WORLD-WIDE WELCOME

Borders are overrated, François Gemenne has concluded.

— A story about IMMIGRATION POLITICS TOURISM

CREATION GENERATIONS

In the late 1980’s Irene Silvagni fought for new generation of talent until she had to face a tough choice - sell-out or pack-up.

(Hint: she didn’t sell-out).

Fast-forward to today.

Can Paris still give talent a chance, can there a new creation generation ?

— A story about DESIGNERS DROME FASHION ICOSAE IRENE SILVAGNI KOCHÉ LEA PECKRE NEITH NYER VOGUE Y/PROJECT

NAKED GLORY

Sometimes it is better to be naked than badly clothed.

— A story about Cities FASHION Paris Sebastien Meunier Versailles

PARIS IS DEAD SEASON 2 TEASER

PARIS IS DEAD X 2
= PARIS IS DEAD IS DEAD.

LONG LIVE PARIS IS DEAD.

— A story about Season 2 Teaser

THE 7 RABBIT LIVES OF MR. KAWAHARA

IT STARTED THE MOMENT HE LANDED.

ON THE CHARLES DE GAULLE RUNWAY, WHITE RABBITS.

FROM THAT PRECISE MOMENT ON, SHINSUKE KAWAHARA’S OBSESSION WAS SET IN MOTION.

— A story about ILLUSTRATION JAPAN RABBITS

IN BLOOM

Louis Benech is the landscape genius behind the Tuileries gardens, high place of both culture and cruising.

Benech now takes on Versailles, bringing contemporary art to the sun-king's domain with his new design for the Bosquet du Théâtre d'Eau
[Water Theater grove], featuring an installation by artist Jean-Michel Othoniel.

— A story about Gardens Louis Benech Nature Versailles

DEEP PURPLE

The fashion fantasies of Jun Takahashi, mastermind of the Undercover label, always seem to tell us a story.

Like a phoenix in reverse, Undercover's haunting impression inspired writer Ingrid Astier to write a short exclusively for Paris is Dead - 'Deep Purple.'

— A story about Ingrid Astier undercover

KILLER HEELS

"Heels are dead," they've been saying.

His heels are not dead, they're just beyond life.

These are killer heels we're talking about.

— A story about CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN HEELS SHOES

Bordello Valentine

Museums, monuments, shopping… scratch that. Once upon a time, Paris' number one attraction used to be its bordellos.

Enter Thierry Schaffauser, sex worker, thinker, activist and author of "Les luttes des Putes", 'The struggles of whores.'

— A story about BOOKS POLITICS SEX SEX WORKERS THIERRY SCHAFFHAUSER

BOURNE TO DIE

Starting at the end of a dirt road in Carolina, passing through a windowless room in San Francisco… Skateboarder-turned-model-turned-writer Scott Bourne was pretty much in the dark about the city of lights.

Now in Paris, he walks among the dead, or with them, as he likes to say.

READ MORE...

— A story about literature SCOTT BOURNE SKATEBOARD

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