Women wearing trousers in Paris in 1922. The original law, introduced just after the Revolution by Paris’s then police chief, was intended to prevent women from dressing like men, lest they be ...
Jane Dieulafoy wore men's clothes in the 1800s, but France looked the other way. She became a celebrity, renowned for discovering ancient Persian treasures. Jane Dieulafoy defied a 100-year-old law ...
The narrative that French people's style is classic and safe and that even the fashion crowd is anti-trends is quite dated, if you ask me. In fact, I find that French women fully embrace seasonal ...
Logomania is having something of a resurgence in 2022, but don’t expect that trend to pick up speed in Paris any time soon. French women don’t mind showing off a YSL belt buckle or an easily ...
Editor’s Note: Read more stories in our series about women and political power. In 19th-century America, the struggle for women’s rights—including the right to vote, enshrined nearly 100 years ago in ...