The Chic Catroux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQEKhFVoPY-XYHEp1JMeAUiZUAXcom_6bOlc7Tspqt8u6YQM1kHBlTVwXi1M96Kl9LS976MptQ9SPrR6f3GYlYxP6_O3oJkurn8Hh_vT_TGhRuvTaG3dFMmU4mpFkzHab8EplU25G8oNc/s1600/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQEKhFVoPY-XYHEp1JMeAUiZUAXcom_6bOlc7Tspqt8u6YQM1kHBlTVwXi1M96Kl9LS976MptQ9SPrR6f3GYlYxP6_O3oJkurn8Hh_vT_TGhRuvTaG3dFMmU4mpFkzHab8EplU25G8oNc/s400/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's interesting how you see some designers all over the place and some nowhere at all.  I wish we could see more work of the interior designer François Catroux.  Maybe staying under the radar and a lack of self promotion is a French thing or a European thing.  It's certainly, as we all know, not an American thing.  I think it's even more interesting since François Catroux's wife Betty was a model and muse of Yves Saint Laurent who was has more than her fair share of publicity.  The scarcity of published projects makes it that much more exciting when you do come across one and especially when it's their own home.  Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLbluE00DFPp4vtA91AvAHM0MbJZP3KzKkDol6q5d1JJSdA9Y3eDHzzyusBSjHL5GIhCzdEnYYd7VfQFDdwKCYZFbx3tmnGSe_cdmwlr7eVE0dYlwvqD7C8dSVWQuzYxSfK0MSku9HSFj/s1600/betty+catroux+and+francois+vogue+feb+15%252C+1970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLbluE00DFPp4vtA91AvAHM0MbJZP3KzKkDol6q5d1JJSdA9Y3eDHzzyusBSjHL5GIhCzdEnYYd7VfQFDdwKCYZFbx3tmnGSe_cdmwlr7eVE0dYlwvqD7C8dSVWQuzYxSfK0MSku9HSFj/s1600/betty+catroux+and+francois+vogue+feb+15%252C+1970.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Betty and Francois Catroux, 1970</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxSAc0bvPbSgeAqeKQ5Mgy4IiG6B2uaut-R6jQz8mzH2ghE5Xg3FittW2ArKzhGIFoGPBSYeU4Hp55Ee1YJ5YeElBvRBFcatnEN5Al0S-YiYE7TC54CiJ875L1mvJMJMkP2m_JhcABWL1/s1600/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxSAc0bvPbSgeAqeKQ5Mgy4IiG6B2uaut-R6jQz8mzH2ghE5Xg3FittW2ArKzhGIFoGPBSYeU4Hp55Ee1YJ5YeElBvRBFcatnEN5Al0S-YiYE7TC54CiJ875L1mvJMJMkP2m_JhcABWL1/s400/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPwBO7njg2xYVzyGFD-ilCUJGbPq2f1ogDRK0TRfMl89X2sRdxebR37vQoQ4WqspVjHyYA9NGPG8YVgI3vhPmhx_cefuGtaZdlYeDwRdXIoAPRsoFBQtgb2TKIbQShnM4fYZtnnwxXt81/s1600/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPwBO7njg2xYVzyGFD-ilCUJGbPq2f1ogDRK0TRfMl89X2sRdxebR37vQoQ4WqspVjHyYA9NGPG8YVgI3vhPmhx_cefuGtaZdlYeDwRdXIoAPRsoFBQtgb2TKIbQShnM4fYZtnnwxXt81/s400/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="316" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWEb9D2QkruBnJF1r5OTXM5az4ubvT5BUGwW2r0WpNcBwNLrWoQj9eBu90DLOv08VXocUV3YGP8LMLRbopOg-GmxhlQzZGnpa3rRq80IXVeG3dpbEbyPJQ550S5R8PJ7tHMt5Xo-3TWaQ/s400/betty+and+francois+catroux+apt+4.jpg" width="400" /></div>

The Chic Catroux

It's interesting how you see some designers all over the place and some nowhere at all.  I wish we could see more work of the interior d...

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