Delvaux Throws Belgium-Themed Bash

LA BELGITUDE: There were mussels, mayonnaise and fries, waffles and tankards of beer. Have you guessed the theme? Delvaux on Sunday night, in a structure running alongside its Paris flagship in the Palais Royal gardens, threw a bash celebrating Belgium’s cultural legacy, or as they coined it “la Belgitude,” serving guests all of the above. The brand, which lays claim to being the oldest luxury leather-goods house in the world, was actually founded a year before the birth of the nation, in 1829. Cloud-lined, upside-down umbrellas à la René Magritte hung in the entryway. In the marquee’s center, a box accessed by a tiny door showcased seven itsy-bitsy versions of the house’s iconic Brillant bag, hooked on stands dotted around a patchwork of roses and brussels sprouts. Dubbed Miniatures Belgitude, and each named after a Belgian city, the bags will go on sale in the brand’s stores in June. Christina Zeller, Emilie Dequenne and Jean-Marc Loubier  Dominique Maitre/WWD “The saying is small is beautiful, but small is also super complex, for us this was a fun, humble way of presenting the house’s know-how,” said Christina Zeller, Delvaux’s artistic director. “Delvaux’s big focus this year is to reinforce the fact that we belong to the small kingdom of Belgium….We’ve

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