For the multimillion-dollar makeover of Sofitel Paris le Faubourg, local designer Didier Gomez looked to feminine influences to lend fashion and polish to the former private mansion located in the Faubourg Saint-Honoré neighborhood.

The 111-room, 36-suite property’s aesthetic manifests in curvaceous forms, “or with photos emphasizing the female body—the shoulders, the hips; or through color,” Gomez explains.

Gomez’s design inspiration was “a kind of nostalgia for the luxury of Paris of the 1950s to ’60s, coupled with very precise color codes—black, white, gray, and gold,” he says, along with other added splashes of color.

The interiors were inspired by modern life, while also nodding to the building’s history as a grand private townhouse, with contemporary and custom furniture pieces.

In guestrooms, “mirrors and crystal…create a play between the décor and light,” says Gomez, who included sparkling pendants, Cecil Beaton photographs for Vogue, and soft interiors of gray, ivory, and light blue.

Geometric-patterned carpeting, modular furnishings, and large-scale art evoke a retro-inspired atmosphere in one suite.