by any means a professional model, Bianca Pilet was immediately captivated by the young Lucinda’s strength, beauty and tough, intense attitude. Impressed, she hired Lucinda Timmerman for an I-D Magazine fashion shoot. There was an immediate chemistry. Lucinda became the focus of every image, drawing the viewer into the frame through sheer force of personality.
This shoot marked the start of a fertile time for Bianca. The exhibition documents this long-standing fascination, featuring photographs of Lucinda from fashion, couture, advertising and exhibited work.

It is a personal document as much as it is a record of interesting commercial pursuits. As well as Bianca’s professional pieces and artworks, it features a photo of the four-year old Lucinda, a family snap Bianca included as it shows Lucinda’s vigour clearly present at an incredibly young age.

Bianca Pilet is a fashion photographer and artist. Though she enjoys frequent collaborations with other creatives, she’s also highly respected and successful in her own right. Her career spans fifteen years and includes many high-profile exhibitions. However, this show is perhaps particularly special for Bianca as it marks the release of her first book. Called simply Lucinda Timmerman, it will be available at Colette in a signed limited edition of 250 copies.

Throughout her career Bianca Pilet has made photographs that take courage and patience. She waits, waits to see and pinpoint that one instant that resonates the awkward beauty of natural circumstances. Her composition finds that arrangement that we may rush past without noticing. It’s a moment of heightened verisimilitude. Pilet’s work demonstrates a mastering of two intricate tools of being a photographer: one is the camera, the other subject. To make images of such insight, one must have an eye not only for balance and light, but also for human and natural qualities. Pilet works with her subjects and senses what part of them, what shape of them, what incarnation of them will say the most in a piercing and memorable way. This requires a sensitivity toward form and emotion.
We can sense the defiance and brutal honesty. The images trigger a sensation that Pilet rigorously sets out to record and deliver to us, emotionally stung, making us pause and take notice of ourselves in the frantic hurry of our looking natural.