When Richard Haines moved to New York in 1975, photography had replaced fashion sketches and the illustrator found himself unemployed. Forty-six years later, lo and behold, Haines has become one of the most sought-after artist in the fashion world. We met him in Paris last July during la semaine de la haute couture. Also in this issue, read about Dr. Elsa Jungman, the California-based French dermatology expert and “beauty minimalist” who wants to protect our skin’s microbiome, and Dominique and John de Ménil, the French couple who moved to Houston during World War II, created one of the biggest private museums in America – the Menil Collection – and befriended René Magritte, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol in the process.
