A Lookback At The World's Most Historic Nightclubs

When “hitting the clubs” just doesn’t feel as real these days, a lookback at the world’s most historic nightclubs — and a recreation of their vibes on skin — serves as a way to whisk the mind away on a dance night out

- Chelsea Tang

THE CLUB: NIGHTCLUB LES BAINS DOUCHES, PARIS

THE VIBE: CONSIDERED TO BE THE TEMPLE OF NIGHT CULTURE BY PARISIANS, THE ERA-DEFINING CLUB SAW ITS CLIENTELE A CROSS-SECTION OF CLUBGOERS — THE CELEBRITY TO THE COMMON PERSON, MINGLING BY THE ICONIC MOSAIC-TILED POOL. THE FRENCH FLAIR, OF COURSE, STILL PERSISTED — EVEN AS PEOPLE FLUNG THEIR BEINGS INTO THE WATER WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. OUR TAKE? A SYBARITIC SWITCH-UP ON THE CLASSIC FRENCH GIRL ROUTINE, WITH EXTREME SHIMMERS AND A RICH METALLIC RED LIP.