Some noted French trends of the past such as Japonisme and Chinoiserie have made a profound impact on French culture.

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At Cannes, she goes for full-on glamour in flowing diaphanous gowns from Elie Saab or in intricately beaded and embroidered chinoiserie dresses.

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The Trianon de Porcelaine, Europe's first chinoiserie, was historically the least understood of these, fabled to have had a roof literally made of precious china.

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Original features remain, like the front desk, grand fireplace, tile-work floor, and Chinoiserie Chippendale bar in the J Bar which has been signed by every bartender to work there since 1889.

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Meanwhile, the elegantly restrained, two-story Chinese restaurant Lu Yu, courtesy of LTW, avoids the trap of obvious chinoiserie: Stacked abacuses line a wall near the entrance, while pale celadon porcelain bricks adorn the upstairs entryway.

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But like most Chinese classics it is now almost unknown to European audiences: Chinese plays have been all but absent from British theatres since the fading of the fashion for "Chinoiserie" in the 19th Century.

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Its neighbor to the other, chinoiserie.

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On "Dance Mania" he superimposes the mambo on the old Charleston favorite "The Varsity Drag, " and uses Chinoiserie effects on "Hong Kong Mambo, " an East-West dish that reminds me of the cuisine served in the Cuban-Chinese restaurants that proliferated in New York in the 1970s.

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