How To Be Parisian Wherever You Are

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780857982506 Author(s): Sophie Mas Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2014 Publisher: Random House Australia Pages: 272

Description: Four fabulous, smart, savvy French women offer up their highly amusing insider take on Parisian life, love and liberty.Four fabulous, smart, savvy French women offer up their highly amusing insider take on Parisian life, love and liberty.How to Be a Parisian brilliantly deconstructs the French woman's views on culture, fashion and attitude. Unlike other books on French style, this illustrated handbook is full of wit and self-deprecating humour. Authors - Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret and Sophie Mas - are bohemian free-thinkers and iconoclasts, and they are not afraid to cut through some of the myths. They say what you don't expect to hear, just the way you want to hear it. They are not against smoking in bed, and all for art, politics and culture, making everything look easy, and going against the grain.Including 80 black and white and colour pictures, many taken by the authors, How to Be a Parisian explains those confusing subjects of clothes, makeup, men, culture and lifestyle as only a true Parisienne can.On the style front-You don't always have to be made up, but you should always be well dressed.Your look should always have one thing left undone - the devil is in the detail.Either go all grey hair or no grey hair. Salt and pepper is for the table.Or on how to answer the phone when he finally calls-The Parisienne lets the phone ring. (She's not waiting by the phone.)She feigns surprise upon hearing his voice. (She wasn't expecting his call.)She asks if she can call him back in five minutes. (She's in the middle of something.)The thing is, she's not alone... (Et oui- you should never have kept her waiting.)What the Parisian won't let near her wardrobe-Logos. You are not a billboard.Ugg Boots. Enough said. Don't even ask.Skimpy top. Because you're not fifteen anymore.The fak