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\u2015\u00a0AN EXCEPTIONAL HERITAGE<\/mark> TO CELEBRATE \u2015\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Rediscover the history of Galeries Lafayette<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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1894<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The all-new \u201cGaleries Lafayette\u201d store opens for business at number 1 rue Lafayette in Paris. This first store is a small, 70 square metre haberdashery, founded by two cousins from Alsace \u2013 Th\u00e9ophile Bader and Alphonse Kahn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1912<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The second round of major store extensions is entrusted to architect Ferdinand Chanut, who imagines an art nouveau masterpiece. The result includes not only the famous dome, but also the main staircase, grand central hall and elegant
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1919<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Taking up the challenge issued by Galeries Lafayette, French aviator Jules V\u00e9drines lands on the rooftop of the Paris Haussmann store in a Caudron G.3 on January 19 1919. He receives 25,000 francs in prize money from the department store for his feat \u2013 and has to pay a 16 franc fine for flying over Paris without authorisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1975<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jean-Paul Belmondo climbs onto the roof of the Galeries Lafayette store in Henri Verneuil\u2019s film Fear Over the City. It\u2019s the first film in which the actor plays a police officer, and he does his own stunts. The rooftop chase required the reconstruction of 400 square meters of zinc roofing on top of the Galeries Lafayette store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1976<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The giant Christmas tree under the dome has enchanted visitors every year since 1976. Before that, Christmas trees had decorated the boulevard and fa\u00e7ade. But in 1976, Galeries Lafayette pulled out all the stops, erecting a 23 meter high tree made with 400 square meters of aluminium inside the store\u2019s central hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1981<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The French Open goes from Roland Garros to Galeries Lafayette. Tennis legend Bj\u00f6rn Borg plays a few shots on the store\u2019s rooftop terrace during an event organised for children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2001<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jean-Paul Goude directs his first Galeries Lafayette ad campaign featuring French model and actress Laetitia Casta. Known as \u201cLaetitia Casta\u2019s Adventures in Galeries Lafayette\u201d, the campaign embodies the Galeries Lafayette spirit by blending humour and style to create a sense of playful sophistication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Galeries Lafayette organises the world\u2019s biggest fashion show in front of the Paris Haussmann store, requiring the surrounding streets to be blocked off to traffic. With 800 people modelling their own looks on a 75 meter long catwalk, the event was so successful that it earned a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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