Experience PARISIENNE » french movies http://experienceparisienne.com Living and loving in the moment Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dancing in Red Tights, Just Like Anna Karina http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/dancing-in-red-tights-just-like-anna-karina/ http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/dancing-in-red-tights-just-like-anna-karina/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:47:24 +0000 Joanna Goddard http://experienceparisienne.com/?p=825 12-red-tights_smAnna Karina was filmmaker Jean Luc Godard’s muse, and it’s not hard to understand why. With alabaster skin, dark hair and mile-long eyelashes, the Danish-born actress is a serious stunner. In Godard’s 1961 French New Wave film A Woman is a Woman, Karina danced around in tomato red tights, so I picked up my very own pair from American Apparel in Los Angeles. Tres chic, non?

(Photo by Anna Wolf)

]]> http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/dancing-in-red-tights-just-like-anna-karina/feed/ 0 A French Movie Screening (In My Chicago Hotel Room) http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/a-french-movie-screening-in-my-chicago-hotel-room/ http://experienceparisienne.com/blog/a-french-movie-screening-in-my-chicago-hotel-room/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:10:20 +0000 Joanna Goddard http://experienceparisienne.com/?p=811 12-french-movie-screeningMy suite at the James Chicago had a white leather sofa, an insanely comfortable bed, and Kiehl’s bath products (the shampoo smelled like coconut!) But the best part was the screening room—an alcove with a bed-like lounge area and a projector. So, on our last night in Chicago, I invited the other girls over for a movie night…

12-french-movies-cakeI rented four French films: Paris, Je T’Aime; Belle de Jour; La Vie En Rose, and My Wife is an Actress (I have a girl crush on Charlotte Gainsbourg).

And we ordered a funny special from the room-service menu: Two beaters covered in chocolate frosting (what a childhood flashback!) and a warm red velvet cake with cream-cheese icing and vanilla ice cream. Yum.

P.S. We adored the James Chicago and its bright rooms, modern aesthetic and cheerful staff. And, seriously, the beds were ridiculous. I’d highly recommend it for anyone planning a Chicago getaway. xo

(Photos by Anna Wolf)

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Clockwise from top left:
* A striped cotton shirt from Normandy, like Jean Seberg wore in Breathless.
* A cashmere headband, inspired by the gorgeous Brigitte Bardot in Contempt.
* Classic black leggings.
* PARISIENNE perfume, naturally.
* Serge Gainsbourg’s sexy tunes.
* Bensimon sneakers (the French girl’s Converse).
* A Rhodia notepad, from Alsace, France, for scribblings.
* Julia Child’s memoir, My Life in France.
* And a pretty red bra, ’cause you never know.

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