Amazing Grace. (hotelier Grace Leo-Andrieu)(Cover Story)

From: Town & Country | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Rafferty, Jean Bond | Copyright information

Hotelier Grace Leo-Andrieu owns and manages the Hotel Lancaster in Paris, France, combining her expertise in interior design with uncanny business acumen. Leo-Andrieu oversees all aspects of the hotel's operation, as she has done for several other successful enterprises in Paris.

Grace Leo-Andrieu seamlessly and stylishly blends East and West to create both homes and hotels in her own elegant image.

Ravishing and raffinee in a pale blue wool-crepe Armani suit, her grace...

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