A little French girl at Galeries Lafayette
French women
- wear elegant black wool coats even when the temperature is far below zero. In Sweden warm sporty jackets are certainly more popular in winter.
- wear fur, a lot. Like fur jackets or fur elements in their outfits. In Sweden you will hardly see anyone wear fur, unless it’s fake.
- wear high heels in broad daylight. Walking in parks, shopping, taking the subway… In Sweden, heels are generally saved for the Saturday night and festive occasions.
- despite the traditional image, they don’t wear red lipstick in their daily looks. However, you will see a lot of tourist girls wearing “the French look”: all in black, accesorized with a hat and accompanied with a red lipstick and black eyeliner.
- smoke! I’ve seen so many French girls smoke on the streets, in cafés and sometimes even indoors! Overall, smoking seems a lot more popular in France than here. In Sweden you will hardly see anyone with a cigarette if you take a stroll downtown on a regular day, and personally I don’t have a single smoker among my friends.
ah ha ha very nice observation. And so true. In Paris is more important to be dressed with style than to be warm during winter. Sometimes is freezing and i see women who are dressed with short skirt, high heels and i ask to myself “maybe it’s going to be sunny ??!” but no, it’s freezing but they just want to be “A la mode” )))
It’s true:) Style comes before everything else! Sometimes I wish I were more like that too:)
But i like the swedish version more. There are too many people who smoke in France. Even if they know that is bad for the health. They start very young now. It’s a big problem and after they will complain when they will be sick !!!!!
Hahaha french people complain a lot ! xD
ah ah ha , yes , Ines and we complain very well ))
Anche in Italia moltissime donne, signore, ragazze ecc. fumano per strada e io ho un sacco di amici e colleghi fumatori! Molto carina la foto della bambina. Ciao!
I like the Swedish version more:)
Except the little fake fur detailing on the hood of my coat (I hope they wear fake ones, too), I’m not much like them, I guess =) I smoke occasionally, though.
Haha, I don’t judge!:) this is a list of nothing else than mere curious observations!
I am happy to hear that Swedish women seldom wear fur, but a little shocked that it’s so popular with French women. No decent American woman has worn fur in 20 years (though I’m sorry to say some still do).
Really? Interesting. I don’t really judge people who wear fur, I guess, it’s one of those choices you have to make for yourself.
your blog is amazing, and I love your header!
Thanks, Beata!
Most of the features enlisted are similar to those in Russia (Moscow): cold clothes, fur, high heels and smoking!! BTW I like the Swedish version more too!
Interesting! I don’t know which version I prefer more:) And unfortunately, I’ve only been to Russia a couple of times, and never to Moscow:(
(( I wrote a lot and it disappeared( the point is that non-smoking version is definitely better, it’s very unpleasant when almost everyone smokes as they do in Russia.
I’m a french girl, I live near Paris but I’m not like that… I prefer to be dressed warm than being “à la mode”, I really don’t understand french minds sometimes… By the way… I prefer the swedish version.