Pierre Lafitte (journalist)
Pierre Antoine Baptiste René Lafitte was a French journalist, publisher and editor born 3 May 1872 in Bordeaux and died 13 December 1938 in Paris. He innovated in illustrated press and popular novel formats in France.
Photogravure portrait of Pierre Lafitte in 1908
Femina magazine, cover, 1901
Pierre Lafitte et his wife, on a motor-driven quadricycle. Photo: Jules Beau (c.1898-1899).
Femina was a French magazine created on February 1, 1901 by Pierre Lafitte and discontinued in 1954. The title gave its name to the Prix Femina from 1922.
Cover of the first number of Femina January 1, 1901, French magazine published in Paris by Pierre Lafitte.
Affiche Femina
Photographic series on the correct donning of gloves; step one. Femina magazine
Cover of Femina of May 1, 1903 devoted to women artists showing Louise Clément-Carpeaux (1872-1961), daughter of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.