gésbi

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Occupation textile designer and consultant, stylist, occasional writer and translator for the arts
Location Paris, France
Introduction "Ah, vous aimez les belles choses ! There it is, that little phrase I've heard before in...
Interests ...various places to show that a certain understanding has been established. It's an invitation to come closer, a signal that something special is about to be shared. "With those words, the old man, wizened and wise, turned his back to me, then shuffled off to the back of the shop to rummage through a capacious oaken chest whose thick sides were carved with linen folds. His features did not change, but his eyes gleamed steadily when he approached, holding out to me with both hands a thick bundle wrapped in worn silk velvet. This shroud, a dusky rose colored cloth, was of a deeper, brillant shade of burgundy along its borders and telltale holes punctured at regular intervals showed that it had once served to cover some ancient fauteuil. His treasure, for treasure it must be, smelt of long accumulated dust, and the cloth was exquisitely soft in my hands as I lifted the uppermost corner....