WASP-WAISTED
L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts was the Left Bank's haven for the young with creative talent, a bohemian bent and,
for most of its students, parents affluent enough to support studies that tended to be formless and never-ending.
The Beaux Arts had been one of the focal points of the May 68 uprising. It remained tainted with nostalgia for that brief interlude
(p.97)