The Maison

There is no such thing as athleisure in Paris. The word is American. The category was invented somewhere between a Vancouver yoga studio and a Santa Monica boardwalk — performance fabrics softened for daily life, the morphology of the legging legitimized beyond the gym. It is a useful category. It built real brands. It serves real customers. But the Parisian wardrobe predates this conversation by a century. In Paris, the question was never can you wear athletic clothing outside athletic...