August, the month of the « Aoûtiens » as the French call it. Meaning, those who take their vacation holiday in August. The « Juilletistes » are the ones who head out of town in July. I am an « Aoûtienne ». I like having my vacation end at the end of the final Summer month. (I consider September a…
Catégorie : Accessories
Four Scents For Gentlemen
Post by Frank Cierpial As any self respecting gay man will tell you, creating a harmonious outfit can be a casse-tête. People always ask me “Frank, why does it take you four hours to get dressed for any given soirée?” Well, I will tell you, everything in the outfit has to flow, from the colors,…
Quinntessences & LH Designs
Missing You In Paris from Prete Moi Paris on Vimeo. As a Paris expat blogger, I am always happy to let you all know about my other fellow expat friends and bloggers. I am thrilled to present you with two fabulous ladies today! Quinn Connors as the model and stylist of the mini style story…
Marjorie Renner – designer
I want to introduce you to a woman I met, who is not only a talented designer and beautiful lady, she is also a lovely soul and conscientious human being. Invited into her home where she also runs her office, I was immediately doused in an enthusiastic South Asian welcome with wide smiles mixed with…
April in Paris – style
April in Paris – style by pretemoiparis featuring pied a terre
Style Shoot Inspiration Board
Style Shoot Inspiration Board by pretemoiparis featuring a pleated dress Coming up with ideas for a style shoot in the begining of April! Stay tuned… 😉 Reiss pleated dress reiss.com Steffen Schraut polka dot shirt stylebop.com Steffen Schraut silk shirt $260 – veryeickhoff.com 10 crosby derek lam amrag.com Alexander Wang pleated pants $350 – brownsfashion.com Spike heel 2020ave.com Dries…
The clutch
The clutch by pretemoiparis featuring genuine leather handbags . I have been wanting to blog about this trend for a little while now, and my new Polyvore account just made it even more simple for me! It’s even more fun and easy than my Shopstyle account. And allows you to blog your style creations with…
Prête-Moi Paris Winter Wants
Escaping the grey… Lazy Sundays spent browsing the web can sometimes bring about a wishlist or two for something fun, trendy and full of distraction from dull winter weather. Here is what I’ve picked out to brush aside the rainy day blues.
My Red Bubble Paris boutique!
Bonjour mes cheris! I was introduced via twitter to a site called Red Bubble. A place where designers and creatives can create products with their own designs, and *gasp* sell them! I LOVE the concept! Being a creative junkie myself, and always hungry to « make » something…I hoped on that bandwagon in a Paris minute. So…
Shoes at the BHV
When I worked in study abroad, I used to tell my students who came here to Paris, that if they needed anything and couldn’t find it they could always head to the BHV. I used to say that at the BHV, you could more or less build, decorate and live in a house with everything…