The table is set with magazine-page place mats, St.-Louis crystal and skulls by John Powell. (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
Hervé Van der Straeten and Bruno Frisoni (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
Red skull by John Powell (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
A fashionable folly awaits the guests. (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
Van der Straeten prepares the entrée in his slate-tiled kitchen. (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
Van der Straeten’s brass sconces and Dada mirror grace the fireplace. (Photo: Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello)
Lire l'article "A la Mode" d'Elizabeth Franck-Dumas http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/style/tmagazine/04talamode.html