Welcome back to another blog post about our 2018 senior fashion trip. Today was another full day, so let's get right to it.
To start things off, we decided to hit the Yves St. Laurent Museum on 5 Ave. Marcau. While here, we ran into a somewhat witty guard who spoke pretty good English... Somehow, we ended up talking about Donald Trump and why he looks like an orange, and something about a bald spot...
Despite all of this being a really good start to the day, the best was yet to come. As we went through the museum, (which was commissioned by Mr. Laurent's partner Pierre Berge) we got to see and understand how Mr. Laurent and Mr. Berge operated their empire. From observing every fine detailed stitch, to how they kept track of the sales records and fittings for clients, we gained knowledge of how the massive design empire was run. When we left, the only thing one could see was the grin on all our faces.
(All Photo's Yves Saint Laurent Museum, 2017)
After the Laurent museum, we decided to take a quick lunch and then head over to the Petit Palais located on Winston St. Half of us ended up at the Grand Palais which was a happy accident, as it blossomed into learning about a gentleman who helped developed vaccines and also helped the fashion industry. His name was Louis Pasteur. In the museum, we learned about how he experimented with different types of acids used for dying clothing to help learn about fermentation and spontaneous generation. This in turn led him to help solve a silk worm crisis as well as help develop the scientific idea that spontaneous generation is false.
Side note: On our way to the Petit Palais, we also found a secret magical garden which was awesome.
(All Photo's Secret Garden-N/A)
After this, we headed across Winston St. to get to the Petit Palais. It was here we found the Petit Palais was a city based museum where we found Impressionism Paintings and took photos.
( Photo's N/A)
We stopped by a ready to wear Elle Saab store. Filled with beautiful garments from head to toe, it was easy to get lost in all the immaculate detail expressed in the construction of those garments. The spring/summer collection based on an ocean theme had details of waves, coral and colors of the sea. The store's brand ambassador was willing to let us take pictures and answer any questions we had about the collection. Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better... it did.
We stopped by a ready to wear Elle Saab store. Filled with beautiful garments from head to toe, it was easy to get lost in all the immaculate detail expressed in the construction of those garments. The spring/summer collection based on an ocean theme had details of waves, coral and colors of the sea. The store's brand ambassador was willing to let us take pictures and answer any questions we had about the collection. Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better... it did.
( Photo's N/A)
This leads me to the title of this post and the last stop we went to as a group. In my opinion, Square Louise Michel is the best kept secret about Paris. We arrived at sunset, and I can't really describe the rest, because most words fall short. So instead, take a look at the pictures below...
(All Photo's Square Louise Michel, 1927)
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