A spacious gallery in the heart of Paris played host to La Redoute’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Press Day – a bi-annual event that gives the press and bloggers a sneak peek of the forthcoming season’s trends. Audrey Rogers, Julia Lundin and Lydia Millen worked the camera in a photoshoot and the big fashion interview backstage; talking style icons, investment items and favourite French phrases.
Audrey Rogers
www.befrassy.net
Originally from the States, Audrey lived in Paris for several years – becoming well and truly immersed in French fashion and expert in all things chic! All this, and she’s a skilled photographer and writer too. Audrey shares her personal style story of things that inspire and places she visits with her blog, Be Frassy.
Julia Lundin
julialundin.com
Fashion expert Julia is a full time blogger and a former retail and market editor at ELLE UK. Her blog – which she produces alongside photographer husband Patrik – is a destination for fashion, beauty, lifestyle and travel.
Lydia Millen
lydiaelisemillen.com
Lydia advocates a feel-good, look-good mentality and her blog is a combination of fashion and fitness posts. She’s not one to be swayed by flash-in-the-pan trends; Lydia has a timeless, classic style all of her own – and you’ll find that effortless chic perfectly captured on her blog.
The Big French Fashion Interview
In your opinion, which personality embodies the French style the best?
Lydia: For me it’s Christine Lagarde, she encapsulates chic and effortless style perfectly.
Audrey: Bridget Bardot, Jane Birkin; still very French but in a very effortless kind of way.
Julia: Isabel Marant – I just love boho chic.
For you, which clothing item / accessories are typical of the French touch?
Audrey: I would have to say a trench coat – it looks really good just on top of whatever they’re wearing.
Julia: I would say red lipstick and stripes. I think something about red lipstick and a stripey top is so French!
Lydia: Red lipstick, because it can dress up a black outfit or a colourful outfit.
What is the secret of the French “Je ne sais quoi”?
Julia: I would say chic, effortlessness, looking like they say Parisian women, they don’t really blow-dry hair, they don’t really spend much time on it but it always looks amazing!
Audrey: It’s not so much to hide or conceal anything; they just sort of embrace how they are naturally.
Lydia: The hair’s left tousled, undone and it just encapsulates Parisian style.
What is your favourite French word or expression?
Audrey: As an American who’s lived over here so long, I’ve found myself wearing things which were total ‘faux pas’ and had to learn along the way.
Lydia: ‘Noir’, just purely because I wear a lot of it so that’s my favourite.
Julia: Just describing everything that we said – ‘C’est magnifique’!
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