When her son was born, Gabriella Cortese had to shorten the duration of her travels.
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Although…
” she corrects.
I remember that, as a child, he literally lived in the corridors of the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi.
I can still see him slaloming between customers on his tricycle.
When I launched Antik Batik in 1992, I could find myself on the road for a month or two in search of the best craftsmen.
Today, this is no longer possible.
We must produce more and more collections.
To keep up the pace, I had to shorten these journeys that inspire me so much to a fortnight.
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In the boudoir of his Parisian boutique, rue des Minimes, in the Marais, a small room with subdued lighting covered with a flowery fabric almost from floor to ceiling (benches and cushions included), we sip a coffee on a Moroccan-style tray .
Between the racks of muslin dresses embroidered with a thousand sequins, the large Balinese carved wooden printing stamps pose like sculptures...
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