GOUDE THE GREAT: Graphic designer, illustrator, director, photographer... is there anything JEAN-PAUL GOUDE can't do? With a major retrospective opening this fall, his old friend GLENN O'BRIEN catches up with the man behind some of Bazaar's most tantalizing images

For some reason, I always end up seeing Jean- Paul Goude at the same restaurant in Paris. La Méditerranée, on Place de l'Odeon, opened in 1942 and is a glimpse into a fast-reading world of wit, sophistication, and charm. Jean Cocteau designed the plates; Christian Bérard, the painter and fashion illustrator, created the whimsical murals; if you blur your eyes, you can almost see Orson Welles or Ava Gardner across the room.