France - visit of "Le Printemps"

France 

On May 13, 2022, for the Erasmus + "REACH to share" project, our class visited a particular local heritage: the "Printemps” (the emblematic Parisian department store).

Accompanied by  Mrs. Salcedo and Mr. Allan, the students discovered the backstage of this true Parisian institution and temple of fashion since 1865. 

Part of the architectural heritage of Paris, these stores, with a long history, have been the subject of a private visit with a guide from Cultival company.

We discovered the basements, the analysis of themed sales floors, stairs and patios created by great architects and designers, up to the famous dome.

The visit gave the students a better understanding of the ingenuity of the store's founders and the innovations, and placing them in their historical context. The facade is listed as a local architectural heritage.

• The view from the rooftops enthused the students with the superb panorama of Paris.

The Printemps store sets up the system of collections which are renewed every spring. They invent the system of sales to bring out new products .

·The history of stores and innovations in the women's fashion sector

The front of the Printemps store is listed as a local architectural heritage  

the stairs are a piece of work with an Art Nouveau style

· Old advertising posters from stores.

 

·The dome and its inner structure. Each small piece is numbered, in order to be able to disassemble and reassemble the work in case of risk of destruction. What was done at the beginning of the Second World War to avoid damage during the German occupation.

• Old advertising posters from stores.

The Printemps store sets up the system of collections which are renewed every spring. They invent the system of sales to bring out new products .

• link to the school web site