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Mademoiselle Jeanne


Mode + Beauté

Jeanne Lanvin the visionary: French fashion, beauty, and lifestyle

Lanvin, the milliner, mother and maverick opened her first shop in Paris in 1889 and becomes a name to be reckoned with.

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"De nos jours, la plupart des gens meurent d'une espèce de bon sens rampant et découvrent trop tard qu'il n'y a que les erreurs qu'on ne regrette jamais. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, & discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

Oscar Wilde. Translation

Idiomes

C'est pas la moitié d'un con He/she is not half of an idiot - it actually means he/she is is very smart!
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