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How to Dress For a Date Like a Parisienne
Every few months, a friend from New York City will come visit me in Paris, and every single time, they will ask the obligatory question: “What should I bring?” “Nothing!” I tell them, hoping that this...
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The Single Girl in Paris’s Guide to End Of Summer Dressing
As a single girl, I thrive on summer. It’s the one season where I have a distinct advantage over the coupled-up part of the population: the advantage of total freedom, of carefree vacation flings, of...
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The Secret Art of French-Girl Lingerie
Once upon a long time ago, my best friend met her Parisian future husband at Pastis in New York City. One week later, he presented her with her first gift: a set of Agent Provocateur lingerie,...
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The Art of Ageless Dressing According to the French: From Ines de la...
“When I grow up, I want to be a French woman.” This thought pops into my head as I stroll through Saint-Germain on a nondescript Tuesday morning, observing parisiennes “of a certain age” commencing...
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Dressing for a Destination Wedding: The Single Girl’s Guide
Two weeks ago, I realized that I had no idea how to dress for a wedding. To anybody who knows me, these words might seem absurd—after all, Facebook is flooded with pictures of me attending various...
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The Parisienne Guide to Holiday Party Dressing
“How do you dress during the holidays?” I ask a group of French girlfriends over lunch at Cojean, an overcrowded Parisian chain with green juice. “Quoi?” The confused silence that ensues makes me feel...
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Slouchy, not Spandexed: How to Dress for the Gym Like a Parisienne
A couple of months ago, my Parisian girlfriend asked me if I wanted to join a gym together. “They have a sauna and a great Sunday yoga class,” she proudly announced. A sauna— this was her selling...
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The Single Girl’s Guide to Doing Valentine’s Day Like a Parisienne
For as long as I can remember, my sartorial choices for Valentine’s Day have involved pajamas. I’m not talking about the beautiful silk Carine Gilson kind, worn for a séjour at Le Meurice, surrounded...
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Love Stories: How I Fell in Love With the Skater Next Door
Love Stories is a series about love in all its forms, with one new essay appearing each day for the first two weeks of February, until Valentine’s Day. There’s a Danish word for the euphoria you...
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Parisian Yummy Mummies Have It Down: A Guide to Chic Child Rearing
It seems that French parenting, just like everything else stemming from this part of the world, is having a moment. Glancing at the endless “be more French” baby books lining airport kiosks, you would...
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The Single Girl’s Wardrobe Essentials for Spring
Henry Miller once wrote: “When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.” While this analogy may have benefited from some creative license, it is certainly...
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How Does a Parisienne Do Kink? Vogue Investigates
Walking down the streets of Paris, you would never think that you are in a country renowned for its sexual freedom. Denim on denim, oversize coats, Stan Smiths– androgyny, if anything, is the national...
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Packing for the Weekend à la Parisienne
It is relatively common knowledge that the French have transformed doing nothing into an art form, one that takes on a whole new meaning once the summer rolls around. Weekends are long, workdays are...
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The Chic Parisian’s Guide to Summer Weddings
Of all the things that confuse French people about Americans (noise levels, portion sizes, sweatpants in public . . . the list goes on), the biggest culture shock definitely lies in the phenomenon of...
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How to Pack for a Romantic Getaway
Ah, that first getaway with the new beau. . . .After a summer of getting to know each other over casual dinners and laissez-faire promenades, the Big Test has arrived: You are off for your first...
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Shopping for Vintage Fashion Like a French Girl
Back before globalization (and the Internet) made it possible for the Saint Laurent bag du jour and the latest Chanel quelque-chose to become available worldwide, all of the best things in the French...
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Why Are French Guys Dressing Like They’re From Brooklyn?
In my first days of living in Paris, I quickly discovered a way to soften the notoriously frosty Parisian demeanor. “Je suis New Yorkaise,” I would utter, with what I hoped was an air of nonchalance,...
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French Girls Don’t Do It Better: One Writer on Her Return to New York
In 2013 it was the crop top, which I was all too happy to forgo. In 2014 it was the bucket bag, a specific color-block Proenza Schouler that I coveted for months, before its imminent veto. This year...
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Would You Date a Man With Bad Taste in Shoes?
Square-toe shoes: the most sinful combination of words in the English language, as far as most women are concerned. Apparently, this footwear faux pas can cost a man his respect, his reputation, and...
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The French Girl’s Guide to Holiday Gifting
Note to self: Never buy a French woman a water pitcher for Christmas. Last December, a Parisian girlfriend received a simple glass carafe from a man she had just started dating, his reasoning being...
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The French Girl’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions
It is often said that nobody does life on earth better than the French. If this is true, then the holidays must be the pinnacle of this journey, complete with gluttonous feasts and debaucherous...
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Would You Date a Man Who Wore More Jewelry Than You?
In the Venn diagram of men and jewelry, there used to be but a narrow overlapping sliver reserved exclusively for rock stars and Johnny Depp, those few shining examples of men granted public...
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French Girls Do Everything Better, Even Instagram (And It’s Because They...
Selfies. Engagement. Follower ratio. Digital footprint. Previously reserved exclusively for the blogger set, self-marketing terminology has become an essential part of our daily vernacular. Admit it:...
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The Chic Freelancer’s Wardrobe Does Not Include Sweatpants
A longtime proponent of the office job with an affinity for planning my next-day work outfit as a sort of meditative bedtime mantra in lieu of counting sheep—blue jeans, blazer for client meeting,...
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The Fashion Girl’s Guide to Creating the Perfect Online Dating Profile
An important PSA for all the single ladies out there: Summer is right around the corner, and you’re officially out of excuses to postpone your dating agenda. All your lackluster cold-weather claims...
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Love the Guy, Hate His Style? Here’s How to (Subtly!) Fix It
Expand Love and acceptance go hand in hand. Having learned this lesson through trial and error sometime in my mid-20s, I made sure to apply it to the continuation of my dating career, a mission that...
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The French Girl’s Guide to Summer Date Style
Few things beat a great summer date. Be it with your future life partner or merely a fleeting romantic interest, there is something incomparable about that long, breezy, post-dinner stroll through...
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French Girls Know How to Accessorize—Especially for Bastille Day
Liberté, égalité, fraternité—liberty, equality, fraternity. In our tumultuous, often unpredictable world, one must honor any reason to celebrate these three guiding principles of human camaraderie....
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Are You Being “Benched?” Get Back in the Game in Style
As anybody who has ever dipped into the perplexing landscape of modern romance knows, keeping up with the associated vernacular is about as challenging as keeping up with the latest denim trend, and a...
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