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Fabrice Emaer (1935–1983) called "The Prince of the night" 〔"(Club: Le Palace )" Disco-disco.com. Retrieved on 2010-01-26.〕 was an impresario whose nightclubs le Sept, and le Palace, were the premier spots in Paris nightlife in the 1970s and early 1980s, celebrated in memoirs and songs like Amanda Lear's 1979 song "Fashion Pack" which declared, "In Paris you got to be seen at Maxim's / The Palace / The 7 and then go Chez Regine." 〔(Fashion Pack (Studio 54) ) Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear. Eurodisc / Ariola. 1979.〕 ==Modest Beginnings== Born May 1, 1935, Francis Paul Emaer grew up in Wattrelos near Lille in northern France. His father was a traveling salesman for the local spinning mills, and his untimely death left the family impoverished. At seventeen, he left his family and traveled North Africa and the French Riviera, before settling in Paris. By then, he had changed his name to the more elegant Fabrice, and worked as a stylist and make-up artist.〔Drake, Alicia (2006). ''The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris''. New York: Little, Brown. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-316-76801-6〕〔Koymasky, Matt & Andrej, (Famous LGBT People: Fabrice Emaer ) Retrieved on 2010-01-26.〕 He opened his first club, "Le Pimm's Bar," in 1964. Le Pimm's evolved into the premier gay club on Saint-Anne Street, situated in the heart of the gay neighborhood near L'Opera that was packed with bars, bathhouses, and prostitutes.〔Lestrade, Didier. Mars 99 "(Palace - comportement 80" ) Têtu Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-01-11.〕 The clientele was almost exclusively gay men who were there to cruise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fabrice Emaer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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