March 2012

Maison Balzac

Spending time with Elise Pioch is like being embraced in a fairytale. Elise’s poetic stories are entrancing and no wonder, she’s the great great granddaughter of the french novelist Honore de Balzac. Note the reason her candles, Maison.Balzac (out next month) are named after her family lineage.


All Photo’s: Romy Frydman for StyleMeRomy.com
Elise in her bedroom wearing Dries Van Noten, a purchase from her job as the International Buyer at Belinda.

Her candles & essential oils

Fragrance testers for her candles.

Looking so french (her origin) in her kooky Bronte kitchen.

A souvenir from her birthplace, Beziers, South of France where bull fights and indian summer still happen.

On her desk

The Chappelli Bike, a design by Elise’s finance, the industrial designer Pablo Chappell.

Elise found her wedding dress designer, Delphine Manivet, in Paris who gave her this doll after an appointment with fabric swatches attached.

Considering Elise has been in fashion most her life she keeps her wardrobe to minimum.

Maison.Balzac candles in the bottom of her monogrammed Birkin bag from her time working at Hermes in Paris.

Collectables.

Elise loves Thyme (the herb) & uses it everywhere (cooking, cocktails, bath…) even planting it on her balcony in Bronte.

Pictured her beloved family.

Elise and Pablo’s country house a small church from 1880 near the Hawkesbury River. They have worked  hard renovating it into a homely country heaven with 4 chickens, a vegetable garden, a fruit orchard and a Victorian green house. I just adored her story in the most amusing, unspoilt way about her parents buying her a pool for the house this Christmas.

Elise wears Marni dress with jeans underneath, her new look this winter.

POSTED BY Romy

StyleMe80’s

It took Balenciaga’s latest fall 12 collection to inspire me to finally do my first eighties story. I know it’s tame!


All Photos: Jordan Graham for StyleMeRomy.com
Stylist: Romy Frydman Hair & Make-up: Victoria Baron

Model: Alicia Kuczman (Chadwick) wears adidas Originals by Jeremy Scott track top $250, Ksubi jeans $219.95, Gucci shoes $640 and Ksubi sunglasses $289.

adidas Originals by Jeremy Scott track top $300, adidas Originals by Jeremy Scott top $250, Ksubi jeans $199.95 and sunglasses.

adidas Originals by Jeremy Scott track top $380, James Perse tshirt $140, Acne skirt $310

POSTED BY Romy

A Few for Friday…

Things that will get you through and be thankful it’s finally Friday!!!


Brighten any weekend with coloured jeans from Acne $220


Monogrammed sunnies to hide your weekend sins!
Prada Private Collection sunglasses available at Sunglass Hut $540


For a bit of weekend bling American Apparel glitter nail polish $14

POSTED BY Romy

New New Miu Miu

DJ Philippa was flewn in to rock the house (literally) at the party to celebrate the new Miu Miu store in Sydney last Friday. Philippa & I took a quick tour of the store and photographed our wish list before she popped back on the plane to NZ!

POSTED BY Romy
Back to top