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16.27.a - Beyond the Cliché: Fashion, Faith and Foundations
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—This week in le Bulletin: fashion's great escape, a modernist masterpiece, Beaujolais and Bourgogne, and a place of unexpected beauty
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.27 - French Worm-Holes Worth Falling Into
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Four contributors, four corners of France: from couture to terroir to sacred architecture
20 hrs ago
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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The Rebel Who Became a Muse: How a Runaway from France’s Most Notorious Project Shaped Paris Fashion
She fled Les Minguettes with nothing at sixteen. Late in 2025, Farida Khelfa closed an auction of 200 pieces of fashion history—and gave half the…
21 hrs ago
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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La Grande Mosquée de Paris: a delight to visit
Have you been to Paris a few times and are looking for something new and different to see?
Jul 9
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Jenn Bragg
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Villa E-1027: Eileen Gray’s modernist masterpiece
Eileen Gray was a pioneer in the world of design and architecture, at a time when very few women were able to make their mark in either field. Long…
Jul 8
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Suzanne from Baguette Gazette
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French wine: Bourgogne et Beaujolais
I have the pleasure of re-introducing: Eveline Chartier, DipWSET, BSc(Eng).
Jul 7
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Eveline Chartier
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16.26.a — The Shelf That Talks Back
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—On the people France almost let disappear — and what sixteen years of dry gullies actually gets you
Jul 4
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.26 - The France Most People Drive Straight Past
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—On fitting in, finding out, and the extraordinary things hiding in unremarkable places
Jul 3
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: Grandeur and Generosity in the Marais
A street named for charity became one of the Marais's grandest addresses — and somehow kept both souls intact.
Jul 2
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Pierre Guernier
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Lesser Known French Cultural Experiences
On the eve of my French nationality interview, reflections on little moments that helped integrate me into the culture.
Jul 1
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Shelby Chambers
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June 2026
Memories Here and Back There
Like most folks newly arrived on the scene in France, we were overwhelmed yet excited.
Jun 30
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Mark Jespersen
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16.25.a - What France Keeps in the Cold
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—Inside the world's only perfume library, plus Sequana, Moulins, and a life rewritten in France... Are you ready?
Jun 27
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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