Stories • Fashion • Culture
Dive into the fascinating world of haute couture, the great fashion houses, and the history of Parisian fashion.
Discover the Louvre through a fashion lens. From Mona Lisa's silk robes to Louis XIV's velvet coronation robes, explore 7 paintings that reveal the history of fashion in Paris's most iconic museum.
How long it lasts, how much walking is involved, whether you go inside anywhere, and who these tours are genuinely suited to.
Lobster dresses, shoe hats and shocking pink: how Schiaparelli fought Chanel for 1930s Paris, lost commercially, and won artistically.
Which streets in Le Marais are worth your time, where the good vintage actually sits, and how the district became a fashion neighbourhood at all.
In 1966 Yves Saint Laurent cut a tuxedo for women. Restaurants refused them entry — which was precisely the proof that it worked.
On 12 February 1947 Christian Dior showed a collection that scandalised a rationed France and restored Paris to the centre of world fashion within two years.
No, and here is exactly why - plus what you can actually see during fashion week, and what to do in Paris instead.
How Parisians actually dress, what marks you out as a visitor, and what to pack by season : explained by a fashion historian who lives here.
From Louis XIV’s trade policy to Worth’s label and Dior’s New Look: the deliberate, four-century construction of Paris as the centre of fashion.
Fashion weeks, couture weeks, museum calendars, sales periods and weather: when to come to Paris if fashion is the reason for the trip.
A realistic single-day plan for fashion lovers in Paris: what to see, in what order, how long each stop takes, and where to eat between them.
Haute couture is a protected legal term in France with specific criteria. Here is what it actually requires, which houses qualify, and why it matters.
Rue Cambon, the Ritz, the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré: the real geography of Gabrielle Chanel’s Paris, and what happened at each address.
Palais Galliera, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Bourdelle: what each one actually holds, and how to plan a visit that is worth the ticket.
Le Marais, Saint-Ouen, Saint-Germain and the Canal: where to actually find good vintage in Paris, what to pay, and how to spot a reproduction.
The three addresses that shaped modern fashion — 31 Rue Cambon, 30 Avenue Montaigne and 5 Avenue Marceau — and what really happened inside them.
A Paris fashion historian shares the addresses, museums and hidden couture landmarks worth your time — and the tourist traps to skip.
