Paris Deluxe: Place Vendome by Alexis Gregory Book Hardcover Rizzoli

Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendome, and the two elegant streets leading to it-- the Rue de la Paix and the Rue de Castiglione. In this delightful book, a veritable paean to conspicuous consumption, Alexis Gregory reconstructs a wonderfully rich and varied tapestry of the changing life of the Place Vendome. In text and photographs, Paris Deluxe traces the history of the Place Vendome, from the square's beginnings as a high-risk property speculation, to its life in the twentieth century as Paris's center of fashion, jewelry, high finance, and art, a playground for international society that converges at the Paris Ritz Hotel. The cast of extraordinary personalities who have left their marks on the square covers the spectrum from fashion and jewelry-- names like Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Frederic Worth, Cartier, Boucheron. This luxuriously illustrated and evocatively written book will be cherished by every sybarite, francophile, and person of fashion. Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Rich & Famous, Europe / France, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Economics / General Photography, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Business & Economics, History 240 Pages Hardcover Used in Good Condition some slight wear or marks on dust jacket nothing major.