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All You Need to Be Impossibly French

A Witty Investigation into the Lives, Lusts, and Little Secrets of French Women

By Helena Frith Powell

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| Paperback | 9780452287785

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Book Description

The allure of the Frenchwoman—sexy, sophisticated, flirtatious, and glamorous—is legendary. More than an eye for fashion or a taste for elegance, the French je ne sais quoi embodies the essential ingredients for looking and feeling beautiful.

With wit, whimsy, and wonder, BritisContinue

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An English woman observed French women's lifestyle. Although there are points in the book, but some parts are too trivial to read and I can't accept all. Fortunately, or kind of relief, the conclusion fits my thought... we don't need to be a completely French woman. Just to learn to make a little ti ... (continue)

An English woman observed French women's lifestyle. Although there are points in the book, but some parts are too trivial to read and I can't accept all. Fortunately, or kind of relief, the conclusion fits my thought... we don't need to be a completely French woman. Just to learn to make a little time for ourselves every day and do something make us happy. That's enough.

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gingerhsu said on Oct 8, 2010 | Add your feedback

Orientalism for ladettes

If you spend half a day on Paris’ Avenue Montaigne you may seen one or two of them: those elegant French women, looking glamorous in anything like a T-shirt and jeans or a designer dress. How they do this is the burning question that Englishwoman Helena Frith Powell tries to answer in this book. ... (continue)

If you spend half a day on Paris’ Avenue Montaigne you may seen one or two of them: those elegant French women, looking glamorous in anything like a T-shirt and jeans or a designer dress. How they do this is the burning question that Englishwoman Helena Frith Powell tries to answer in this book.
Ms. Frith Powell checks with her friends from the fashion world and explains in the cheerful tone of a leading fashion magazine that the difference between a British ladette and a Frenchwoman is not just a working knowledge of the books of George Sand and Colette as well as Elle Magazine, but also lots of body creams, good food in reasonable portions, no miniskirts if you are certain age, regular but not extreme exercise, and, very important, matching bras and knickers of high quality. And lots of smoking. This mixture will keep you seductive any time, which you have to, because it is a competitive world in Paris. Mais si vous avez du chien, vous pouvez jouir le cinq à sept!

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Hermes said on Apr 15, 2010 | Add your feedback