From Cartier’s golden gift to American astronauts to Madonna’s breast-baring Gaultier dress: Comité Colbert’s new exhibit celebrates France’s friendship with the US
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were over the moon in 1969 when each was gifted a solid gold model of their Lunar Excursion Module created by Cartier. The glittering tribute to America’s pioneering spacemen was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Figaro, funded by its readers and presented to the...