“We were never on stand-by,” Sarah Andelman remembers of running her legendary Parisian boutique Colette. “We were always in action and excited to look for another adventure and the next fabulous thing to share in our windows.” For two decades, Colette reigned supreme as the original concept store, garnering a global following and marking itself as the coolest one-stop destination for all things fashionable from the moment it opened its doors in 1997. Co-founded by Andelman and her mother Colette Rousseau — after whom the store was named — the duo created a space that broke down the barriers between fashion, design, art and food. It also spawned hundreds of surprising collaborations with everyone from McDonald’s to Mattel, mixing luxury designers with streetwear, fine art and fast food, as well as hosting countless performances, shows and installations. Notable moments included a Chanel pop-up in a former garage, complete with handbag customisation and nail bars; a premiere of Kim Jones’s autumn/winter 2015 collection for Louis Vuitton, and Balenciaga’s full takeover of the space in 2017 (the first brand to do so) with its Bernie Sanders-inspired merch. And, who could forget the infamous Water Bar in the basement, with its array of drinks from across the globe.