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Haha, I can see you got the comments on the parisian wind and water hair regimen :D
PS: We also say a lot of “P*tain!”

Oh yes, Pu*ain est super important!!!!! Si ce mot fait parti de ton vocabulaire alors 100% french!!!

I just love all the topics you blog about lol.

Don’t know why really, but many people associate short hair style with being french.
There where numerous occasions when people I just met assumed that I was french – when asked why, they said “Oh, such cool haircut!”

hahaha this post is great!

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Hilarious… and so true!Thank you for making my day, can’t stop chuckling!

Now trick me into wanting to do that

When I lived in Paris I used to trick people into thinking I was at the very least not American by saying things like “Ah, bon?!” and “vachement.” Nobody thought I was French but I definitely had people thinking I was German or something.

So helpful and clever, non?

Your posts are always brilliant and never fail to make me smile!
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Excellent, I love the “shout ‘merde’ all the time'” advice! You should also say ‘putain’ all the time, it’s one of our favourites! It was actually the first word one of my twin girls said (not ‘maman’ or ‘papa’, she said ‘putain’ in a loop, it was so embarassing).
Mafalda
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I don’t like wine and I put on 5 kilos just by looking at bread. Cool. I will never trick anyone. And by the way, Alex, I forgot to tell you in your chic French hair post from the other day that I live in the most windy town of the North of Europe and I do not have chic French hair. I repeat: I do not have chic French hair. Umpf!!! Stick to your lotions and tricks,wind just only gives you headaches!
:)
xx,
E.
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THANK YOU Maria! I feel the exact same way, the French stuff is getting repetetive. Enough already. Love everybody’s writing, but please pick a different topic!

Cet article est tres amusant!
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I must be a fake french because I don’t drink wine and I’m telling you, bread and croissants DO make me fat just by looking at them.
Also, may I add:
– Wear black from head to toe.
– Make that “pffff” noise when you’re annoyed or asked a question you don’t know the answer;
– Own about 10 pairs of black ballerina flats
Voila, you’re french!
Mari
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I am going in June – I will remember these!! : )

Great post!
almu
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Pffff, encore une fois, n’importe quoi ! Merci pour ces clichés parisiano centrés planifiés pour un public anglo saxons qui boira ces paroles sans vérifier ! Tout d’abord, le point sur le vin est faux, archi faux, la consommation de vin en France a beaucoup chuté et ce depuis des années. A tout prendre, on boit presque plus de vin aux US ! Ce sont des filles qui, en tous les cas, ont des moyens qui leur permettent de porter du Céline au quotidien, quel est le pourcentage de cette “faune” ? Très réduit. Dommage que, à nouveau, Garance participes à véhiculer ce genre de stéréotypes et d’inepties sur les françaises (comprendre les parisiennes de certains quartiers bien sur, surtout pas le 18è, le 13è ou bien du côté de la Chapelle que vous ne connaissez même pas !).
For pity’s sake american people, stop believing and reading such reducing and stupid comments regarding French and Paris, they are far from being true and do contribute to a false opinion of the French. Garance you’re becoming too cliche for your blog, did yo forget to be honest like the parisiant women you focused on yesterday or was it, again, only for your american readers?
Cette semaine française s’achève mal, avec de nombreux articles bourrés de répétitions, de traits réducteurs vus au travers d’un prisme exagérés. Et c’est à chaque fois la même chose. Comment se targuer d’avoir une image d’une femme indépendante, talentueuse et véhiculer de telles exagérations ? J’avoue cela me dépasse et j’assiste, impuissante, à la publication régulière d’articles qui alimente le mythe de la française (lire la parisienne). Est ce Garance parce que vous avez des origines insulaires ? Je ne sais pas. Avec ce genre de classification, je trouve cela dangereux car nous voici désormais chacun dans une petite boite, avec ces généralisations. Je ne m’appesantirerais pas sur ce “film” avec Jeanne, caricaturale aussi mais bon, so french hein !

Oui alors je suis d’accord sur tout sauf les cheveux! Mais cheveux survivent à l’eau parisienne, mais c’est un combat!! Meme si au final ils sont bien français, ils ne sont pas très copain copain avec cette foutue eau calcaire de m**de!

Yet another hilarious post – complete with a brilliant illustration, of course!
If you want to trick people into thinking you’re British, just adopt sarcasm as your first language and only talk to strangers if it’s to discuss (i.e complain about) the weather.
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Hilarious! I love the illustration. Would love to purchase through your shop!

I love it. Specially take two months of vacation. I actually did it last year, well I actually went back home, in South America, and spent time with my mom. This year I quit my full time job and I will become a freelancer, oops, scary? yes, cool? that too!

J’adore !

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Mouhahaha y’a tellement de vrai ! Trop drole !

Bonjour Garance

Je réagis à ta série d’article sur Paris car je ne comprends pas tous ces articles pour parler d’une parisienne imaginaire qui n’existe pas dans la réalité. Pour moi c’est comme si je lisais une série de préjugés : la parisienne boit du vin, la parisienne ne fait rien et en est fière, la parisienne porte une marinière…

Je suis une française qui vit à l’étranger et je reçois régulièrement des réflexions pleines de préjugés sur les français. Je pense que c’est important quand on en a l’occasion de ne pas entretenir ces clichés. Toutes les parisiennes ne sont pas maigres, blanches et habillées de marques chères comme Emmanuelle Alt!

Pourtant j’imagine que tu connais des parisiennes et que tu sais qu’il en existe de toutes sortes. Peut-être que ces articles sont du second degré mais il n’y a aucune nuance et malheureusement beaucoup de gens vont les prendre au premier degré.

Va falloir tester.
C’est drôle, non? ;)

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First of all let me start by saying that 1) I love your blog and you rock, Garance 2) this is not meant to be a rant, but I am seriously tired of the glorification of/obsession with everything that is French – particularly French women, more specifically Parisians. I have spent most of my life in Paris and the past few years in New York and I simply don’t get it. This amazingly cool French lifestyle is not an art form for heaven’s sake! I also think that what’s so often considered “French” actually more broadly applies to Europeans – simply being a bit more relaxed, trying less to live up to this insane and highly questionable ideal of the ultra-bony, overall perfect, eternally young woman that everybody in NY seems to be chasing after. In Paris (as Garance has so rightly stated before) it’s simply not desirable to be so scarily skinny and perfect all the time. Because quite frankly – that’s not what is going to make you beautiful, it actually just turns you into an annoying, superficial person and takes up way too much of your time, energy and brainpower.
I am so endlessly fed up with the faces that most Americans make when they see slender Europeans eat carbs. Their conclusion always seems to be that there must be some kind of magic involved. I’m telling you, it’s not. It’s more about moderation and enjoying what you eat, without feeling guilty about it all the time. Which brings me to another cliché that I hate: French women too care about staying slim (not bony however)! E.g. please just open the latest issue of French Marie Claire and you’ll see tons of ads for supplements (yes, French are obsessed with supplements) that are supposed to help you “mincir” (=lose weight). We do not just eat tons and tons of croissants all the time, of course we pay attention to what we eat. But we also think that eating should be something enjoyable and much rather opt for a 300 calorie croissant than an oh-so-healthy 300 calorie, mediocre-tasting green-protein-smoothie (seriously, New Yorkers?!). Because constantly depriving yourself of delicious foods really isn’t fun. And the desperate tension that comes with a life full of deprivation and obsession about being perfect all the time to me is one of the least attractive things I know in people.
And finally, I also think what makes French women beautiful is the simple fact that they can be proud of what they are – because being French/Parisian per se already seems to make them cool/beautiful to others. So they can be pretty relaxed about that, treasure what they have, move on to something more worthwhile and don’t have to try too hard. Growing up feeling that you are the epitome of beauty/coolness makes you feel very comfortable about yourself. I really think that’s it. That relaxed attitude of happiness and feeling comfortable in your skin, enjoying life, embracing what makes you special and maybe even feeling a little over-confident about yourself.
So there it is: my version of the truth. Give yourself a break and just enjoy life a little, francophile New Yorkers! Skip Ballet beautiful sometimes and just sit in the sun and have a glass of wine with somebody you love, feeling grateful for what you have.

AWESOME article! You’ve inspired me to look at Amsterdam the way you look at France/Paris >> StyleDepartment

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Dont shower and hop on the metro, Viola! That’s the reality on a French train.