Paris celebrates July 14th!
- Time: Friday, 12 July 2019
On July 14, the French National Day reaches its peak in Paris.
On the occasion of the French National Day, the traditional fireworks display offers an exceptional firework display each year from the capital's most emblematic monument: the Eiffel Tower.
PARIGI È PERFETTA PER UNA VISITA ROMANTICA ...
- Time: Thursday, 30 November 2023
Ognuno ha il suo modo di essere romantico! Mentre alcuni potrebbero semplicemente divertirsi seduti sulla terrazza del Café de Flore, altri potrebbero preferire passeggiare mano nella mano attraverso il labirinto di strade nel Quartiere Latino o farsi fotografare a Montmartre ...
Passeggiate romantiche
Le rive della Senna sono state apprezzate da coppie innamorate da secoli. Le banchine attorno alle due isole di Ile Saint Louis e Ile de la Cité sono luoghi ideali per passeggiare insieme. I ponti fanno anche appello alle coppie. Potrebbe essere perché i loro archi simboleggiano un\'alleanza? O perché l\'acqua che scorre sotto di loro porta con sé la più selvaggia delle promesse? Secondo la tradizione, i piccioncini dovrebbero baciarsi e esprimere un desiderio sotto il Pont Marie, soprannominato \"ponte degli innamorati\". Una consuetudine più recente è quella di appendere un lucchetto cosiddetto \"d\'amore\" sulle inferriate del Pont de l\'Archevêché e del Pont des Arts per immortalare il proprio amore.
Baci sulle panchine pubbliche
Le panchine nei parchi pubblici e nei giardini di Parigi sono luoghi perfetti per amare coppie di tutte le età a sussurrare dolci noie a vicenda. Storicamente, i Giardini delle Tuileries sono sempre stati un luogo privilegiato per il comportamento libertino. Gli ampi vicoli erano un tempo teatro d\'amore e giochi d\'azzardo. In questi giorni è più probabile vedere coppie accarezzare le sensuali sculture di marmo di Maillol, o sgranocchiare mele caramellate al luna park nei giardini in estate. Scambia i baci a un\'altezza vertiginosa nel Tempio di Sibilla, arroccato su una cima rocciosa nel Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, o al buio nella grotta sottostante con le sue stalagmiti. Abbracciate seducenti vicino alla Fontaine Médicis nel Jardin du Luxembourg, baciate come gli antichi romani nelle Arènes de Lutèce e dondolate sopra il livello della strada nei giardini della Coulée Verte. In un clima molto freddo, l\'ambiente tropicale di Serres d\'Auteuil è un buon posto dove stare, così come lo sono le serre nel Jardin des Plantes. Per confidenze discrete, i giardini di Rohan e Fontenay della National Archives sono tra i preferiti dai piccioncini. Questi luoghi, restaurati e riaperti al pubblico nel 2011, offrono l\'atmosfera di un romantico giardino del XIX secolo con alberi di pino, gloriette e topiaria.
Il fascino senza tempo delle gallerie commerciali coperte
Simbolico della vecchia Parigi, i portici coperti sono molto apprezzati dai parigini. Con i loro alti tetti di vetro, le boutique eclettiche e il fascino vecchio stile, hanno un\'atmosfera tutta sua che favorisce una passeggiata romantica, lontano dai rumori della città. Le più raffinate sono la Galerie Vivienne e la Galerie Colbert, con il loro arredamento neoclassico. I Passages Jouffroy e Passage Verdeau delizieranno chi ama gli oggetti da collezione, mentre il Passage du Grand Cerf e la Galerie Vero Dodat sono magneti per gli appassionati di design. Il Passage Choiseul è un altro punto di ritrovo popolare e il Passage Brady con i suoi numerosi ristoranti indiani ti trasporta nel subcontinente.
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BIKING THROUGH PARIS
- Time: Sunday, 31 July 2022
My friend Ann just arrive to Paris for studying at Sorbonne University. She rents an apartment for a few weeks in the quartier Latin, center Paris. As an avid biker in New York, she decided to travel by bike in Paris. “It is exhilarating to travel through Paris by bycicle at street level. It is an amazing experience and I encourage all of you that like biking to do the same but listen to those safety tips...
PAUL, 130 ANNI DI PASSIONE PER IL PANE FRANCESE
- Time: Sunday, 31 July 2022
Dopo centotrenta anni di vita, l’azienda Paul, uno dei più grandi marchi della panificazione francese, è una vera ambasciatrice dell’Art de vivre alla francese. Presente in più di 33 Paesi, Paul rappresenta l’amore per il lavoro ben fatto, la gioia di offrire ogni giorno dei prodotti di qualità e di accogliere la clientela in una cornice unica e tipicamente francese. Il concetto di PAUL: pane fresco, di vari tipi e di grandissima qualità…
PETIT BATEAU, A REFERENCE BRAND AND A FRENCH PRIDE
- Time: Thursday, 04 August 2022
Petit Bateau is a clothing famous French brand mainly for babies, children (and not only…). The brand takes its name from its name from the nursery rhyme ‘Maman les p'tits bateaux qui vont sur l'eau ont-ils des jambes?’. Which has been sung for generations in France. The first boutique opened in 1978 in Paris, today the company has around 400 worldwide boutiques and more than 3,000 employees, most of them are in France at the Saint Joseph de Troyes factory where it all began 124 years ago. Bought in 1988 by Yves Rocher, Petit Bateau is now part of the Rocher Group.
THE LEOPARD PRINT SPICES UP THE STREETS OF PARIS
- Time: Monday, 20 May 2019
A wild claw hit the Parisian women: the leopard is back. Even if the famous French rule of elegance "less is more" is still valid, this year the Parisian women are leaving their reserve: the leopard print is worn all over, i.e. on imposing and striking pieces such as coats and dresses. If it has long been rejected and decreed vulgar in the capital of good taste, it is now over. On the contrary, black spots have never been so famous and worn by influencers. There are as many leopard prints and ways to wear it as there are styles and women, it's up to you to play with the beasts, but let's see together HOW TO DO....
INTERVIEW: RICHARD ORLINSKI, THE BEST SELLING FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ARTIST IN THE WORLD!
- Time: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
His sculptures, designed around the \"Born Wild\" concept, reflect a profound reflection on animal instinct and human nature, in a resolutely modern style that never gives way to trash, extravagance or ephemerality. Richard Orlinski is an eclectic artist, a lover of art in all of its forms, the sculptor shatters conventional notions and does not hesitate to embrace new forms of artistic expression. Driven by a global and universal vision, he is eager to explore different realms such as sculpture, design, music, live shows...
Some of his works are worth millions of euros and stars love it, like Sharon Stone who is one of his clients. But thanks to a partnership with Eurodisney everyone can buy a statue of Orlinski, like the Mickey Wizard sold for less than 49 euros (put in dollars).
Career
in 2005 Richard Orlinski decided to “devote himself fully to art”. Today he is surrounded by more than 200 collaborators! The story began with a red resin crocodile that he chooses to exhibit in Deauville at the “American Film Festival”. From the top of the peaks of Courchevel to television screens, Orlinski takes art where it has never been before, even if that means breaking the rules! Displaying his art in “unusual places and in the open air” very quickly became his trademark. For the celebration of the ninetieth birthday of Mickey, the Disney Studio chooses him for re interpreting the “Mickey Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.
Interview
About your career, you say you used cross roads to achieve success?
Yes, because I was not accepted as I was, I had no choice. It\'s quite complicated to get off the beaten track, you had to break the codes out of obligation at the beginning. On my way, I had to do a lot of work, get involved and face a lot of vexations, but I understood that all this was necessary for my project to mature and for me to be ready too. I wasted a lot of time getting to this point.
You have a very characteristic style, how did you define this style?
I am looking for an immediate reading and emotion of the work. You don\'t have to worry about understanding a work. In fact, what I like is that my sculptures can please children first. Children are cash is the least corrupt public that exists.
You are the best-selling French artist in the world but you stay away from the art world?
If I am not admitted to the great art world, it doesn\'t matter. If five out of every 100 people do not adhere to my work, it does not matter. I would rather please as many people as possible than work for an elite.
Your sculptures are for everyone with affordable sculptures, like the magician Mickey?
Yes, thanks to the partnership with Disneyland Paris everyone can buy a statue of Orlinski. It is an outcome. For me it is a consecration. The Mickey Wizard, for example, is sold for 49 euros.
Richard, can you describe yourself?
I\'m an atypical person who breaks codes. For me, art is something universal and we can build bridges between all art forms. I am in favour of sharing, for teamwork, values that are not necessarily in tune with the times. I like freedom, being able to do what I want and having the means to do it. It\'s extremely complicated to get! I am satisfied with very simple things, I do a lot of work in children\'s hospitals by organizing workshops. These exchanges with these little ones are beautiful, and it\'s better than any gift for me.
And what about you as a child, what did you want to become?
As a child, I wanted to be a veterinarian to care for animals but I also had artistic desires. Today I sculpt crocodiles and \"King Kong\" in precious materials and in pop colors! But I was also attracted to cinema and music.
Can you describe your world, where you live?
In my apartment, which is based on Haussmann style, I have combined classicism and modernity. My interior is above all an experimental living space for my creations. In addition to sunlight, I need artificial light: the ceiling is a starry sky of small spots with white lights that captures the color of the object well. I\'m against the current trend of advocating dimmed lighting!
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FROM PARIS TO THE RED CARPET, HOW TO WEAR RED WITH ELEGANCE
- Time: Monday, 13 May 2019
The well-“red” Parisian… In summertime, I think the color red gives us Parisians a little lift. It’s warm, it looks good, and it’s flamboyant! We Parisians wear it with black, gray or white. Anything can look great in red (handbag, gloves, coat, that sexy little dress). But keep the look sober, if you want to achieve Parisian elegance.
THE HEART OF FRENCH LUXURY
- Time: Thursday, 30 November 2023
Luxury is today a major actor in the French economy, the creator of wealth, added value and supplier of foreign currencies. However, in reality, the real force of Luxury has been to maintain against all obstacles, in the twentieth century, period of excessive automation and robotics, conservatories of craftsmanship, thereby giving priority to the individual over the group. The nobility of Luxury becomes evident to all those in contact with it, because it’s impossible to remain insensitive to the beauty of the skills of the craftsman…
Master Glassblowers, Chasers and Engravers with proverbial skills, Furniture Makers with a traditional knack, able to obtain incomparable quality and finish, all these and many others, form this high craftsmanship imbibed with the Culture and History that have brought honor to France.The names Baccarat, Hermès, Yves-Saint-Laurent, Lalique, Dior, Puiforcat… are all flags that float throughout the world, calling to mind the existence of our country and its traditions. They are synonymous with “beauty”, “purity”, “creativity” and the luxury that they generate answers the needs of Humanity which has a need for evasion and dream, both as necessary for equilibrium as the air breathed and the bread consumed.
Our world would really be dreary if it wasn’t peopled with objects of Art that move us and instill us with interest, enthusiasm and Passion!
Who speaks of the superfluous in this respect, whereas it really involves the essential, a “supplement of soul” without which the things in life would really appear to be pathetic? Luxury thereby has a soul, ours, that of the Creators, the Buyers, the impassioned.
It remains a barrier against a standardized civilization, as well as the guarantor of our finest qualities. Finally, it today appears as a major actor in our economy and this is well earned.
So, we wish good luck and a long life to French luxury with the new world clients and future generations …
Text by Jacques Mouclier (former President of Fédération Française de la Couture)
Bonne soirée, Charlotte
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1. Luxproductions per Christofle;
2. Van Cleef & Arpels;
3. Lalique;
4. Dior;
The femininity, a question of attitude
- Time: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Surely, in your life, you have met women that were spreading something incredibly attractive around them. Something that attracted both men and women. And it was not the exterior beauty. It was something inside of them. Remember what Lady Diana was like? It’s not surprising that almost 20 years after her death, people still remember her charisma, allure and aura. Another perfect example is Audrey Hepburn.
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