INÈS DE LA FRESSANGE KEEPS IT COOL IN PROVENCE
On a record-high day of 44 deg C in late June, as we drive away from the medieval town of Tarascon in Provence, in the south of France, we follow a long windy path framed by olive trees that seems to lead to nowhere. Without a house in sight, we continue our drive uphill onto an unpaved road, windows wide open with only the sound of cicadas and the heavy feel of the blazing heat piercing through the car.
We finally arrive at the scenic estate of 62-year-old French style icon, designer, author and model Inès de la Fressange. The property sprawls over nearly 15 hectares of lavender bushes and more olive trees with gnarled and twisted trunks, which surround her house, painted an off-white hue and trimmed with doors and window shutters in a
