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16.27.a - Beyond the Cliché: Fashion, Faith and Foundations

16.27.a - Beyond the Cliché: Fashion, Faith and Foundat...

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—This week in le Bulletin: fashion's great escape, a modernist...

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The Rebel Who Became a Muse: How a Runaway from France’s Most Notorious Project Shaped Paris Fashion

The Rebel Who Became a Muse: How a Runaway from France’...

She fled Les Minguettes with nothing at sixteen. Late in 2025, Farida Khelfa clo...

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16.27 - French Worm-Holes Worth Falling Into

16.27 - French Worm-Holes Worth Falling Into

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Four contributors, four corners of France: from couture to ...

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La Grande Mosquée de Paris: a delight to visit

La Grande Mosquée de Paris: a delight to visit

Have you been to Paris a few times and are looking for something new and differe...

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Villa E-1027: Eileen Gray’s modernist masterpiece

Villa E-1027: Eileen Gray’s modernist masterpiece

Eileen Gray was a pioneer in the world of design and architecture, at a time whe...

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Supercharge Your Hydration: HydraMax Electrolytes Tablets by UPSA France

Supercharge Your Hydration: HydraMax Electrolytes Table...

It seems this French Made in France Brand UPSA has been around forever, and it h...

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French wine: Bourgogne et Beaujolais

French wine: Bourgogne et Beaujolais

I have the pleasure of re-introducing: Eveline Chartier, DipWSET, BSc(Eng).

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16.26.a — The Shelf That Talks Back

16.26.a — The Shelf That Talks Back

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—On the people France almost let disappear — and what sixteen ...

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16.26 - The France Most People Drive Straight Past

16.26 - The France Most People Drive Straight Past

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—On fitting in, finding out, and the extraordinary things hi...

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Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: Grandeur and Generosity in the Marais

Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: Grandeur and Generosity in th...

A street named for charity became one of the Marais's grandest addresses — and s...

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Lesser Known French Cultural Experiences

Lesser Known French Cultural Experiences

On the eve of my French nationality interview, reflections on little moments tha...

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French Iconic Summer Salad: La Salade Niçoise 

French Iconic Summer Salad: La Salade Niçoise 

In the summer months in France, nothing says “refreshing ” lunch or entrée like ...

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Memories Here and Back There

Memories Here and Back There

Like most folks newly arrived on the scene in France, we were overwhelmed yet ex...

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The Immortality Factory: Inside the Osmothèque and France’s War for Perfume’s Soul — #1/3

The Immortality Factory: Inside the Osmothèque and Fran...

French perfume mini-series. This is a fascinating long read. Find a comfy chair ...

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16.25.a - What France Keeps in the Cold

16.25.a - What France Keeps in the Cold

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—Inside the world's only perfume library, plus Sequana, Moulin...

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16.25 - The France That Doesn't Make the Brochure

16.25 - The France That Doesn't Make the Brochure

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Coco Chanel's Moulins, a goddess sleeping beneath the Seine...