Friday, August 21, 2009

Some Friday Savoir faire!

Courtesy of Fiona Campbell-Walter wearing Schiaparelli 1952. Those were the days!

Bespoke Savoir Faire for the Home

For the ultimate shopping trip for your home try Soane of London. This design firm has a wonderful range of bespoke furniture that can be tailor made just for you.

Soane is a small London based company founded by Lulu Lytle and Christopher Hodsoll whose main raison d’etre was to fulfill the demand for architecturally designed bespoke furniture and lighting. Everything is made to order by English craftsmen who are the best in their fields

“I don’t care if we could make things cheaper in China or wherever. We source from workshops in this country that are best at woodworking, leather-making, upholstery, metal-working or whatever we need to make the longest lasting and most beautiful objects of their kind.” And beautiful they are!

Of course all the featured products below can be made to your own specifications, by changing woods, finishes and fabrics.








If you cannot make it across the Atlantic, you can order on line.

Savoir Faire Quote of the Day


The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain.

W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge, 1943
(Most of them don't even know where it is)