"We stayed at the Plaza Athénée hotel..." the article begins with style icon Aerin Lauder recounting her first visit to Paris as a five-year-old with her Grandmother Estée Lauder in 1975, "I was excited by all the beauty". The apartment is featured in the September 2019 Edition of Elle Decor Magazine and was written by Dana Thomas with photography by Pascal Chevallier. In the early 1990s Lauder's parents, Ronald and Jo Carole, purchased a three-bedroom apartment in the middle of the city with the most incomparable views of the Eiffel Tower and the ornate gold dome of Les Invalides. They hired French Architect Antoine Stinco to renovate it; his modern, minimalist design perfectly showcasing the family's exceptional collection of modernist furniture, ceramics, and decor. "My mother's got a great eye, the apartment really is full of wonderful memories." But my favorite part is the view of the Eiffel Tower from Lauder's left Bank apartment; it is absolutely, captivatingly, gorgeous and I just had to share it with you! Enjoy!
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