doyenne

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

And there will be several books too, one of them co-authored by Helen Garner, a doyenne of modern Australian literature.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

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

There was no alternative, and the absence of the doyenne must explain itself as best it could.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

A smattering of other “Real Housewives” doyennes make merry cameo appearances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021

Radziwill’s world was inhabited by doyennes of high society, artistic celebrities, fashion moguls and wealthy, prominent husbands - including one whose royal status made her a real-life princess.

From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2019

She describes high fashion, fast cars, caviar, big hair, and a gossip eco-system ruled by doyennes like Liz Smith and Cindy Adams.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2017

Further complicating 13th Street’s legacy is that its petite and fiery founder, Edith O’Hara, is now 100, and one of the last doyennes of the early Off Off Broadway movement.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2017

Manhattan doyennes, Hollywood stars and Washington figures sought out his label.

From Washington Post