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Beauty, Branding + Business with PR Pro Marie-Laure Fournier [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

Have an inside look into the world of beauty, PR and Parisian style with Marie-Laure Fournier. The PR Connoisseur Way // Just The Right Touch In Beauty and Business... From dancing on the tables at chic clubs, to sleeping in the corner of her employer's PR office, Marie-Laure arrived in New York City with the French zest for fun and turned her pleasure from "it girl" to "it agency" as founder of her boutique pr company, Fournier Communications. Marie-Laure understands the importance of relationship and just the right touch when it comes to both business and beauty. This European outlook to beauty, branding, and business is not always easy, especially because we have to adjust our cultural mentality. To help us

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How to French Kiss Life with Tonya Leigh [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

Add elegance and balance to your life, inside and out by practicing how to French Kiss Life with Tonya Leigh. This week's episode of The 7 Days To Amazing Podcast with Sharon Haver featured guest is the brilliant master coach, entrepreneurial genius, and creator of French Kiss Life movement, Tonya Leigh. Tonya joins me to talk about how you can elevate your lifestyle, business, attitude and energy to create more fulfilling life experiences-- despite your age, career or your upbringing. Understanding the big picture is crucial to success, but sometimes our ambitions and goals in life keep us in a constant chase to the future life we seek. Tonya teaches the importance of celebrating the little things in life. She shows

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Joan Juliet Buck: From Vogue Paris Editor in Chief to Living a Life Well Lived [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

This Week:  A lively conversation with Joan Juliet Buck, from Vogue Paris, to life advice to working from home to the most stylish pants discovered at a Turkish mall. Sitting at the helm of Vogue Paris, particularly as an American, is arguably one of THE most influential jobs in fashion. But sometimes the path you take takes you on strange and unexpected turns. The legendary Joan Juliet Buck gets frank about life even when the life you dream about comes with a cost. You don't need to be a fashionista to enjoy this episode of the 7 Days to Amazing podcast but you just might learn a few tricks of the trade in the process, and they're more down to

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[7 Days to Amazing Podcast] How To Live Like A Parisian Wherever You Are With Richard Nahem of Eye Prefer Paris

The Paris Experience, No Passport Required! Did you ever wonder what it's like to live like a Parisian, or enjoy the European lifestyle wherever you may be? Don't worry, I've got the Paris insider dibs on what life in Paris really like, from my bestie! At some point in our lives, most of us dream of what it would be like to live in the most romantic, chic and alluring cities of the world, Paris, France. Today, we have a long time friend of mine, Richard Nahem, as he gives us a cultural tour of what it's really like to embrace this dream in an authentic, adventurous and exciting way. Before moving to Paris, Richard was a native New Yorker, chef

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[7 Days to Amazing Podcast] The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion with Elyssa Dimant

Did you ever dream of having French couture in your life? Well, I have the closest way most of us can make that specific kind of luxury accessible in our daily life, and it's amazing! Elyssa Dimant, author of The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion, is the 7 Days to Amazing podcast guest this week to share the dazzling history and journey of Paris fashion throughout the 20th century and today. Her new book provides gorgeous insight to the visual and historical details around high fashion in Paris and  how it effects what we wear today. As a matter of fact, if you ever feel like you're in the style doldrums, simply poke around The New French Couture

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Brights Lights Paris- a chic Francophile travel guide that you don’t need to leave home to enjoy

Are you dreaming of a Paris getaway? I've got a great quick read for you. Bright Lights Paris: Shop, Dine & Live . . . Parisian Style by Angie Niles is a chic Francophile travel guide that's as indispensable as a what to do in Paris guide as it is a how to dress like a Parisian tip sheet. The delightful book is so granular in its Parisian style observations that it even breaks down what the French girls wear arrondissement by arrondissement, that's neighborhood by chic neighborhood.  After all, you wouldn't want to look too Trocadéro (Paris's 16th arrondissement) when you're tooling around Le Marais (the 3rd arrondissement) now would you? Not planning a trip to Paris anytime soon? Don't worry, there are plenty of French

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Stylist Advice on how French women look chic in flats & you can too!

One of the many Bonus Expert Interviews in my C'est Chic Crash Course is on the topic of how to master Parisian Chic Anywhere! A key element to French chic style is giving up the heels here & there and wearing flats. But "their" flats never look frumpy or dumpy. So I pulled up this post on how French women look chic in flats and thought it was the perfect time to revisit the style advice. Whether you're a Francophile or not, we bet you've wondered how French women look chic in flats, and so has our latest reader's inquiry...  Dear Sharon:  I've been wearing flats again since they've come in and out of fashion over the past few years but I've yet

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A little French Chic… the cashmere poncho

I'll Have What She's Having: A very simple and forever French Chic poncho A trip to Paris was supposed to be on my docket for next week. But we have far too many other quick jaunts on the schedule for that trip to work out now. Still yearning for a getaway to Paris, I found this Crimson cashmere video that I shared with the ladies in the C'est Chic Crash Course earlier. Then I got to thinking, why don't I share it with you too? It's full of great styling ideas on how to wear the very French chic poncho.  Plus, enough of a Parisian lifestyle dose to put you in the mood for a virtual getaway, altho brief that it may be. Not

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What if you could easily understand the essence of simple, everyday chic? In your business, in your life, you deserve to look like the confident + chic woman who you are. Enjoy, the BEST of my timeless FocusOnStyle stylist tips to the secrets of French chic style. Claim your free GIFT for subscribing! Treat yourself to my eBook. It’s FREE!. Subscribe me to "Style Flash" Newsletter YOUR FASHION + STYLE GUIDE TO EASY CHIC by FASHION EXPERT SHARON HAVER French Chic Secret- Your style shouldn't be an afterthought! Want to know the secrets of French chic style?  It's starts with making the most of what YOU'VE got! Let me help you start to be your own stylist with my FREE do-it-yourself French

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French Chic at a Certain Age: Man-Tailored Jackets in the way Ines de la Fressange works them

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 - Chanel
Oh la la... I'm shooting another segment for the C'es Chic Crash Course and so much is going on here on FoS. It's a triple threat for this week's Summer Spotlight of Ageless Style + highlights  from FocusOnStyle's Best of 15th Anniversary online, PLUS, Day Three of the three-part FoS series Ageless, Age-Appropriate French Chic At A Certain Age. Master this style: How to pull off classic man-tailored  jacket like Ines de la Fressange's tuxedo and school boy looks Wearing a jacket can get a bit tricky. If you're busty, you end up looking boxy (wear it open). If the jacket is too conservative, you just added 10 years to your appearance and, worse, the aura of being inflexible and boring (avoid anything

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What the Savvy Parisians Use: French Chic Summer Beauty Picks

It almost seems like an oxymoron to call French Chic Summer Beauty sensible. But it really is. There's a very logical, edited, and precise way that Parisians approach their beauty. It's all about the ease of effortlessly looking better than natural, with a few savvy secrets thrown in for good measure. I've pulled a few new and timeless French Chic beauté favorites for you to consider adding to your routine this summer. They are all available stateside (just click on their name) so no need to whisk to Paris, but wouldn't that be divine? L'Huile De Leonor Greyl - Soin Natural du Cheveu smells so delicious that you'll want to douse yourself in this lovely oil but it really is a waterproof serum-like

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Pleasingly Pleated

I'm not always a fan of "big" dresses, and glittery shoes typically look a few seasons back for me. But put it altogether on Marion Cotillard and the result is sublime. Styled by the wrong hands, a plisse pleated dress like this can be overwhelming. But the simplicity and ease of Cotillard's hair, makeup, and confidence make this Dior Haute Couture look stellar. Another lesson learned in that it's not what you wear but how you wear it.  More from the best of Cannes Do Chic series to help you get it together with ease. Click for more that's pretty and plisse: [raw] More Aviu... [/raw] Required Reading for Instant French Chic: Join my FREE newsletter and download "Passport to French Chic," now!

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Cannes Do Chic: Who needs heels? A shoe alternative you should try for summer evenings out

I'll Have What She's Having: A smart evening shoe alternative for when you want to dress up? They're out there... You'll never guess what kind of shoes Ines De La Fressange (above) is wearing under that sensational dress, but you'll want to wear them... No, not heels. Flats! Today’s installment of our series of the best of Cannes Do Chic see's two utterly glamorous actresses walking the red carpet in something many of you may not consider for evenings out. But with inspiration from the red carpets of the Cannes Film Festival, which have become a stable of inspiration, are styling tricks that will help you dress for your world. How can something so everyday work when trying to pile on the glamour? When done right,

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