

When Ines de la Fressange published her first Parisian style guide in 2011, Parisian Chic, I was ecstatic (read my detailed review here). To make a perfect couple, one has to listen to the music he was listening to at the beginning of the romance.You have 4 free post views remaining this month.īecome a Member and view posts without restrictions. brakes, airbags, air-conditioning …Ĭouple: Funny-after a few years, people hate what initially seduced them. An ideal present-I still have it, and it’s still growing …īoyfriend: If I don’t write “Denis Olivennes,” he won’t talk to me for five days!Ĭar: I would love a vintage car, but with all the modern things like A.B.S. Pity.īirthday gift: Once, I received a tree. Is that a snobby thing to say?īike: I loved the small Harley-Davidson that they don’t make anymore. Maybe this is the definition of Parisian style. Now there’s an app!īag: I have the most beautiful bags from Roger Vivier, but sometimes a simple basket is better.

I can’t remember the name of the greatest one, but they did serve chicken with green peas that was just perfection!Īpp: When I didn’t know the name of a flower, I would send a picture of it to Christian Louboutin, and he would tell me what it was. When we were starving, he would choose a place to land. Ashley Baker Portrait of a Lady Left, on vacation in the South of France in 1993, while pregnant with her first son right, at the Chanel spring 1984 couture show in Paris.Īirport: When I was a child, my father would take my brother and me on tours of the countryside in his tiny Jodel plane. Naturally, she has a very firm grasp on the good life. (She even famously lent her likeness to the bust of the Marianne, the international symbol of the French Republic.) Now, in addition to masterminding her collection and globe-trotting in the name of Roger Vivier, de la Fressange also publishes a weekly digital newsletter, La Lettre d’Inès, in French and English. Nicknamed “the talking mannequin,” due to her vivacious and loquacious personality, she quickly became one of the most in-demand models in the world, working extensively with Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. ) Ever since de la Fressange emerged on the fashion scene as a teenager, she’s been at the center of things. (The first one is called Parisian Chic: A Style Guide. She also happens to be a magnificent lunch date, the impresario of her own eponymous brand, a global ambassador for Roger Vivier, and the woman who co-wrote the book(s) on French style. Talented, charming, beautiful, clever, and bursting with joie de vivre, Inès de la Fressange possesses more than her fair share of virtues.
