Chanel as a brand has emerged as the symbol of the French elegance, delicacy and fashion created for you by the founder Gabrielle Chesnel whose greats seamstress’ name is better known as Coco Chanel. This stallholder’s daughter from the Cevennes born outside of a marriage relationship was in no way fated to become the founder… Read more »
In 1899 Paris city has organised a World’s fair, a true showcase of the French expertise. It represented an opportunity for Gustave Eiffel to imagine and devise the famous tower which became a symbol for the capital. At the end of the 19th century the Eiffel Tower is an architectural and technological achievement and the… Read more »
Le président français Valéry Giscard d’Estaing est à l’origine du projet de construction de l’Institut du Monde Arabe au cœur de Paris. Il souhaite ainsi détendre les relations entre la France et les pays arabes en rapprochant les deux cultures. Le bâtiment est inauguré en 1987, sous la présidence de François Mitterrand. L’Institut accueille des… Read more »