Porcelain skin, aristocratic bearing, innate elegance…Parisians, in the matter of fashion, have always had a certain influence on women’s style choices.
Many photographers have immortalized them through the years, from Jacques-Henri Lartigue to Patrick Demarchelier, and they’ve never lost their mysterious allure.
“If there were no French women, life wouldn’t be worth living.”
― Friedrich Engels
Olivier Goldsmith, the famous Irish novelist, said once:
“A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.”
To pay tribute to these marvelous ladies, we have selected some pictures taken through the years that perfectly capture their iconic charm. Have a look at the gallery!
