Only in France would haute couturiers design the uniforms for SNCF workers! Link And @suzibewell tells us Balenciaga designed the uniforms for Air France flight attendants!
Get an Hermès bracelet – for free!
On the Hermès site right now, you can download PDF patterns for six versions of the dog collar bracelet to print and make yourself. Just go to the Hermès site, click Travel the world of Hermès, and choose Surprises from the menu (vertical orange bar, top left). Note that different country sites might have different versions!!
If you don’t find them, or if they take them down (they don’t stay up there forever, ladies!), you can get them here.
Get an Hermès clutch – for free!
On the Hermès site right now, you can download PDF patterns for six versions of the Jigé clasp clutch to print and make yourself. Just go to the Hermès site, click Travel the world of Hermès, and choose Surprises from the menu (vertical orange bar, top left). Note that different country sites might have different versions!!
As with the other Hermès goodies we’ve posted, if you don’t find them, or if they take them down, you can get them here.
Air France’s and other airlines’ gorgeous uniforms
Air France flight attendants wear Christian Lacroix. See other great uniforms from around the world at L’Internaute Voyager.
Gainsbourg’s songs selling Guerlain, Dior perfumes…
The work of Serge Gainsbourg, the large-nosed, Gitanes-smoking French icon whose jazzy, bohemian songs exemplified a sexually liberated France of the 1960s and 1970s, is enjoying a resurgence in the most unlikely of places — perfume ads.
Read the rest at Reuters.
Quiz: Are You a Francophile?
Take this quiz to discover just how deeply you love the country and its people.
You wear:
a. an “I love Paris” T-shirt
b. a sweater tied around your neck
c. a permanent scowl
Take the quiz at The Paris Blog. Image via Polyvore. Check out the rest of her funky fashion combos!
Gabrielle R. Fashion Designer (at 14)
Gabrielle Rothschild is a 14-year-old francophile fashion designer in California. J’adore this dress! Here’s what she says about her inspirations:
The inspiration for my clothing line mostly comes from places in France, such as the Arc de Triomphe, Monet’s garden, 31 Rue Cambon, and especially la Tour Eiffel (the Eiffel Tower)! I also love art, so Van Gogh, Monet, Da Vinci, and Degas frequently inspire me.
Nike unveils the new “away” jersey of “les Bleus”
France’s soccer team (referred to unofficially as les Bleus) has a new jersey for away games designed by Nike. Some seem to think it’s a cliché (yet another incarnation of the marinière), but we think it’s classy and sharp! We’ll be checking the FFF boutique to see if they will be available to the public.
via RTL.fr
Cute, but does it make you want to buy Chanel cosmetics?
Spiders and robots? We were bored till the last “character” appeared in a shirt made of different rouges, a frilly skirt, a cigarette holder… We liked her.
Seen @MryEmery
Meet francophile designer/illustrator Chesley McLaren
Her francophile style has been seen everywhere: on scarves for DKNY and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the “Vive La France” campaign for Bloomingdale’s, in her redesign of Saks Fifth Avenue children’s department and the list goes on….
Buy Chesley McLaren’s Zat Cat! A Haute Couture Tail at the Francophilia Amazon store.
Get the Emmanuelle Alt look (new French Vogue editor)
Alt is more tomboyish and trousered, less obviously sexy and pencil-skirted than her predecessor Carine Roitfeld. She is the Keith Richards to Roitfeld’s Jagger.
via The Guardian
Join us for a contemporary jewelry exhibit in Paris
Join us for the vernissage on Wednesday, February 2nd! We want you to meet one of our favorite jewelry designers, Claire Wolfstirn.
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