How To Be Parisian Wherever You Are

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How to Be a Parisian brilliantly deconstructs the French woman's views on culture, fashion and attitude. Unlike other books on French style, this illustrated handbook is full of wit and self deprecating humour. Authors Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret and Sophie Mas are bohemian free thinkers and iconoclasts, and they are not afraid to cut through some of the myths. They say what you don't expect to hear, just the way you want to hear it. They are not against smoking in bed, and all for art, politics and culture, making everything look easy, and going against the grain.

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About the author (2014)

After studying Baroque Literature at the Sorbonne, Anne Berest worked at the Theatre du Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees. Her first two novels were published by Seuil and Grasset, and she is working on her third. In 2011, she wrote a weekly column on life in Paris for the national Sunday paper, JDD.

An editor of the Culture section of Glamourmagazine, Audrey Diwan took over the French edition of the magazine Stylist. The author of two novels, she has written the script for La Frenchstarring Jean Dujardin, the first film since he won his 2012 Oscar. She is also working on her first feature as a director.

After studing literature at the Sorbonne, Caroline De Maigret moved to New York to model. She returned to Paris in 2006 to found her music label, Bonus Tracks Records. In 2012, De Maigret became a Chanel Ambassador.

Sophie Mas graduated from Sciences Po and moved to Los Angeles. A film producer, she is collaborating with directors such as Gaspar Noe and James Gray, and working on the film adaptation of the Bob Dylan album Blood on the Tracks.

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