banquette
- n an upholstered bench
- On one side of the room, ensconced on a banquette with some Parisian notables, was Franois-Henri Pinault, the affable CEO of PPR (formerly Pinault-Printemps Redoute), which owns .
- Rocco DiSpirito scoots into a banquette next to me, I ask if he minds if I tape-record the interview.
- Parked on a rear banquette, Reiji surveys his kingdom in a pin-striped, three-piece Gianfranco Ferre suit and rimless spectacles, looking like a dashing young CEOwhich, in fact .