Slavik, the Panache Years

This book takes us back to a time when nothing was tacky! A time when you would sit down at  Pub Renault, at Drugstore Publicis in Saint-Germain, at the Brasserie l’Européen opposite the Gare de Lyon, or at the Assiette au Boeuf, of which Gault & Millau said: “It is grandiose and mad—certainly one of the most beautiful décors in the world.”

The layout and décor of these venues are the work of Slavik, a design pioneer with an extravagant personality. You discover the mood and elegance of a time when people knew how to party.

The book design is sublime, the archive images fascinating, and the texts gripping.

This magnificent book is a favourite. To give—or to treat yourself to—for Valentine’s Day.

Slavik, the Drugstore Years, Norma Éditions, €55