Halloweened

 

Ghouls and goblins roamed the streets (and métros) of Paris last night.

Above: a friendly skeleton

 

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- Happy Halloween 2019 -

🎃

 

La Toussaint: All Saints' Day 

1st November

 

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Halloween 2019, French style: four parties and a (fake) funeral

 

November newsletter

High on a kiss

Newlyweds take in the views from the top of Montmartre.

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- Mix and mingle at this year's Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre festivities -

All weekend

Program in English

Dress Code: white

 

 The rules are simple: everyone must dress in white from head to toe. Elegance is essential and originality a plus... No plastic or paper dishes and utensils allowed...  
The Good Life France Magazine


This year's last minute surprise setting for Le Dîner En Blanc was as spectacular as expected: 

in the glow of the Eiffel Tower.

June newsletter

Nouveautés

 

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Also see:

 
Dîner en Blanc, 30 years

 Dîner en Blanc 2018, in pictures 

 

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Merci François Pasquier
 

Fashion week end

 

 

 

Today ends Fashion Week.

Above: private parties and showroom reception hopping; off-the-radar designers in ephemeral spaces

Below: L'Oréal's spectacular celebrity runway on the Seine; hundreds of spectators watch from bridges and boats

Reception

A small wedding party gathers at the foot of a Montmartre stairway.

Paris Design Week

Evenings of galas and receptions as lamp shades decorate streets.

Ends tomorrow

Vaux-le-Vicomte fait son cinéma

A special exhibition goes behind the scenes to celebrate the many films made at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

 

(click on photos to enlarge)

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No sooner back from Italy it was off to Vaux-le-Vicomte -- the château about an hour's drive outside of Paris that inspired Versailles -- to an invitation-only exclusive evening where lucky guests had the run of the castle into the night.

Above: thousands of candles light our approach; chamber group welcome; costumes from some of the many movies filmed here (Man In The Iron Mask, Marie-Antoinette, James Bond Moonraker, Versailles, Three Musketeers....); a room set up and ready for filming; outstanding créatrice-costume designer Madeline Fontaine; champagne apéro-dinatoire

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Vaux-le-Vicomte At The Movies

Ends November 5

  

Party dressing

With springtime boums around the corner pre-teen / kidswear boutiques are gearing up.

Edelweiss

44 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin 75009

Ze cocktail hour

In Paris, dressing up never went out of style.

Dress-ing up: July sales

Summer soirées are here and so are the July soldes, with bargains to be found until August 4.
 

Above: a small dress shop in the Haut Marais