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...I even called IT,” says Marie Blanchet, the Paris-based vintage dealer and founder of Mon Vintage....
...But she has enjoyed a long relationship with the city where she keeps a home in Saint-Germain-des-Prés....
...Pieces such as the Upside Down pendant light, designed by Marie-Lise Féry for Magic Circus Editions and constructed in brass and Vetrarti mouth-blown glass, give a mid-century sci-fi feel....
...Manicure, Anaïs Cordevant at Agence Saint Germain. Set design, Lilly Marthe Ebener at SO Represent. Set designer’s assistant and hand model, Marie Vernier Lopin....
...The French philosopher was a keen football supporter, I believe, of Stade Saint-Germain — now Paris Saint-Germain....
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...There are many different styles of aquascape, from minimalist landscapes featuring a single rock and a few plants, to the dramatic Danish-style aquarium dreamt up by aquascaper Marie-Sophie Germain — a forest...
...Soft in the Head would be clichéd were it not for the fact that Germain is 45. Marie-Sabine Roger presents a tale of quiet hope and discovery alongside a person’s history that is profoundly sad....
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...His political skills were broadcast to the nation when he famously clashed with Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, during a televised debate....
...the grandest – and oldest – of the Parisian antiquaires specialising in 17th- and 18th-century French decorative arts, revealed, for instance, an exquisite and perfectly preserved pair of chairs made for Marie-Antoinette...
...“Blue-white-red, France is white,” the white skinhead “Boulogne” end of the ground would chant or, in honour of the long-time far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, “Jean-Marie, président!”...
...Mix well and heat in a bain-marie, stirring constantly. Once the mixture has thickened, allow it to cool for five minutes. In a blender, mix it with the butter and grated ginger....
...The owner, Marie Quatrehomme, has just been made Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur....
...Last week, the auction house Phillips unveiled an office and exhibition space in the fashionable Saint-Germain-des-Prés district on the Left Bank....
...Despite his success and splendidly appointed chambers at 100 rue de l’Université in Saint Germain, central Paris, he remained a solitary figure....
...A similar sartorial scandal erupted in 1884, when one of Paris’s richest noblewomen, the Princesse de Sagan, hosted a lavish bal des paysans in her palace in Saint-Germain....
...“The rough edges of aspects of the ideas of Jean-Marie Le Pen have been smoothed out.”...
...Prices – whether for riverfront properties around St-Germain-des-Prés or in prestigious squares such as the Place des Vosges – can be staggering....
...he is still asking as I slip out on to the Boulevard Saint-Germain....
...And how’s this for anecdotal evidence of the spending pinch and consequent hard-sell from retailers, from the FT Alphaville inbox on Monday: From Hyde Park to the Spanish Steps to St-Germain-des-Pres …...
...But then Fernandez started to hear about the suits appearing off the beach: at fashion shows, in discos, and all over St Germain. “It’s been this really funny migration,” she says....
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