via framemuseums.org
40 statues from the tomb of John the Fearless, 2nd Duke of Burgundy (15th century) to go on US tour.
Original blueprints of the Eiffel Tower
Scans of Eiffel’s original blueprints on the Tour Eiffel website: Link Seen at boingboing.
Francophilia January giveaway: The gift of song
We have four CDs to give away to members, by chanteuses Delphine Volange, Caroline Loeb, and Marie-France de Paris. Offer ended January 31st, 2010.
Louvre and Pompidou Center opening satellites
via specifier.com.au
Why we love France: The Louvre to have a satellite in Lens, in a poorer region in the north & Pompidou Center to open one in Metz (Alsace). It also takes its art in a traveling show to poorer areas.
The From’Girls want you to buy real French cheese
In France, sex sells… cheese made from raw milk. Calendar bursting with sexy pinup girls in cheesy campaign to save traditional cheesemaking methods: www.fromages-de-terroirs.com
Just say no to Brangelina
via dailymail.co.uk
French vintners refuse to sell wineries to Brangelina. Good for them. Not everything can be bought. Link
Following in Jacques Cousteau’s footsteps
via reuters.com
New French film “Oceans” coming out in France on Jan 27, keep an eye out for it: Link
Has Chanel stooped to ripping off others’ designs?
World Tricot founder Carmel Colle was seeking 2.5 million euros (3.7 million dollars) from Chanel for alleged counterfeit after she spotted in a shop window a Chanel vest with a crochet design that she claims is hers.
via google.com
Court makes them pay 400,000 € for breaking a contract, but says they didn’t steal the design: Link
Scandal! L’Oréal family says heiress not sound of mind
via france24.com
Scandal and family feud: Was L’Oréal heiress conned out of over a billion by suave (and much younger) photographer? Daughter says ‘Oui.’ Link
Christian Lacroix designs French railway uniforms
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!
A pocket of French culture in India
via thenational.ae
Pondicherry, remnants of French culture and a little Utopia in India: Link
French find puts humans in Europe 200,000 years earlier
PARIS — Experts on prehistoric man are rethinking their dates after a find in a southern French valley suggested our ancestors may have reached Europe 1.57 million years ago: 200,000 years earlier than we thought.
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Accidental archeological find in France: Link
Message to French chefs: Add a little nouvelle to your cuisine
You can still eat very well in France, as you did 20 years ago. The problem is that almost everywhere you eat in France, it could still be 20 years ago. Nothing has changed.
Decline of French cuisine caused by stagnation according to the new book “Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France.” Buy the book on Amazon!