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French elegance, a royal tradition

A 16th-century king invited the daughters of the nobility...

to live with the queen and be educated by her, as a way to attract noblemen to the Court and make it a civilizing force. So his gifts to them of fabulous gowns and jewels had a political intent. That is the start...

of the exceptional role that women have played in France. It is the reason why, in its respect for culture, for a courteous relationship between the sexes and for making style an art, Paris is called "a woman's city".


These "privileged entries" reveal the rootedness of that royal demand for elegance.

 

 

Court fashion from Versailles seeps down to Paris (Palais-Royal, 1787)

 

  • Possibilities that are original with us

 

 

    •Shopping in the Covered Passage maze 

     

    •Silks of kings

     

     

    •Makeover

        •Workshops for haute couture


     

     

    •Illustrations for Vogue, 1930-1960

        •Fashion show or performance?



    • As well -

     

    • Celebrated flagship stores' inner sanctum: Some of the great establishments may open confidential doors on our exceptional introduction.

     

     

    •  Organization of private fashion shows, initiation to perfume: please ask

       

       

      • For a brand-name fashion outlet just outside Paris, accessible by public transportation, please ask

       

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