Sotheby's Paris moved last week to a new address at 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the heart of Paris's art, fashion and luxury district. The relocation of its…
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Photography has been documenting fashion since a human being was first photographed (probably Louis Daguerre's 1839 image of a Paris street scene with a dandy getting a shoeshine).
The…
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