Vienna Details (Part 2)

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Sissi / Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria  

 

  

That gown (embroidered with Arabic script to say: “Oh mon Dieu quel beau rêve” / “Oh my Lord what a beautiful dream”)

   

 

and this Bavarian style gown:  

  

Sporty Empress: she worked out regularly and check what she had installed in her office!

  

 

and while she didn’t often join in the oppulant family dinners in order to maintain her physique (and fit into those tight waisted dresses…)  
 … she made sure to have a very unique set of tableware to entertain:    

    
    

  


 




Vienna Details (Part 1)

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I take inspiration from details wherever I find them and Vienna certainly has no shortage of subtleties… Whether in art, architecture, music, food or Christmas ornaments, the place is brimming with human innovation steeped in historic depth… Amazing, exciting & challenging your senses to awaken and for you to imagine a world full of infinite artistic possibilities & human potential…

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien:

   
 
    
    

     

  

Hotel Sacher:
   
  

Hotel Palais Coburg (and a Marie Antoinette dress casually displayed):

 
 

 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Schönbrunn Palace:

     

   
    
    
   

  
  
    
 
 

Christmas Markets, mulled wine & hot coco…


    

        

  

 

Sursock by Night 

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Passed by the charming Sursock Museum the other night and couldn’t help pulling up the car for a moment to take in the mesmerizing white wedding cake of a mansion combined with a stunning stainedglass🔮 Can’t wait for an official visit to the museum to tour both its interior and its exhibit contents and of course to try the beautiful resto in its courtyard 🍷