What do they have in common besides extreme elegance? Geographic proximity. Erès, founded in 1968 by Irène Leroux, is located on Place de Madeleine just a hop skip and a jump away from Rue Saint Honoré, fiefdom of Parisian luxury and of the Hôtel Costes, opened in 1995 by Jean Louis Costes and recently classified...
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Its creation began in 1963 in the factories of Landersheim in France, intended to be sold the following year under the eponymous brand of its designer. The famous Adidas shoe presented a number of new innovations: the leather aerated by three rows of holes, characteristic of the brand’s DNA, is sewn into the sole for...
For city dweller women, elegant stilettos stand alongside wedge heels or relaxed flats sandales while ostrich feathers compete with python, velvety suede leather, and glazed calf leather. Whichever pair selected, these shoes are enhanced by discreet features like golden plaques or hand-tied bow. As for the travelling dandies, retro touches mingle with patinated leather boots...
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1966. Pants were prohibited, or at least looked down on, for women. The reason: their “obscenity”. Two years before the tumultuous Parisian riots of May 1968, at a time when women were beginning to flourish in their active lives, Yves Saint Laurent punctuated his career dedicated to beauty and elegance by bequeathing them an argument...
Delicate animated sketches channel Paris’ Belle Époque and light up the night sky in this new film from director Mary Clerté, dedicated to the legacy of French trunk-makers and leather goods specialist Moynat. The updated art deco imagery is inspired by the original drawings of the atelier’s one-time art director Henri Rapin, whose iconic red...
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Discover Nina Ricci’s new Ballet bag, in a video performance by « I Could Never Be a Dancer ».
