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If you’re headed over here and wondering what not to wear in Paris, we can help. Paris really is as fashionable as its reputation suggests. I used to work one floor below Vogue, and I can honestly say that the people who go down my street every day are just....

I have loved Camille Rowe ever since seeing her in this video for Vogue:

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Journalist and influencer Jeanne Damas built a business and a brand on her personal style: easy, breezy, more fanciful and less urban than someone like Emmanuelle Alt: a Parisian, of course, but a Parisian whose grandparents own an old stone house in Avignon…. Damas grew up in Paris’s decidedly non-fashion-y....

It’s not that hard to shop like a French girl (or woman, or child, or man.) French dressing is as sharp as it is because it represents a million tiny variations on a theme (read: uniform). This isn’t New York or London, where anything goes, and personal expression reigns supreme.....

Castles in Paris and nearby: Yes. You don't need to go to the Loire Valley to see castles on your big Paris trip. It's as much of a sure thing as a croissant and baguette. But which castle?....
This gorgeous, 17th-century estate is a worthy alternative to more famous castles.....
An actual castle, with a moat, all accessible on métro line 1. Pair it with a visit to Versailles for a singular look at French royal living across 500+ years.....

I don’t want an apartment like Amélie’s because it looks like the inside of, like, a kidney. (Too much red/velvet/beaded.) But of course there are bits and pieces I would love to live with. These are the six home purchases I would make, all inspired by Amélie.

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I’m not sure that I moved to Paris because of Amélie, but I’m not sure I didn’t, either. I saw it for the first time at just the right time. I loved it. And as much as it’s an homage to the past — all pasts, everywhere — it is....

“French country kitchen” is my favorite kind of kitchen. It says warm tones — wood, pink, yellow – and homemade meals. It says heirloom pie safes and family linens.

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