French leather: an invitation to travel
To understand the history of leather France Deluxe and assessing developments, should be back in the 19th century. A period hinge that born two legends: Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
1837, Thierry Hermès founded a saddle and harness factory in Paris in the Madeleine district. The same year, freshly arrived from a small village of Bresse region, Louis Vuitton tries his luck in the capital as an apprentice. It is layetier wrapper malletier and deals while packing goods fortunate to travel clients. At the end of the 19th century, the industrial revolution and transportation stimulated tourism aristocrats where baggage must be both functional and aesthetic.
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Paris in Black
Paris, the city of fashion. Particularly if fashion is defined by wearing black. Parisians love to wear black; black trousers, black shoes, black coats, you name it.
Parisian women are peculiarly fond of black clothes. It is well recognized that “le noir, ça mincit”. Parisian women having a cool obsession with looking slender, black is their best friend.
But besides its superb fat-erasing skills, black is a priceless social colour in Paris. With black, you go unobserved.
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Madonna & Louis Vuitton
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Madonna may be about to follow in the steps of Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson and Uma Thurman as the latest face of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton, according to Style.com
The Material Grandma has reportedly signed on as the face of the fashion giant’s Spring 2009 campaign, and a superstar team has been lined-up for the collaboration.
Celebrity fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott have reportedly already shot the advertisements for the Spring 2009 project.
Well, it’s a good distraction after a big divorce - who said you can’t be fabulous in your fifties?
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French Fashion
Fashion has been important industry and cultural export of France since the seventeenth century, and modern “haute couture” originated in Paris in the 1860s. Today, Paris, along with Tokyo, London, Milan, and New York City, is considered one of the world’s fashion capitals, and the city is home or headquarters to many of the premier fashion houses. Historically, many of the world’s top designers and fashion houses have been French, including Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Chloé, Hermès, Guy Laroche, Yves Saint Laurent and shoe designer Christian Louboutin. The Paris fashion houses also attract many foreign designers
- French fashion
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