For those who can’t make it to the catwalks during the 2014 Paris Fashion Week, the Library can provide inspiration for your fashion needs. As well as the most recent issues of Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar, we have some beautiful books that will inspire your sartorial senses including: Fashion Designers’ Sketchbooks by Hywel Davies, 50 Fashion Designers You Should Know by Simone Werle, or the lushly illustrated Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century (The Kyoto Fashion Institute).
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.