Paris (France)

January 26, 2018

The Top 10 Moments From Couture Week

Advertisement 1. The Fashion Crowd Honored Alaïa The collections kicked off this season with a different kind of show: a homage to the designer Azzedine Alaïa, […]
January 25, 2018

In Paris, the Glitter of High Jewelry

Advertisement PARIS — The high jewelry showcases held during couture week in January tend to be more low-key affairs than those in July: A wet and […]
January 19, 2018

Nous, a New Store, Picks Up Where Dearly Departed Colette Left Off

Advertisement PARIS — The grate was not yet down on Colette before the eulogies began. For two decades, Colette Roussaux and Sarah Andelman’s store had been […]
November 20, 2017

Remembering Azzedine Alaïa: The Designer Who Took Time

Advertisement The last time I saw Azzedine Alaïa, the Tunisian-French designer who died this past weekend and was possibly the last of the great couturiers, it […]
November 17, 2017

Time, With a Parisian Flair

Advertisement PARIS — At a time when luxury brands are racing to market with connected watches, the Parisian lifestyle retailer Merci is taking the road less […]
November 8, 2017

LVMH Reshuffles Management, Shifting Sidney Toledano From Dior

Advertisement In a sign that the turbulence that has significantly altered the luxury creative landscape in recent years has moved to the executive suites, LVMH Moët […]
September 26, 2017

In the Studio: Olivier Rousteing on the Importance of Breaking the Rules

In the Studio By ELIZABETH PATON In the latest installment of this series that goes inside the private working worlds of designers, Olivier Rousteing, creative director […]
August 29, 2017

Home and Work: From a Beloved Children’s Boutique to a French Décor Store

Home and Work By AMY SERAFIN Over the course of more than 40 years, Marie-France Cohen joined her husband, Bernard, on countless adventures. The creatively fecund […]
July 15, 2017

Saying Farewell to a Store That Changed Shopping

When news broke last week that Colette, the pacesetting Parisian concept store that started numerous designers’ careers and helped change the face of retail, would close […]
July 4, 2017

Ramdane Touhami’s New French Empire

PARIS — A large beauty emporium was scheduled to open here on Wednesday in the former foundry where Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” was cast. It is […]