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The Memoirs of a Model in 1960s Paris

Posted on November 7, 2012 by MessyNessy

Anyone that saw the September Issue will know who Grace Coddington is and probably fell in love with her just like I did. The Vogue Creative Director has penned a memoir, simply titled Grace, and it hits stores this November. In an excerpt published by Vogue online, Grace talks about her early modeling career when [...]

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Live Vicariously in Paris

What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
In : Paris. Tags: app, guide, Paris, photography, tech, and tour.
That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
In : Paris and shock me. Tags: history, Holocaust, mosque, muslim, Nazi, Paris, and word war II.
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After I finish telling you about this, I’m going to write a letter to someone; with a pen,
In : Nostalgia. Tags: French, letters, Paris, romance, and writing.
The Floating Paris Winery

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In : Paris. Tags: boat, canal, houseboat, Paris, river, Seine, and wine.
The First Chanel Boutique: A Short Film by Karl Lagerfeld

Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
In : C'est Chic and fashion for dummies. Tags: boutique, Chanel, Coco Chanel, Deauville, fashion, history, and style.
The Remains of a Paris ‘Kowloon’ Walled City

You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
In : Paris. Tags: architecture, citadel, Paris, and urban.
The Man who Lives in a Paris Bridge

I pass the Pont Louis Philippe most days, whizzing by on a scooter along the banks of the Seine. At
In : Paris. Tags: bridge, home, house, Paris, and squat.
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In : Paris. Tags: Paris, underground, and underwater.
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In : fashion for dummies and have you met. Tags: 1980s, brands, dandy, dapper, Dapper Dan, designer, fashion, Hip hop, labels, logo, and style.
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In : Nostalgia and Paris. Tags: abandoned, Art Deco, cinema, movies, and Paris.
And the Award for the Most Beautiful LookBook goes to…

Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: art, embroidered, fashion, food, food x style, lookbook, moroccan, oxfords, painting, shoes, and style.
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In : Paris. Tags: Avenue Junot, French, Montmartre, and Paris.
Paris in the Springtime: How to Avoid Everyone

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In : Paris. Tags: al fresco, garden, outdoor, Paris, park, picnic, spring, summer, and terrace.
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Sawn in half with a chainsaw, wheeled down the streets of San Francisco, stuck on a barge at Marina
In : Nostalgia. Tags: 1960s, architecture, bizarre, historic, historic home, moving, preservation, and san francisco.
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In : Paris. Tags: animals, Paris, Sheep, and weird.