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THE VOGUE COMPANY (December 17, 1892)

Quality & Modesty

Henri II Estienne (1528–1598), fils de Robert, est l’imprimeur le plus célèbre de la famille.

NEW STORE

La familia ilustre de la “typographie parisienne” imprime en Ginebra.

My brand had quite a coincidental beginning – it started out with a small thrift store find in a summer vacation; a childrens loom. After some months of trying it out, this was replaced by a bigger loom on which I could create a variety of textiles to use in making different pieces of clothing.

Cette boutade de charles-maurice de talleyrand, rappelée par le professeur Paul Guichonnet dans l’introduction de son Histoire de Genève, exprime bien le destin exceptionnel de la cité. ville-etat repliée sur un territoire aux dimensions exiguës, dépourvue d’arrière-pays, de la puissance démographique et de la force matérielle ou militaire qui font une grande capitale, Genève a su se hisser parmi les métropoles les plus connues au monde. Cette évolution est bien le résultat de son histoire singulière, mais aussi de l’ouverture d’esprit dont ses habitants ont généralement fait preuve. Genève rayonne aussi par son prestige intellectuel, par la qualité de son université et de ses centres de recherches, notamment dans les domaines de la médecine et des sciences de la vie. Grand centre marchand depuis le moyen age, la ville-etat, devenue canton Suisse, s’est progressivement convertie en un lieu d’implantation attractif pour les sociétés multinationales, en raison notamment du cosmopolitisme de sa population et de la qualité de la vie sur les bords du Léman et les rives du Rhône.

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