One of the best gifts I got this Christmas was this special edition Daligramme bag from Lancel.
I love this shape
At first I wasn’t sure at first what its purpose was
but sure is pretty, even without the filing “cabinet”
Then I figured it out what it’s for: an organizer for all my gift checques! The perfect gift for an editor/blogger/writer or anyone who gets a lot of these.
When I was growing up one of my favorite artists was Salvador Dalí. I used to stare at his works in my dad’s art books—he with the crazy mustache and paintings of limp watches and suspended eggs.
Apart from his art and lifestyle, what struck me about Dalí was his devotion to his wife and muse Gala.
Salvador Dali worshipped and adored Gala, the love of his life who inspired him to greatness and rescued him from madness.
From the moment they met in 1929 on the beach in Cadaques, they became inseparable. At that time Gala was still married to the poet Paul Eluard, who had no choice but resign to his fate. He left without Gala.
Gala was “the woman I dreamt of and painted before I knew her,” said Dali. ”I am crazy for Gala Gravida,” he declared, and invented an alphabet of love through symbols or variations on their initials, D and S and G.
Thus the “daligramas” were born.
This season, Lancel pays tribute to love of Salvador Dali and Gala through the Daligramme Collection, a range of bags emblazoned Dalí’s secret symbols.
Find them at Lancel, 2nd level, Shangri-La Plaza.
To know more, go to http://www.daligramme.com/.
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