Our path to elegance
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Like promised last week, I'll share a couple of fun snippets of my findings from Maria Callas' letters and memoirs this week. It has definitely been interesting to discover Callas' thoughts in different eras of her life, and I think she has a very fun and beautiful way of expressing...
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What would you think it feels like to be in Maria Callas' shoes? I'm beginning to get some sort of an idea of it now that I'm re-reading her letters and memoirs in French (Tom Volf 2019: Maria Callas, Lettres & mémoires). I read most of the 598-paged book last year, but now I...
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This week I’m reporting from an exhibition called Vestologie that is on display under the beautiful 19th century dome of the Printemps department store on the Boulevard Haussmann. 'Vestologie' refers to the French word "veste" that I now understand is a sort of an umbrella term for...
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Alas, Paris Fashion Week has come to an end!
It's been quite a busy week, even though I haven't been really involved with the Fashion Week itself. I've mostly been watching some recordings of the shows and admiring some pictures of them on Instagram (especially from Nina Garcia's...
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Last week I delved into a couple of things that came to my mind during my visit to the Musée des Arts décoratifs, but I feel that there's still something more to the idea of the "Parisienne" that we can expand on and explore. To refresh our memory, here's a part of the quote...
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Greetings from a surprisingly cold and autumnal Paris! According to the seasoned Parisians I've talked to over the last few days, we have a slight head start now to the crisp fall weather, as usually the weather gets colder only towards October. But I don't really mind, I still believe...
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I cannot explain how inspired I feel right now! It's actually been a while since I've last had this strong of a feeling of inspiration – and it's wonderful and invigorating.
You guessed it by the title of this email; my source of inspiration at the moment is the one and only...
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This week I'd like to just make a friendly reminder that also serves as a note to self: if you're buttoning a shirt without a mirror, it's useful to check if you buttoned the buttons correctly!
Last weekend I was roaming around the centre of the city of Rouen with some friends and I...
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It's hard to believe that the Olympics are finally almost here. I remember when around two years ago I started to think about moving here a bit more seriously, and I was excited if I could be in town for this historic event. Apart from the tourists, celebrities and sportsmen and...
