special friendship and a mutual understanding between France and the United States—specifically, between Paris and New York—has existed long before the first issue of hit newsstands in July 1921. Since the founding of the U.S., the two countries have shared a love of fashion and defined what it means to be chic in their own unique ways, and this commonality became a central plotline running through ’s pages over the decades since. began as a vehicle for promoting and uplifting the French fashion industry, but the very first issue addresses the country’s bond with the U.S., even translating all articles
