
Lanvin Celebrates Its 125th Birthday
Lanvin prepares to celebrate its 125th birthday. In 1889, Jeanne Lanvin founded her Fashion House, on the corner of rue Boissy d’Anglas and rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. It was the success of her hat designs that led her to launch her own business – “Lanvin (Mademoiselle Jeanne) Modes” – and to design the hats of the most fashionable Parisiennes at the time. Lanvin made such beautiful clothes for her daughter Marie-Blanche de Polignac that they began to attract the attention of […]
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