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!

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Be cool Babar.

Be cool Babar.

Mike Rosenthal (@vectorbelly) has created Twitter: The Comic, a Tumblr blog of comics made from tweets, some his own, some by others.

There’s some random, twisted stuff on Twitter, as you may have noticed. But it makes for some interesting art.

This one, of course, is our favorite.

Based on this tweet by @DankHerbMullet.

Lingerie model hologram graces Paris shop window

Magical. We especially like the sparkles as she appears and disappears. Very Tinkerbell-y. The store is Empreinte at 13 rue Saint Florentin.

via RTL.fr via @adngold.

Get an Hermès bracelet – for free!

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!

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.

Interactive French geography games

Interactive French geography games

Some entertaining interactive games on this site. We failed miserably at the cheese game, (shot above), but had fun nonetheless!

New Dior “J’Adore” ad stars Marilyn, Dietrich, Grace Kelly and Charlize

We can’t get enough of this ad. It’s the iconic beauties so seamlessly CGI’d into it and the kick ass song Heavy Cross by Gossip. And Charlize is liquid gold on legs, of course. Directed by Oscar-winning French director Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Air France’s and other airlines’ gorgeous uniforms

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.

Build your own Paris

Build your own Paris

We just love the look of Paper City Paris! | Made by Joel. Cut out the Eiffel Tower and more, in addition to these little people and the classic car. Rainy-day fun for your little francophile? We’re sure you can think of many more uses for these adorable–and free–paper cutouts!

“What did they tell you?!”

"What did they tell you?!"

Always advisable to follow the rules…

Seen @MonsieurKaplan.

Gainsbourg’s songs selling Guerlain, Dior perfumes…

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.

French chocolate coffee table

French chocolate coffee table

We just loved this crafter’s French chocolate coffee table! See how she did it at Red Hen Home.

Quiz: Are You a Francophile?

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!

The only French word you need to blend in…

Pierre Cardin, now 88, selling his label

Pierre Cardin, now 88, selling his label

“I own 100 percent of everything that I need. I can drink my own wine, go to my own theatre, eat in my own restaurants, sleep in my hotels on my own sheets, dress in my own clothes and use my own perfume,” Cardin once said.

Read the rest at AFP. Image and French article at L’Express.

Gabrielle R. Fashion Designer (at 14)

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.

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