Objet Trouvé  - noun
an ordinary object, found; a strand of sequins, a beaded flower, thread&buttons etc that is treated as an object of art by the one who finds it.

Origin: France, found object.

Two very happy things happened this morning. I visited 10 Corso Como and I saw Ilse Crawford. Although too shy (hard to believe) to introduce myself, she is one of the reasons I am the stylist I am today. I have every copy of Elle Decoration that she edited in the 90s. She was a huge influence on how I looked at design,...