Word: parisianize
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...been clearly explained to the public that these were propaganda photos on display, the exhibit could have been very interesting." While most photos clearly present an idealized and flattering picture of occupied Paris, other shots featuring Nazi flags, German installations, and huge numbers of uniformed soldiers mingling on familiar Parisian streets leave little doubt as to the actual context...
Louboutin spent the early years of his career designing shoes for some of fashion's biggest names, including Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Maud Frizon. In 1992 he opened up his own shop at the end of a picturesque 19th century Parisian arcade. He still runs his business from that Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau address, but now his shoes are sold in 46 countries around the world. He has 14 boutiques in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and London, and he plans to open six more next year in places like Singapore, Jakarta and Beijing...
...That the revival of their fortunes should have begun halfway around the world, at Séra's Parisian drawing table, is not entirely surprising. "The Khmer diaspora has had interesting effects on Khmer culture," says John Weeks, the assistant managing editor at Our Books. Filmmakers and novelists who fled Cambodia have helped map out a record of its struggles, and émigré communities have been instrumental in keeping traditional dance and music alive after many of its best practitioners were persecuted. Séra obeyed the same impulses as many artistically minded exiles, but although he had been...
...Diana and boyfriend Dodi al Fayed are killed when their chauffeured Mercedes crashes in a Parisian tunnel after being chased by paparazzi...
...French are quite in touch with their hatred of capitalism, but they hardly remember France’s original sin with financial markets. Back in 1719, in what became the first modern bubble (and bust), John Law single-handedly obliterated the incipient Parisian stock market. Once a penniless gambler, the rogue Law became part of the King’s court and eventually rose to Controller-General of Finances. He achieved control of the central bank, most money-issuing mints, the national debt, the collection of indirect taxes, and the largest player in the market, the Company of the Indies...