What does Detroit have in common with Hermès? It’s not a trick question. For one, both have French roots: The Motor City was founded by French colonist Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701, and Hermès, well, Hermès’s Gallic bona fides, which date to 1837, are well established.
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