If you are a gentleman of a certain age, tall with a long black coat, a broad brimmed hat, carefully knotted scarf and very very small dog, and you live in Deauville, you may remember helping us as we balanced on giant terracotta flowerpots to try and match a view
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A little Deauville shop that changed the world
During the Belle Époque even the freshest mademoiselle lamb could look like madam mutton on a sparkling summer day in Deauville. Match! Les Planches, the promenade at Deauville Knee length corsets, layers of petticoats, ruffles and folderols... before the unique fashion influence of Coco Chanel ladies used all manner of lacy excesses to
Disaster in Deauville; the 1936 Grand Prix
First published March 2016. After bankrupting the motor company he started, André Citroën could no longer afford to spend summers in Deauville. For years he had rented one of the largest villas, the Villa Abeilles 'villa bees' for the season, gambling away small fortunes at the casino with the Aga Khan
An incognito King, in Deauville
Celebrating the first day of summer, in 1920’s Deauville – photo post!
'Groupe de 6 baigneuses dansant en ligne sur une plage a Deauville' say the notes with this charming old photograph, 'Group of 6 bathers dancing in a line on Deauville beach'. Five of these young ladies have sleek swimming costumes and their hair is controlled with neat little turbans. The sixth dancer