![]() ![]() When Gaston hints that he will end his relationship with Liane through a note, Honoré insists that the break-up must be in keeping with Gaston's stylish reputation. The next morning Gaston tells Honoré that he is deeply insulted to have learned from private detectives that Liane is secretly seeing her skating instructor. That evening while dining with Liane and Honoré at Maxim's restaurant, Gaston realizes that despite Liane's effusive attentions, her thoughts are elsewhere. Gigi startles Gaston when she declares that she finds Liane common and coarse. Delighted by Gigi's guileless nature, Gaston invites her for a glasé at the skating rink, where his current lover, Liane d'Exelmans, is taking skating lessons. ![]() Confused about what eating, jewelry and tobacco have to do with art, Gigi heads home and runs into Gaston, who has been visiting Mme. After showing Gigi how to distinguish fine cigars, Alicia reminds her niece that everything she is learning has a purpose and admonishes her to remember that love is an art. Gigi concedes she is aware that the women in her family are unusual in that they never marry, but remains puzzled by it.Īlicia then advises Gigi of the importance of recognizing expensive jewelry and cautions her never to accept second-rate baubles or men. When Gigi laments that she is never allowed to accept invitations and has no friends, Alicia explains that she is not to mingle with ordinary people who live ordinary lives. Meanwhile, at her weekly etiquette lessons with her regal great-aunt Alicia, Gigi struggles to stifle her natural buoyancy while learning about the intricacies of dining. Alvarez, Gigi's grandmother and guardian. To Honoré's surprise, Gaston admits the only place that he can relax is at the modest flat of Honoré `s former paramour, Mme. Later, Honoré meets his elegant nephew Gaston, the wealthy heir to a sugar empire, who declares his weariness at being the center of Paris society. In 1900 Paris, Honoré Lachaille, elderly connoisseur of beauty and fashion, strolls through the Bois de Bologne, appreciating the splendor of youth personified by spirited school girl Gigi Alvarez. ![]()
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