It’s been home to Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte, Simone De Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre, Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim, no wonder Paris is said to be one of the most romantic places in the world. It’s also one of the most intimidatingly chic.
Unsurprisingly, when those A-list couples not blessed with French nationality head to the City of Lights they feel the pressure not just to show the world how ludicrously lustful they are for one another, but flex their style credentials too. Remember Kim and Kanye back in 2014? Shortly before their Florentine nuptials, the couple descended on the French capital and turned the paved streets of the 1st arrondissement into their own private catwalk show, replete with high-fashion, high-ticket looks from the likes of Balmain, Givenchy and Céline. Every directional shoe, artfully draped coat and knockout diamond announced: ‘Nous sommes arrivés’.
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And while Kim and Kanye continue to court the fashion world, Kimye the couple are no more. But there is, inevitably, another paparazzi-bait pairing waiting in the wings, ready to…
