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(4) four VINTAGE / ANTIQUE FASHION ADS

FRAMED UNDER GLASS
PARIS LATE 19TH CENTURY FASHION

(1) GILQUINS IMPRESSION PARIS BY BONNARD
MEASURES ABOUT 24CM X 32CM

(1) LA MODE ILLUSTREE
BUREAUX DU JOURNAL56 RUE JACOB PARIS
29CM X 37CM

(2) MIRORI DES MODES
PARIS: COFFINIER BOULEVARD ST. MARLIN
WIEN: T.G. GRESS EUCHLAUBEN 427
27CM X 34CM

THESE CAN BE SHIPPED FOR CONSIDERABLY LESS WITHOUT THE FRAMES
ALL PICTURES ARE AGED AND SHOW AGE COLORATION AND OR FOXING

 

 
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Fashion journalism is a component of fashion media with a focus on writing and photojournalism. Fashion journalists essentially serve the same purpose as other journalists, but focus specifically on fashion trends and events. Strong contacts in the fashion industry, such as relationships with designers and stylists, are a must. In addition to having inside industry knowledge and a love for fashion, a fashion journalist will need a strong capacity for writing, reporting and narration. In the mass media age, a fashion writer should also be digitally adept and comfortable with modern technology. More and more, publication houses are choosing job candidates who have skills in creating web-based content. A fashion journalist may be employed by a publication or work on a freelance basis.

The job of a fashion journalist is to report on the latest fashion trends. A fashion journalist has knowledge of fashion history, stays up to date on industry trends/forecasting. The majority of a journalists time is spent doing research, fact-checking, and attending events. Fashion journalists are either employed full-time by a publication or they submit articles on a freelance basis.

History
Fashion journalism developed during the 18th century, when the fashion dolls was replaced by the fashion magazines, notably the Cabinet des Modes, which is recognized to be the first true fashion magazine. It was followed abroad by Journal des Luxus und der Moden (1786-1827) in Germany, Giornale delle Dame e delle Mode di Francia (1786-1794) in Milan, and Gallery of Fashion (1794-1803) in Britain.

During the 19th century, numerous fashion magazines were published, employing fashion journalists reporting on the latest trends from Paris. Among the earliest in Great Britain were Ann Margaret Lanchester, who published her own fashion paper, the Le Miroir de la Mode, and Mary Ann Bell, writing for the La Belle Assemblee in the early 19th-century.

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Printemps ("spring" (season) in French) is a French department store (French: grand magasin, literally "big store"). The Printemps stores focus on beauty, lifestyle, fashion, accessories, and men's wear.

Printemps (French for "Spring", the season) was founded in 1865, by Jules Jaluzot and Jean-Alfred Duclos. The store was designed by noted architects Jules and Paul Sedille and opened at the corner of Le Havre and Boulevard Haussmann, in Paris, France on 3 November 1865. The building was greatly expanded in 1874, and elevators (then a great novelty) from the 1867 Universal Exposition were installed. Rebuilt after a fire in 1881, the store became the first to use electric lighting, in 1888. (Customers could observe the workings of the power plant behind a glass wall.) It was also one of the first department stores with direct subway access, the Metro being connected in 1904.

The policies of Printemps revolutionized retail business practices. The store marked items with set prices and eschewed the haggling based on customer appearance that had previously been standard in retail shopping. Like other grands magasins (literally "big store", department store), Printemps used the economies of scale to provide high quality goods at prices that the expanding middle class could afford. They also pioneered the idea of discount sales to clear out dated stocks, and later the use of window models to display the latest fashions. Printemps was noted for its branding innovations as well, handing out bouquets of violets on the first day of each Spring and championing the new Art Nouveau style, with its nature inspired motifs.

In 1904, a near collapse of the business led to the resignation of Jules Jaluzot, who was succeeded by Gustave Languionie who the following year announced the construction of a second store. This location, designed by architect Rene Binet, opened five years later and is famously dominated by a glass domed hall 42 meters in height, and a noted Art Nouveau staircase. (Removed in 1955.) The first store outside of Paris was opened in 1912 in Deauville. Peter Laguionie, son of Gustave took the helm of the store in 1920, rebuilding it after another large fire in 1921. In 1931, Printemps created the discount chain Prisunic. By 1970 there were 23 Printemps locations and 13 Prisunic discount outlets. The oil-price driven French economic crisis of the early 1970s significantly threatened Printemps business model. In response, the firm is transformed into a limited corporation, with controlling interest acquired by the Maus Freres, a Swiss holding company. Led by Jean-Jacques Delort the firm embarked on a turnaround strategy, creating specialty stores and brands (such as Armand Thierry clothing) and branching out into retail areas such as food and mail. In the 1980s, the brand went global, opening stores in Japan, Istanbul, Jeddah, Dubai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Current Operations and Finances
Part of the cupola above the tearoom of the Boulevard Haussmann Printemps store
The flagship Printemps store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris along with other well-known department stores like Galeries Lafayette. There are other Printemps stores in Paris and throughout France. The store has opened branches outside France in locations including Andorra, the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Shanghai.

However, the franchises in Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore which opened in 1980s, and the one in Taipei, which opened in 1993 are closed, as is the only North American branch in Denver, Colorado, which had opened in 1987. on 15 January 2014, Printemps opened "its first new store in 32 years in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping mall in Paris."

The figures of the Four Seasons on the facade were sculpted by French sculptor Henri Chapu. Jaluzot was replaced as owner in 1900 by Gustave Laguionie, after the business came close to collapse. In the early 20th century, the building was then extended along the Boulevard Haussmann by architect Rene Binet in an art nouveau style. The building burned down, and its interior was rebuilt in the 1920s.

A remarkable feature of the Haussmann store is an elaborate cupola above the main restaurant in the store, installed during the 1923 reconstruction. In 1939, to avoid the risk that it would be destroyed in bombing attacks, the cupola was dismantled and stored at Clichy. It was restored in 1973 by the grandson of its original designer, using plans that had been kept in the archives of the family business. In 1975, the facade and cupola of the building were registered as historical monuments. Their slogan, invented in 1996, is "Au Printemps, nous avons des vetements!", which is sung as a catchy jingle on advertisements.

On 16 December 2008, the Paris department store Printemps Haussmann was evacuated following a bomb threat from the terrorist group FRA (Afghan Revolutionary Front). The demining services found five sticks of dynamite in the toilet of the store. The FRA claims this assassination attempt and demanded the withdrawal of 3,000 French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan.

Ownership
Printemps and its subsidiaries were acquired in 1991 by Francois Pinault and merged with other holding into Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, now PPR group, the parent company of Gucci and FNAC. In 1997, a complete renovation of the flagship store was completed. In 2006, PPR sold Printemps to the Italian Borletti Group (with equity partner Deutsche Bank) who made major investments to revamp the stores.

On 31 July 2013, Divine Investments SA (DiSA), a Qatari-controlled investment fund, announced it has bought Printemps. On 4 August 2013, labor organizations in France asked the Paris prosecutor’s office to open a preliminary inquiry into the sale, in response to a complaint from labor representatives. On 8 August 2013, a French court rejected the request to stop the sale. A 2008 treaty exempts Qatari investors from taxes on the profits they make when they sell properties in France.

 

 


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