Galeries Lafayette - Paris, France
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The Galeries Lafayette is an upmarket French department store located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 09/04/2014
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In 1895, Théophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of rue La Fayette and the Chaussée d'Antin, in Paris. In 1896, their company purchased the entire building at n°1 rue La Fayette; in 1905 they acquired the buildings at n°38, 40 and 42, boulevard Haussmann and n°15 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin. Bader commissioned the architect Georges Chedanne and his pupil Ferdinand Chanut to design the store at the Haussmann location, where a glass and steel dome and Art Nouveau staircases were finished in 1912.
The Haussmann location, which serves as the flagship store of Galeries Lafayette, is a 10-story structure located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Galeries Lafayette in Paris hosts a popular weekly free fashion show for visitors.
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