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 1937 the City of Paris organised the World Exhibition of “Arts et Techniques appliqués à la vie moderne” (“Exhibition of Arts and Techniques applied on modern life”). For this occasion, several detached houses were built both to welcome visitors and promote the French savoir-faire. Even though the majority of these houses were ephemeral others were aimed to be permanents. That’s especially the case of the Tokyo… Read more »
C’est en 1957 que la comédie musicale West Side Story signée par Léonard Bernstein est jouée pour la première fois dans un théâtre de Broadway. Le succès est au rendez-vous et la pièce qui reprend le thème de Roméo et Juliette transposé dans un quartier populaire de Manhattan reste à l’affiche de près de 1000… Read more »