86 ELLE DECORLauder says. “She just captures a moment. It’s
not always the perfect moment, but it’s so real
and so interesting.”
Mixed in among the Barneys, the William
Wegman dog portraits, and the master bed-
room’s huge Thomas Struth image of the Art
Institute of Chicago are scads of candids by Jo
Carole of Lauder’s two now-college-age sons
as children, riding the merry-go-round in the
Champ de Mars and sitting under the living
room’s Prouvé Presidential desk, coloring. “My
mother’s got a great eye,” she says. “The apart-
ment really is full of wonderful memories.”
Lauder has had her share of chic Parisienne
experiences over the years, thanks to grand-
mother Estée. “I went to the Chanel shows
many, many years with her—back when Clau-
dia Schiffer was the bride—and to Givenchy
shows,” Lauder recalls. “She loved going to
boutiques and department stores—we’d walk
through the beauty department” to check on
how her products were being sold.The Charles Eames chair in
the master bath is vintage,
and the stool is by Piero
Fornasetti. The photographs
include works by Louis
Faurer, Garry Winogrand,
and Joel Meyerowitz.