Articles tagged ‘Fashion’
Hat Attack
By Parisgirl | April 26th, 2007 |
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Hat display at Divine, 39 rue Daguerre
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
‘Simply Divine’ at Divine
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
It’s really hard for me to walk past Divine my favorite hat shop on Rue Daguerre Metro: Denfert Rochereau without - at least- peeking in the window.
With June weddings, polo - and horse racing season [...]
Black and White: Paris Spring Fashion
By Parisgirl | April 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An elegant Parisian dressed in deep navy blue (i.e. the ‘new’ black and white)
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
Alesia shoppers dressed in black and white.
Photo by Chris Card Fuller © 2007
It’s springtime in Paris - the gardens of Paris are exploding in blatant reds, fuschia and yellow. And what do you see women wearing [...]
Identified Aliens - Then and Now
By Parisgirl | March 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The unidentified aliens in the post Abducted by Aliens were the Robot from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis and film archivist James Card visiting the Cinematheque Francaise in the 1970s.
For more about Metropolis and the dystopia it represented over the quickly approaching year 2026, you can take a look at Wikipedia’s more detailed film description. [...]
Fashion: Skirt Length and Feeling Right
By Parisgirl | February 27th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Penelope Cruz may not have walked away for an Oscar for her role in Volver, but she should get an award for what she has done for promoting knee-length skirts.
What skirt length is in style? The simple answer to this question is, just wear jeans and forget about skirts forever. You may never even [...]
Ben Franklin on French Fashion
By Parisgirl | February 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here’s some of Ben Franklin’s observations on French women and their make-up in 1776:
“I speak generally , for there are some fair women in Paris, who I think are not whitened by Art. As to Rouge, they don’t pretend to imitate Nature in laying it on. There is no gradual diminution of the Color [...]
Too early to think about Polo?
By Parisgirl | February 22nd, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Photo by Peter David Gordon
Is it really too early to be thinking about polo? Probably. Well, June is a LONG ways off, but not too early to visit my favorite hat shop in Paris where this hat was purchased:
Divine at 39 rue Daguerre, Metro: Denfert-Rochereau is where I go to look for hats - [...]
Prete a Porter Fashion Shows Begin!
By Parisgirl | February 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This week (Feb 25th) the Prete a Porter fashion shows begin. The usual crowd will be there, of course, but according to Le Monde newspaper, so will some health inspectors.
Sad to say, my chances of running the catwalk are doomed - the minimum weight is 56 kilos(at least that’s according to the health guidelines,and [...]
Academy Awards?
By Parisgirl | February 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Photo by Christopher B. Fuller
Are Clint and Meryl discussing who has the better chance of walking away with an Oscar this month? Probably not because this picture was taken quite a few years earlier at the Telluride Film Festival of 1998! But here’s two actors that just don’t seem to age in the [...]
Consignment Shopping in Paris
By Parisgirl | January 31st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This outfit was labeled as Christian LaCroix. Hmmm. I ’s still not 100% convinced. Beware of Chanel handbags in consignment. Most consignment shop owners (particularly in Paris) can separate the wheat from the chaff. If a handbag claiming to be a Chanel or Louis Vuitton is too reasonably priced, chances are [...]
Thought for the Day
By Parisgirl | December 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
What would have happened if Louis XV had married Empress Elizabeth of Russia rather than Marie Leczinska of Poland? If Elizabeth had married Louis XV,she would have probably not remained in Russia long enough to choose Catherine the Great as the daughter for the Archduke Peter and there may never have been a Catherine [...]
