RSVP: Simple Sophistication, Effortless Entertaining
HK$295.00
DESCRIPTION :
Fusing understated elegance and relaxed chic, fashion designer Marie France van Damme reveals the secrets of successful, sophisticated and stress-free entertainment on a budget. Five chapters - Flowers, Candles, The Table, Food and Art - explore how to create a sense of occasion, a relaxed mood, simple pleasures and food without worry. Each chapter finishes with actual events: a winter birthday at home, with plain black plates, flowers in a single colour, and sushi from a local Japanese restaurant; a Belgian celebration in a greenhouse with a wood-burning stove, transformed in two hours at minimal cost into what looks like a page from an event at Versailles; a stylish working lunch with takeaway curry... Perfectly attuned to the desires and realities of today's living, this book will be welcome anywhere on the planet.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 252 mm x 224 mm
WEIGHT : 1350 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure
Fusing understated elegance and relaxed chic, fashion designer Marie France van Damme reveals the secrets of successful, sophisticated and stress-free entertainment on a budget. Five chapters - Flowers, Candles, The Table, Food and Art - explore how to create a sense of occasion, a relaxed mood, simple pleasures and food without worry. Each chapter finishes with actual events: a winter birthday at home, with plain black plates, flowers in a single colour, and sushi from a local Japanese restaurant; a Belgian celebration in a greenhouse with a wood-burning stove, transformed in two hours at minimal cost into what looks like a page from an event at Versailles; a stylish working lunch with takeaway curry... Perfectly attuned to the desires and realities of today's living, this book will be welcome anywhere on the planet.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780500516393 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Van Damme, Marie France | |
| PUBLISHER : Thames & Hudson Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : October 01, 2012 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Hardback | |
WEIGHT : 1350 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure