Cécile ALLAIN
Cecile is a Fashion designer graduated from the Atelier Chardon Savard of Paris and holds a certificate of the Saint Martin School of London.
She has rolled her bump from New York to London via Paris where she has enriched cultures and skills that she met. Her positions as a stylist, personal consultant and personnal shopper, or by creating her own brand also convinced her that there was a high expectation from customers looking for originality and excellence.
Florent BIARD
Florent holds a Master’s degree in Luxury Brand Management and Digital Marketing Strategy.
His career abroad, his artistic sensibility and his family origins have contributed to his choice to create a specialized agency whose services meet the wishes of passionate and demanding people and perfectionists. Florent thinks that the value of a man can be measured by the quality of his work and his ability to evolve for the better. This is what gives him a great attention for details.
OUR STORY
‘Our adventure started in 2019 the date we met at the Grands Boulevards subway station.’
Created by two fashion and culture enthusiasts, Florent BIARD and Cecile ALLAIN, GRANDS-BOULEVARDS PARIS, also called ‘La Maison de Haute Experience’, is a French Luxury DMC offering immersive experiences in Paris and France.
OUR MISSION: To enhance your stay in our beautiful cities by contributing to create memories that last for life.
OUR STORY
‘Our adventure started in 2019 the date we met at the Grands Boulevards subway station.’
Created by two fashion and culture enthusiasts, Florent BIARD and Cecile ALLAIN, GRANDS-BOULEVARDS PARIS, also called ‘La Maison de Haute Experience’, is a French Luxury DMC offering immersive experiences in Paris and France.
OUR MISSION: To enhance your stay in our beautiful cities by contributing to create memories that last for life.
Specialized in luxury and lifestyle services, its expertise extends from shopping to fashion, from art to culture and from gastronomy to well-being.
This mastery of multiple domains is possible thanks to a vast network of experts and selective passionate partners: personal shoppers, guides, brands, French institutions and VIP transport agencies, allowing to create unique experiences, far from the usual tourist excursions.
THE STORY BEHIND
GRANDS-BOULEVARDS
THE STORY BEHIND GRANDS-BOULEVARDS
A story of kings, artists and poets: such is the destiny of the Grands Boulevards of Paris, the beating heart of the city.
By the late 17th century, the Sun King, Louis XIV, establishes his authority as the highest world leader by razing the military walls of the city and transforms that spare place into highways called boulevards. Halfway between the city and the countryside, these boulevards would later become the capital’s most popular walking areas.
To the west, the boulevards are quickly populated by hundreds of mansions, architectural jewels ; to the east, they host merry shows, balls and restaurants for the pleasure of pedestrians. This is the beginning of the Grands Boulevards.
Later in the 19th century, the Grands Boulevards are drawing the attention of all artists. From Paris sidewalk cafés, theatres, shops and covered passages, the bourgeoisie and the arty scene rub shoulders with flâneurs and boulevardiers. Told by BALZAC and FLAUBERT, painted day and night by RENOIR or CAILLEBOTTE, they became, at the end of the century, the emblem of the Paris Belle Époque.
‘To err is human, to loaf is Parisian’ – Victor HUGO.
Four centuries after, the Grands Boulevards continue to embody that greatness of Paris, and tourists and Parisians are still enjoying strolling around because … ‘Paris est une Fête’.
A story of kings, artists and poets: such is the destiny of the Grands Boulevards of Paris, the beating heart of the city.
By the late 17th century, the Sun King, Louis XIV, establishes his authority as the highest world leader by razing the military walls of the city and transforms that spare place into highways called boulevards. Halfway between the city and the countryside, these boulevards would later become the capital’s most popular walking areas.
To the west, the boulevards are quickly populated by hundreds of mansions, architectural jewels ; to the east, they host merry shows, balls and restaurants for the pleasure of pedestrians. This is the beginning of the Grands Boulevards.
Later in the 19th century, the Grands Boulevards are drawing the attention of all artists. From Paris sidewalk cafés, theatres, shops and covered passages, the bourgeoisie and the arty scene rub shoulders with flâneurs and boulevardiers. Told by BALZAC and FLAUBERT, painted day and night by RENOIR or CAILLEBOTTE, they became, at the end of the century, the emblem of the Paris Belle Époque.
‘To err is human, to loaf is Parisian’ – Victor HUGO.
Four centuries after, the Grands Boulevards continue to embody that greatness of Paris, and tourists and Parisians are still enjoying strolling around because … ‘Paris est une Fête’.
