A legend in the American women’s fashion sector. In 1896 Henry W. Bendel, who combined creativity with a talent for business, opened a store influenced by European tastes in New York. Its interior was French in design and in its…

Frank (1928). Italian photographer naturalized French. Born in Abbazia (a town that now belongs to Croatia), he moved to Milan when he was very young. There he studied drawing at the Brera Academy and worked as a graphic designer for…

French fragrance company. Established in 1775 by Jean-Franµois Houbigant in Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The first shop’s sign had the indicative name: A la corbeille des fleurs, and it seems that Marie Antoinette visited it personally. Since then the company…