On the weekend of one of tennis’s most anticipated finals, Frenchelles co-founders Karina Alifirova and Anna Galchinskaya welcomed an international circle of twelve guests to Monaco for a curated lifestyle experience designed around sport, design, and considered connection. The Paris-based women’s community, which has quietly established itself as a name in international networking circles, treated the Principality as both a stage and a clubhouse.
Alifirova and Galchinskaya built Frenchelles on a simple thesis: the most valuable introductions rarely happen in conference halls. Their alternative has been to program gatherings in settings where design, culture, and hospitality do the heavy lifting — allowing the women in the room to arrive at conversations naturally rather than transactionally. The model has attracted members across Europe and the Middle East, with a growing presence in lifestyle, finance, fashion, and entrepreneurship.
The Monaco programme captured that thesis in full. The weekend’s centrepiece was the final of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, where guests watched Jannik Sinner deliver a commanding, championship-defining performance from a private courtside vantage point. The atmosphere — part sporting occasion, part social engagement — set the tone for the forty-eight hours that followed.
Off the court, the founders curated an itinerary that moved fluidly between the Principality’s most discerning addresses. A tennis-inspired luncheon at La Môme Monte Carlo anchored the social calendar; its aesthetic mirrored the sport without tipping into theme, and its service allowed for the long, unhurried conversations that Frenchelles is known for cultivating. The result was the kind of afternoon where professional introductions and personal friendships begin in the same breath.
Speaking about the Monaco edition, Alifirova and Galchinskaya frame the weekend as a continuation of a deliberate philosophy rather than a one-off event.
“We don’t design trips. We design rooms — and then we build the trip around them. What matters is who is sitting together, what they are about to discover about one another, and what continues long after the weekend ends.”
The club’s programming continues to scale internationally. Following Monaco, Alifirova and Galchinskaya will open the summer season with an exclusive Frenchelles Girls Trip to Ibiza, with additional destinations scheduled through the second half of the year. Each edition is kept intentionally intimate — a design choice the founders view as non-negotiable to the quality of the network.
In a market saturated with membership clubs, networking formats, and curated travel brands, Frenchelles has carved out a distinct position: a modern women’s community that treats hospitality, taste, and trust not as aesthetic flourishes but as infrastructure — the foundation on which lasting professional and personal relationships are built.
