Y LOVE AFFAIR WITH France began some 35 years ago, when I moved there to work in advertising. My passion began in Paris, where I was living, and several years later spread to the French countryside, when I bought a 17th-century manor house in Normandy. In hindsight, I can directly attribute those early years in France to my decision to change careers and become a designer. Americans have long felt an affinity for France; for me, it is the rich architectural history and love of
