doyenne
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Shares in Parisian handbag doyenne Hermes fell sharply last week after it booked a sales drop the company blamed partly on fewer Middle Eastern travelers splurging in its European boutiques.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Many of them were barely in school when the doyenne of Paris fashion took over menswear at Hermes in 1988 with instructions from then company boss Jean-Louis Dumas to run it "like your small company".
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
Surely some people will recoil at my likening Meghan’s efforts to those of Queen Martha, doyenne of gracious living and doing everything yourself.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025
Kim Gordon, “Bye Bye” Sonic Youth’s noise doyenne doing Patti Smith-style spoken word over too-wrecked-for-Playboi-Carti trap beats?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
She did not seem in the least surprised at seeing me alone; possibly the doyenne had written her own account of the headache.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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