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A Day of Design at Ritz Paris

Flowers· Travel

6 Sep

When in Paris, you Ritz. Oui, chère! You treat yourself to the quintessential tres chic experience at the fashionably iconic hotel. What better way to welcome our guests from the May #Heartsafluttertour to the City of Lights than with an unforgettable afternoon affair in the heart of Place Vendôme?

We had the dream opportunity to take a floral design class with renowned Ritz Paris floral designer Anne Vitchen. After wandering through the luxuriously chic Suite Coco Chanel, we made our to way to the Grand Jardin Terrace for a special design session with Ms. Vitchen and her associate, Agathe. Working with a garden-fresh palette of blush, mint, butter yellow, peach and creme, we discovered the art of arranging a la Ritz Paris.

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Each day Anne Vitchen and her team work their way through 5,000 flowers, creating magnificent floral poetry throughout the hotels historic grand corridors. The Dame des fleurs dreams in full color, making hearts flutter with the most exquisite fuschia peony and rose arrangements one has ever seen.

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Featured left to right: Agathe Chauvelier, Vinciane Vacheresse, Gabrielle Hurwitz, Coco Kliks, Kimberly Sisti, Anne Vitchen, Joy Proctor, Kim Wiseley, Susan Silverberg, Alice Ahn, Susan Burden

Following the class, our flowering arrangements dressed a table in the Ritz Salon d ’Ete for a delightful lunch complete with a sparkling champagne toast, a green pea velouté first (it tasted like art!), a preserved beef cheek second, and a delicious raspberry cake dessert to finish. Amidst the decadence, we clinked glasses to a dash of Christophe et Fils, Petit Chablis. We’re pretty sure this is the only way ladies should lunch!

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Merci beaucoup Anne, Agathe, Marie-Fleur, Vinciane and the entire Ritz Paris staff for a heart-fluttering Spring day of design!

Flutter Magazine - lunch at Ritz Paris grand jardin terrace

As seen in Flutter Magazine Issue 17 for the May 2018 #heartsafluttertour

Photography: KT Merry | Film Processing: Richard Photo Lab | Venue / Flowers / Lunch: Ritz Paris | Floral Design Host: Anne Vitchen | Lunch Design + Styling: Joy Proctor | Linens: La Tavola Fine Linen | Candles: Creative Candles | Custom Menus: Minted | Calligraphy: Susan Silverberg

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