Archive for the ‘Style’ Category
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French soap – savon de Marseille
23 Apr 2012By Lauren Ernt For a native Minnesotan like myself, the month of February is best associated with cabin fever and…
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Paris photo shoot – in search of the perfect Moroccan slipper
12 Mar 2012By Lisa Rounds It was 1998, and I was about to finish a one-year contract with a publishing company in…
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French Impressions: Elisabeth Burton on rediscovering the rules of French etiquette
29 Feb 2012Elisabeth Burton, French etiquette consultant, has lived many years abroad and continues to enjoy traveling. Through her contact with other…
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Scarves à la française: The lingua Franca for stylish women
27 Feb 2012By Barbara Redmond (French) The young French store clerk shifted with mild amusement, cocking her head slightly to one side.…
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French Impressions: Isabelle Burdel on the very complex and marvelous alchemy of perfumes
25 Jan 2012Isabelle Burdel, master perfumer and founder of Salon Privé in Cannes, France. To date, after more than twenty years of…
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Imperfect Perfection: The New French Woman
23 Jan 2012By Kristin Wood “Simplify, simplify, simplify.” It’s a phrase attributed to Henry David Thoreau, the famous American author and philosopher…
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French Impressions: Jack Edwards on wanting glamour from an early age
18 Jan 2012Jack Edwards is a career costume and fashion designer. Jack has worked in this art form since 1954. Jack began…
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Fashion trends from the street, Rule of Five
16 Jan 2012By Barbara Redmond Wellies. Gummies. Barn boots. For mucking about the roses or following the riders astride a horse, who trail…
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French Silhouette, a New Look
02 Jan 2012By Barbara Redmond Isabelle is French. I knew this immediately when we first met. Not because I was at her…
