~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 25ème~

December 10th, 2009

Paris is known as La Ville-Lumière (referring both to its having been a center of ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, and its early adoption of street lighting), but it also loves it’s ladies. Here are a few distinctly Parisian grand dames I’ve seen around town–chignons, pressed powder, fur, gloves, giant sunglasses, emphatic gestures–and some vintage footage of a few of the more famous expats from Greta Schiller’s documentary Paris Was A Woman. More grand dames here (scroll to bottom).