Paris is the City of Light, or a thousand cities. It is the city of world-famous monuments, and above all of many lifestyle highlights such as life in cafés, risqué nightlife, sophisticated cuisine, art districts, booky areas, architecture from ancient to modern, Champs Elysées, concept stores, Louvre, Impressionists, the Père Lachaise cemetery, rive gauche and rive droit. Paris is home to some of the oldest and prestigious luxury brands in the world, and the tradition of haute couture here thrives today as it has always done, on quality and a unique and unerring sense of chic.