Category: Culture & Icons

I’m not really sure what it is we all love about Citroën 2CVs – those little round roofed cars that are so simple in design ...

  Born in Granville, Normandy on 21 January 1905, Christian Dior knew from an early age that he did not want to be a diplomat ...

Honoré de Balzac quote: “True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with ...

“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.” Born Freda Josephine McDonald in S Louis, Missouri June ...

Louis Vuitton was born August 4, 1821 in Anchay, in the eastern French region of Jura, the son of a famer and milliner. Legend has ...

  Born in Nantes, western France, February 8, 1828 Jules Verne grew up with a fascination for the ships he saw in the docks where ...

Born 28 January 1873 in Burgundy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is known always just as “Colette”. She was a writer and performer and a woman who attracted ...

Victor Hugo was born in Besancon in Franche-Comté, in the east of France, on February 26, 1802. Hugo’s father was an officer of Napoleon’s republic army; ...

  I first visited the famous Galeries Lafayettes in Paris when I was a teenager and was awed by the sheer beauty and effortless class ...

The Paris Left Bank’s legendary department store Le Bon Marché celebrated its 160th birthday in 2012 with a series of commissioned illustrations. Le Bon Marché ...