Natasha Lester is the author of numerous books, including the internationally best-selling historical novels The Paris Seamstress, and The French Photographer, which has just been released in America as The Paris Orphan. As the titles suggest, Natasha loves to set a story in France, particularly Paris, and such is her love for the City of Light, […]
Paris Style
Parisienne Style Essential: A Trench Coat
The trench coat might have had very British beginnings — it was pioneered by Burberry in the early twentieth century, and so named during World War I when soldiers wore the protective garment as an alternative to greatcoats — but the wardrobe classic is these days better known as a staple of all stylish Parisiennes. […]
New Paris Fashion Exhibition: Dos à la Mode
Parisiennes have long known that the key to leaving a good lasting impression is how fabulous you look as you walk out the door. This was the city in which the bustle was invented, after all. Dos à la Mode (Back in Fashion), a new exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle, the atelier museum of late-nineteenth-century […]
The Perfect Parisian Shoes
There are many theories as to why French women don’t get fat (as the 2004 book so famously claimed) but one of the Parisiennes’ top slimming strategies must surely be that they walk so much. Paris, of course, has a way of making walking seem a pleasure rather than a chore; there’s always a picturesque […]