So why not just go avant-garde into a slow-village movement?" Indeed, in the era of artisanal chic, a move up the Hudson feels like Back to the Land Lite.
Hannah Booth We've had to wait a while for female detective chic to move to the next level, but Sarah Lund's cream-and-black Scandi knit is the unsung star of TV drama The Killing and has, in one perfect knitwear coup de grace, ended the hitherto unassailable dominance of the DCI Jane Tennison skirt-suit and trench look.
At the end of the day, It's about being comfortable, chic and moving beyond some horrific hodgepodge of furniture that might or might not include a milk crate in your home office.
A Stella Show It was generally considered that Stella McCartney's decision to play down the red in Team GB's kits was a chic and tasteful move.
But many chic hotels have moved beyond generic tokens for frequent guests and V.I.P.'s.
The jewelry designer Kathy Korvin is one of those chic Parisians who moved to Provence for a healthier life.
However, over the last 10 years Barrio Gótico has become popular again and has undergone a revival, with the chic and trendy moving back in.
The décor is antique-shop chic: you can hardly move for ornate mirrors, elaborate chandeliers and the kind of square tables you'd find in a correctional facility.
Chanel's vision of an elegant tweed suit, now a byword for Parisian chic, was a radical move at the time.
Lately, Mr. Arnault has begun to move beyond tres chic to geek chic, personally investing hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money into Internet ventures here in Europe and across the Atlantic.
