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NO PARISIAN, NOR FRENCH


Maison Kitsuné Parisian t-shirt | THEFASHIONGUITAR

Pinstripe suit | THEFASHIONGUITAR
Stan Smith trainers | THEFASHIONGUITAR

With all the talk about “how to be a Parisian” (Caroline de Maigret) and if we are French yet (part of Manrepeller’s design collab with Être Cecile) I had to pick up on the subject because I still hear it a lot… “you’re French, right?”, “you are such a Parisian girl”. God, what a compliment, especially the latter. But let’s be honest, who is fooling who? Being a Parisian isn’t something you can become, you have to be born one. And even though I admire the Parisian’s effortless look very much, I will never try to be one. I only know a few who knew how to adept and they got away with it, but the closest I will ever get to a Parisian girl is by wearing this t-shirt… Talking about Paris, though, makes me reminisce… I love Paris… So much… And it seems forever since the last time I was there – Paris Fashion Week AW14.

My memories of Paris vary from family trips, to a road trip with Thomas, and Fashion Weeks, many of them. So you can imagine that every time I had to pass on an opportunity to go, it made a tiny bit sad. Of course the reasons of not going were legit – having babies, undergoing cancer treatment – but whenever you are not able to do something you love, even though it’s for something good, it hurts. That’s because you love it so much.

And whilst I’m “locked away” in our bedroom for a week, I’ve plenty of time to plot my next visit. Living in New York makes it a little less easy to get back and forth, so realistically this will be next Fashion Week. I can’t wait, I mean, I have plenty of things to look forward to, but Paris just makes my heart beat faster. Tell me, what are your Parisian memories? Have you ever been? And what are you most looking forward to this last quarter of the year? Keep me company, and tell me all about it!

Maison Kitsuné t-shirt (similar fun ones here, here, and here) // Gestuz pinstripe jacket and pants // Stan Smith trainers (or all white version here) // Lucy Folk bracelet.

Photos by Jeff Thibodeau

 


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