 Elsie de Wolfe Exercising in Her Paris Bathroom |  Elsie de Wolfe at Home in Beverly Hills |
In the photograph to the left, the indomitable Elsie de Wolfe is exercising in her Paris salle de bains. Incredibly, that bathroom was one of the most talked about rooms in Paris. Per Stanley Walker's Mrs. Astor’s Horse, A Curious Saga of American Taste, “Decorators probably have more fun with bathrooms than with anything else. Elsie de Wolfe’s bathroom in Paris is the first thing visitors want to see." Elsie herself proclaimed, "“I have had such joy out of my bathroom that it is difficult for me to speak of it in measured terms.”
Read more about Elsie de Wolfe in her autobiography, After All, and in Elisabeth Marbury's My Crystal Ball.
Read more about Elsie de Wolfe in her autobiography, After All, and in Elisabeth Marbury's My Crystal Ball.
Image Credits: Innovators of Twentieth Century Style and The Cary Collection
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