Thierry Hermès has opened a first workshop in Paris in 1837, proposing customers top-range saddles and harness. It was his son and grandson who decided to expand their products with the aim of delivering riders expectations and also travellers one. Large travel and sport bags, toilet bags or golf club head covers have joined the… Read more »
The French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was behind the project of the Arab World Institute construction at the heart of Paris. Thus, he wanted to lighten the relations between France and Arab countries bringing the two cultures closer. The building was inaugurated in 1987 under the chairmanship of François Mitterrand. The Institute shelters permanent collections… Read more »
C’est vers le milieu du 19ème siècle que le jeune Louis Vuitton décide de devenir malletier et de fabriquer des coffres de voyage pour l’élégante clientèle parisienne. Très vite, ses créations remportent un vif succès, notamment auprès de l’impératrice Eugénie et de la noblesse française, ce qui lui permet d’ouvrir une première boutique dans la… Read more »