The Rue de la Paix building has been under renovation for the last two years. Next week, it will emerge in its new, redesigned form.
PARIS — From the moment its flagship store opened in 1899, at 13 Rue de la Paix in the Second Arrondissement, Cartier’s identity has been linked to that building.
It was here that Alfred Cartier and his eldest son, Louis, settled the family business — close to Place Vendôme and the fashionable Opéra Garnier, in the heart of the capital’s nascent luxury district — a first step in Cartier’s journey to becoming an international luxury powerhouse.
The Paris store was the last of Cartier’s three flagships, which
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