On Avenue Montaigne, Hôtel Plaza Athénée has opened a new chapter in its culinary story. Its gastronomic restaurant is now...
Patrick Roger, Chocolatier and Audacious Artist
Chocolate to him was a “passport for the world. It was a sudden revelation. Everything became possible whereas at the beginning I never expected my life to go this way. I went to sixty countries, I am travelling often...
The Smalto Suits – Absolute Icons of Cinematographic Elegance
Settled in Paris, rue de La Boétie, in 1962, Francesco Smalto’s boutique would not take long to attract the eyes of the artists of the time. Claude François and Charles Aznavour appreciated the mastery of the suit to such an extent that he made it an indispensable piece for the chic and ambitious man just arrived in Paris. In the song “Je me voyages déja”...
The Louis Vuitton Malle – An Icon Made Ideal By Its Versatility
The history of Louis Vuitton is incontestably linked to that of the rise of transport at the turn of the 20th century. It is because Louis Vuitton had an eye, and a good one at that. During his apprenticeship, the founder of the most luxurious house in...
Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2020 Show
In the end a very Parisian conception of allure - this spark of madness that we recognise with a bird cage … a frank and efficient wink at advertisement that is nonetheless iconic imagined by Jean-Paul Goude. Vanessa Paradis as a Chanel bird. And even...


























