<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1499938964844" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="94.9416122436523" x="94.128791809082" y="-437.25" data-test="textbox">The legacy of </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1329956054688" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="41.6976013183594" x="188.832901000977" y="-437.25" data-test="textbox">French </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1329956054688" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="281.29557800293" x="230.859512329102" y="-437.25" data-test="textbox">nightlife began with clandestine wartime </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1159973144531" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="365.183746337891" x="77.4873962402344" y="-421.25" data-test="textbox">speakeasies, emerged into the mainstream, went back </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1329956054688" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="80.75" x="442.824035644531" y="-421.25" data-test="textbox">underground</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="5.93301391601562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="7.02099609375" x="522.557800292969" y="-421.25" data-test="textbox">, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1329956054688" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="74.2967834472656" x="126.184997558594" y="-405.25" data-test="textbox">and finally </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1329956054688" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="61.6607055664062" x="200.669097900391" y="-405.25" data-test="textbox">blossomed </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.1159973144531" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="215.111236572266" x="260.619018554688" y="-405.25" data-test="textbox">into unabashed public revelries.</text>

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.549072265625" x="50" y="-366.5" data-test="textbox">According to writer and Parisian nightlife aficionado Maurice </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="246.934074401855" x="50.6500015258789" y="-354.5" data-test="textbox">Sachs, the first dance halls opened in Paris one hundred years ago</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.125175476074" x="50.4300003051758" y="-342.5" data-test="textbox">, in 1921. During the First World War, social evenings and dances</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.152095794678" x="50.3699989318848" y="-330.5" data-test="textbox"> were not considered proper for young women to attend, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.523120880127" x="50.0200004577637" y="-318.5" data-test="textbox">but it wasn’t long before the nightclub made its appearance. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.454055786133" x="50.0800018310547" y="-306.5" data-test="textbox">Up until that point, popular balls were held in Montmartre or</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.196083068848" x="50.3499984741211" y="-294.5" data-test="textbox"> Montparnasse for the bourgeois and aristocrats, but the dance</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.177089691162" x="50.3699989318848" y="-282.5" data-test="textbox"> hall ushered in a new era in which women could safely venture</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="231.742149353027" x="49.9000015258789" y="-270.5" data-test="textbox"> out alone and with no judgment. Sachs writes in the decade</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="13.8500061035156" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="133.124954223633" x="50.0299987792969" y="-258.5" data-test="textbox"> of Illusion: Paris 1918-1928</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="114.060974121094" x="183.489990234375" y="-258.5" data-test="textbox">: “A real dance hall has red lacquered</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.419063568115" x="50.1199989318848" y="-246.5" data-test="textbox"> walls, orange, and blue lanterns; chiaroscuro and hurried</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.244060516357" x="50.2599983215332" y="-234.500015258789" data-test="textbox"> hands; on the left, tango orchestra, on the right, a jazz</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="248.243091583252" x="49.2700004577637" y="-222.500015258789" data-test="textbox"> band: piano, trombone, saxophone, drums, and shell </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.25" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.210048675537" x="50.3699989318848" y="-210.500015258789" data-test="textbox">cymbals.” By 1925, there were more than one hundred of these</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.310161590576" x="50.2299995422363" y="-198.5" data-test="textbox"> establishments spread across the capital. Le Perroquet, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.046245574951" x="50.4799995422363" y="-186.5" data-test="textbox">Chez Florence, Florida, Gaya, Bricktop, and Delli’s are but a few</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.267120361328" x="50.25" y="-174.5" data-test="textbox"> names that are now all but forgotten. Only Maxim’s and </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4400024414062" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.157119750977" x="50.3899993896484" y="-162.499984741211" data-test="textbox">Le Boeuf sur le Toit remain, the latter of which has recently been</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199981689453" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.557117462158" x="50.0200004577637" y="-150.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> restored to its former glory by designer Alexis Mabille. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.622085571289" x="49.9199981689453" y="-138.499969482422" data-test="textbox">Thanks to its popularity among Paris’ avant-garde, namely the poet</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.442092895508" x="50.1399993896484" y="-126.499961853027" data-test="textbox"> Jean Cocteau, Le Boef remains a symbol of the Roaring </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.291053771973" x="50.2900009155273" y="-114.499954223633" data-test="textbox">‘20s. The years between the wars marked the period of the great</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.415115356445" x="50.1399993896484" y="-102.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> surrealist balls of Etienne de Beaumont or Charles de Noailles</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.2700042724609" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="213.579040527344" x="50.2200012207031" y="-90.4999389648438" data-test="textbox"> in their hotel near the Place des États-Unis. </text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599990844727" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="244.59098815918" x="49.9199981689453" y="-66.4999389648438" data-test="textbox">This dance-frenzied Paris was as debaucherous as the 18th-</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.145961761475" x="50.3699989318848" y="-54.4999389648438" data-test="textbox">century post-revolutionary era when relatives of those who lost</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4400024414062" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.436950683594" x="307.119995117188" y="-378.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> their lives to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror held </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="13.75" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="56.9179992675781" x="307.350006103516" y="-366.499938964844" data-test="textbox">bals de victimes </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4700012207031" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="190.52001953125" x="364.018005371094" y="-366.499938964844" data-test="textbox">(“victim’s balls”). This was an era of the most sumptuous</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.148956298828" x="307.410003662109" y="-354.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> brothels, where men—and also couples—came to finish</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.286987304688" x="307.25" y="-342.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> the night with women and ever-flowing champagne. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599914550781" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.629974365234" x="306.920013427734" y="-330.499938964844" data-test="textbox">The names of such establishments have remained famous: </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4400024414062" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.179931640625" x="307.390014648438" y="-318.499938964844" data-test="textbox">Le Sphinx, Le Chabanais, and Le One-Two-Two, which is</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.291931152344" x="307.260009765625" y="-306.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> notorious for serving as a branch office for the Gestapo during</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="197.391998291016" x="307.369995117188" y="-294.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> the German occupation of World War II. </text>

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.237976074219" x="307.309997558594" y="-270.499938964844" data-test="textbox">Postwar, Parisian nightlife went subterranean. Even after American</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.531921386719" x="307" y="-258.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> soldiers stopped blowing their air raid sirens, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4400024414062" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.321014404297" x="307.230010986328" y="-246.499969482422" data-test="textbox">the zazous of Le Tabou or Le Caveau des Lorientais were used</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.355987548828" x="307.149993896484" y="-234.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> to hiding in cellars, and the underground began to reverberate</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.322021484375" x="307.239990234375" y="-222.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> with the sound of American Bebop. There were no</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.162902832031" x="307.390014648438" y="-210.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> sound systems at the time. Even pick-ups—ancestors of the</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.312957763672" x="307.230010986328" y="-198.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> turntable—were rare. The violin was quickly replaced by a</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.133972167969" x="307.429992675781" y="-186.499969482422" data-test="textbox"> band—often featuring writer and musician Boris Vian or jazz</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="248.272979736328" x="306.269989013672" y="-174.499954223633" data-test="textbox"> clarinetist Claude Luter—on a small stage, and moving bodies</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199981689453" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.535980224609" x="307.019989013672" y="-162.499938964844" data-test="textbox">, among them Marc Doelnitz, Anne Marie Casalis, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="137.144989013672" x="306.239990234375" y="-150.499938964844" data-test="textbox">Juliette Greco, and Michel de Ré. </text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600143432617" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.592010498047" x="306.920013427734" y="-126.499931335449" data-test="textbox">This move underground began on April 11, 1947 at 33 rue </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.268035888672" x="307.290008544922" y="-114.499938964844" data-test="textbox">Dauphine. The owners of Tabou invited the clientele of the </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.093048095703" x="307.480010986328" y="-102.499938964844" data-test="textbox">Café de Flore after the famous cafe closed at midnight. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599990844727" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.619964599609" x="306.920013427734" y="-90.4999084472656" data-test="textbox">The singer Juliette Greco, who had dropped her coat in the</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.334075927734" x="307.230010986328" y="-78.4999084472656" data-test="textbox"> cellar, discovered the basement and arranged with the owners</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599990844727" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.176116943359" x="307.350006103516" y="-66.4999084472656" data-test="textbox"> to rent it out as a rehearsal space. Thus the first Parisian nightclub was born. </text>

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600219726562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.580993652344" x="928.919982910156" y="-722.5" data-test="textbox">The 1950s came along with the reign of Jean Castel and </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.024047851562" x="929.52001953125" y="-710.5" data-test="textbox">Régine Zylberberg. It was at the Palais Royal that Régine </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.173950195312" x="929.349975585938" y="-698.5" data-test="textbox">opened her first club, Le Whisky à Gogo. She later moved to</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.304931640625" x="929.22998046875" y="-686.5" data-test="textbox"> the Left Bank, opening Jimmy's in Saint Germain, then further</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.277954101562" x="929.25" y="-674.5" data-test="textbox"> to Montparnasse with New Jimmy's, which became emblematic</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.180053710938" x="929.369995117188" y="-662.5" data-test="textbox"> of Parisian nightlife. With Jean Castel’s outpost on</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.20703125" x="929.349975585938" y="-650.5" data-test="textbox"> Rue Princesse, the pair lured an international clientele: </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199829101562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.533935546875" x="929" y="-638.5" data-test="textbox">American movie stars, English rockers, and glamorous models</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.469970703125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.143920898438" x="929.359985351562" y="-626.5" data-test="textbox">, as well as the Windsors (whom Régine taught to dance</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.469970703125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.179931640625" x="929.369995117188" y="-614.5" data-test="textbox"> the twist), Jacqueline Onassis, and the Shah of Iran. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.205993652344" x="929.309997558594" y="-602.5" data-test="textbox">But it was the regulars, perched on the large couch at the entrance</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.133056640625" x="929.369995117188" y="-590.5" data-test="textbox"> of New Jimmy’s or the banquettes at Castel who were</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199829101562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.640014648438" x="928.869995117188" y="-578.5" data-test="textbox"> the soul of these spots— Sagan and her gang, Annabelle </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.225891113281" x="929.309997558594" y="-566.5" data-test="textbox">Buffet, David de Rothschild, Philippe Junot, actor Jean Pierre Cassel</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.06298828125" x="929.47998046875" y="-554.5" data-test="textbox">, models from Catherine Harlé, and call girls from </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199829101562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.06298828125" x="929.47998046875" y="-542.5" data-test="textbox">Chez Claude. At Castel, Alain Delon flirted with Nathalie </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.235046386719" x="929.309997558594" y="-530.5" data-test="textbox">Barthélémy, who would later become his wife, while a few feet</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.31689453125" x="929.25" y="-518.5" data-test="textbox"> away the future Bianca Jagger danced with her partner of</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.213989257812" x="929.349975585938" y="-506.5" data-test="textbox"> the moment, the record producer Eddie Barclay. Not far away</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.093933105469" x="929.429992675781" y="-494.499969482422" data-test="textbox">, David Niven, Andy Warhol, and Eddie Sedgwick </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.196899414062" x="929.359985351562" y="-482.499969482422" data-test="textbox">mingled. 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In the 1970s, the jet-set took over from the high society crowd, which was no surprise since this was also the beginning of the sexual liberation movement. The city’s <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/search?query=gay%20clubs&page=1#:~:text=Found%202%20results-,POLITICS%20%26%20CULTURE,06.11.2021,-L%27OFFICIEL%20ART" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gay clubs</a>, which were formerly confined to the Palais Royal neighborhood or the rougher parts of Pigalle, settled in Rue Sainte Annenear the Avenue de l'Opéra. The most famous was Le Sept, run by Fabrice Emaer, a former hairdresser. Le Sept hosted everyone from <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/yves-saint-laurent-designer-singature-looks-trapeze-suit-safari-jacket" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yves Saint Laurent</a> to <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/disney-tv-series-karl-lagerfeld-karl-kaiser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karl Lagerfeld</a> and their respective entourages. In 1978, Emaer opened the greatest Parisian folie, Le Palace, which would become the French version of New York’s <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/studio-54-matt-tyrnauer-interview-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Studio 54</a>.

Inaugurated with an over-the-top concert by <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/grace-jones-movies-conan-boomerang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grace Jones</a>, which included a performance of “La Vie en Rose” sung from atop a pink Harley Davidson, the Palace attracted a fashionable and eclectic crowd including the queen of punk Edwige Belmore, Louis Aragon, Madame Grès, and the likes of Loulou de la Falaise and Thadée Klossowski. The Palace ushered in a whole new level of glamour to the nightlife scene and would go on to see performances by Talking Heads, The B-52’s, and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/prince-best-stage-style-performance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince</a>.

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199829101562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.566101074219" x="50" y="-722.5" data-test="textbox">At Le Palace, the last important Parisian balls were held before</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.551044464111" x="50.0200004577637" y="-710.5" data-test="textbox"> Haute Couture, and Christian Dior relaunched them for</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199829101562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.2939453125" x="50.25" y="-698.5" data-test="textbox"> fashion week. At the same time, Fabrice Coat took over an old</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.231025695801" x="50.3499984741211" y="-686.5" data-test="textbox"> public bath located near Les Halles and created the first </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.234066009521" x="50.310001373291" y="-674.5" data-test="textbox">Bains Douches, which drew comparisons to New York’s Mudd </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.085124969482" x="50.4799995422363" y="-662.5" data-test="textbox">Club. Les Bains Douches became known for its show business clientele</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="215.44811630249" x="50.3699989318848" y="-650.5" data-test="textbox"> and their appetite for cocaine by the early ’80s. </text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600219726562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.625106811523" x="49.9199981689453" y="-626.5" data-test="textbox">The rockers and punks shuttled between the Gibus club in Paris</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.199031829834" x="50.310001373291" y="-614.5" data-test="textbox"> République area and La Main Bleue, a basement den a</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.118034362793" x="50.4300003051758" y="-602.5" data-test="textbox">t the town hall of Montreuil <text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.118034362793" x="50.4300003051758" y="-602.5" data-test="textbox">where patrons in black leather mingled</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="229.67399597168" x="50.3600006103516" y="-590.5" data-test="textbox">, and people danced to the music of Serge Kruger.</text></text>

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.308849334717" x="50.2000007629395" y="-566.5" data-test="textbox">In the ’80s, Le Palace upgraded and became Le Privilège,</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600219726562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.099906921387" x="50.4300003051758" y="-554.5" data-test="textbox">and Les Bains Douches became Les Bains. The city’s trendy set</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4400024414062" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.115879058838" x="50.4099998474121" y="-542.5" data-test="textbox"> found themselves at Tango, Rose Bonbon, Opéra Night, </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.116874694824" x="50.4300003051758" y="-530.5" data-test="textbox">and The Royal, a place not far from The Olympia. La Main </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600219726562" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="248.315845489502" x="49.2400016784668" y="-518.5" data-test="textbox">Jaune was the place for fans of roller skates and Mezcal. This was</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.22998046875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.633846282959" x="49.8699989318848" y="-506.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> the moment of reggae-salsa music which would soon be </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.330871582031" x="50.25" y="-494.499938964844" data-test="textbox">followed by rap at the Globo and rave parties in abandoned spots</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="85.6160316467285" x="50.4099998474121" y="-482.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> across the city. </text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.238166809082" x="50.2900009155273" y="-458.499938964844" data-test="textbox">DJs were soon becoming superstars with residencies at specific clubs</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.199062347412" x="50.3699989318848" y="-446.499938964844" data-test="textbox">. David Guetta spun the wheels of steel at Chance, which would</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.679103851318" x="49.8699989318848" y="-434.499938964844" data-test="textbox"> later become Moloko. Meanwhile, Marthe Lagache</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4700012207031" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.084037780762" x="50.4300003051758" y="-422.499938964844" data-test="textbox">and Franck Chevalier (husband of Nina Hagen) opened the </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.224166870117" x="50.3600006103516" y="-410.499908447266" data-test="textbox">most amusing and eclectic club of the late ’80s: the Zoopsie in </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="16.2699890136719" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.262172698975" x="50.310001373291" y="-398.499908447266" data-test="textbox">Bobino. On the Champs-Élysées, several swanky spots for the </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.292072296143" x="50.2400016784668" y="-386.499908447266" data-test="textbox">rich and famous opened, where actor Anthony Delon paraded </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.11107635498" x="50.4300003051758" y="-374.499877929688" data-test="textbox">around with his girlfriends, including Princess Stéphanie of </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.1099853515625" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="38.0839996337891" x="50.0800018310547" y="-362.499877929688" data-test="textbox">Monaco. </text>

<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599914550781" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.592025756836" x="49.9199981689453" y="-338.499877929688" data-test="textbox">The ’90s were ruled by the Queen club, which was charming if</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599914550781" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.289073944092" x="50.2599983215332" y="-326.499877929688" data-test="textbox"> not a little vulgar. There was also the unforgettable La</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="246.871147155762" x="50.6500015258789" y="-314.499847412109" data-test="textbox">Scala. Meanwhile, Cathy Guetta recovered the indestructible Le</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.185104370117" x="50.3899993896484" y="-302.499847412109" data-test="textbox"> Bains Douches, while Régine found herself at the deserted </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300109863281" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="40.6519927978516" x="50.3899993896484" y="-290.499847412109" data-test="textbox">Le Palace. </text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4599914550781" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.65705871582" x="49.9199981689453" y="-266.499816894531" data-test="textbox">The new millennium opened with a welcome surprise: Le</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199981689453" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.236080169678" x="50.310001373291" y="-254.49983215332" data-test="textbox">Baron, a former brothel on Avenue Marceau, was reinvented by the</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4200134277344" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.292064666748" x="50.2299995422363" y="-242.499816894531" data-test="textbox"> graphic designer turned nightlife impresario André Saraiva. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="103.714988708496" x="50.6500015258789" y="-230.499816894531" data-test="textbox">Saraiva, Olivier Zahm of Purple Magazine</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="117.713989257812" x="179.839996337891" y="-230.499816894531" data-test="textbox">, and businessman </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="248.254993438721" x="49.2400016784668" y="-218.499786376953" data-test="textbox">Jean Yves Le Fur, would go on to open Montana on Rue Saint </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="210.371913909912" x="50.310001373291" y="-206.499755859375" data-test="textbox">Benoit, energizing the Saint Germain neighborhood.</text>
<text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4199981689453" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.551116943359" x="50" y="-182.499755859375" data-test="textbox">As for the 2020s, the decade started well with Cicciolina and </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="246.886131286621" x="50.6500015258789" y="-170.499755859375" data-test="textbox">Serpent à Plume, chez Maitre Binoche, and Place des Vosges. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.4600067138672" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.627059936523" x="49.9199981689453" y="-158.499755859375" data-test="textbox">These places will reinvent themselves after the pandemic-era </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.165157318115" x="50.3699989318848" y="-146.499755859375" data-test="textbox">curfew that allowed Paris to dip back into its prohibition-era </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.522113800049" x="50.0200004577637" y="-134.499755859375" data-test="textbox">behavior, with the opening of exclusive speakeasy bars and hotels</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2299957275391" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="247.291088104248" x="50.2599983215332" y="-122.499755859375" data-test="textbox"> bathed in champagne. Velvet nights are once again underground</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" direction="ltr" height="14.2300033569336" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" textlength="57.2220077514648" x="50.1500015258789" y="-110.499755859375" data-test="textbox">.</text>

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A History of Parisian Nightlife, from '20s Speakeasies to Y2K Clubs

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