We meet at the foot of her building, an opulent-looking property in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near Parc Monceau. Dorothée Boissier has a slender figure and aristocratic features that highlight her elegantly coiffed, jet black hair. She has the look of a classical ballerina, refined and discreet, with serene self-assurance. As we trip lightly along the cobbles, the doors file past and together we head up to her family apartment. The private world differs from the public conception of the partnership she forms with her husband, Patrick Gilles. Here, the spaces are generous. There is room to breathe […]

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