From the Archives, 1987: Maximâs â icon of La Belle Epoque
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From the Archives, 1987: Maximâs â icon of La Belle Epoque
By WILLIAM MEYERS
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Maxim s restaurant, Paris.
Credit:SMH ARCHIVES
AT 8 AM, Pierre Cardin awakens to trumpets. Across the street from his four-storey Paris townhouse, reveille is sounding at Elyse Palace, the residence of the President of France.
Moving with the agile grace of a dancer, the 64-year-old designer rises quickly, makes his bed and hurries down two flights of stairs for a cup of coffee prepared by his sister, Jeanine, who is 20 years his senior.