For nearly fifty years, Parisian nightlife has cherished the memory of its most legendary club, the Palace.
Opened by Fabrice Emaer in 1978 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, the nightclub has been welcoming, for a decade, interlope personalities and magnificent socialites who drag their boots with bevelled heels around the big names in literature (including Roland Barthes) and fashion. - Saint Laurent, Montana, Mugler, Kenzo… - while on stage, play Grace Jones, Public Image Limited and Prince, who is giving his first Parisian concert there.
This mythical place, copiously documented by the chronicles of Alain Pacadis in
Liberation, Façade
and
Palace Magazine
, has always fascinated Hedi Slimane.
Friday evening, for a few hours, the artistic director of Celine has made it his mission to bring it back to life.
The parade is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. but from the middle of the afternoon, CRS trucks and barriers close the rue du Faubourg-Montmartre.
We are far from the joyful punk chaos of the Palace, but...
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