Born in Philadelphia, 95-year-old Rosamond Bernier has tamed wild animals, flown her own plane, and befriended the likes of Henri Matisse, Leonard Bernstein, and Frida Kahlo. The first-ever European features editor for Vogue in post-war Paris, she co-founded the influential art magazine L'OEIL in 1955. Returning stateside in 1971, she embraced a new career as a lecturer and married the love of her life, New York Times art critic John Russell. Bernier's vivid lectures on art and artists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art regularly sold out months in advance; she was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1999 by the French government; and she was placed on the International Best-Dressed List for life. Bernier's new memoir chronicles her extraordinary adventures of artistic and historical significance.