Lessons from Madame Chic: 20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451699379 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of Lessons from Madame Chic, At Home with Madame Chic, and Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic and the writer and editor of The Daily Connoisseur (DailyConnoisseur). She lives in Southern California with her family. Jennifer L. Visit JenniferLScott
Lessons from Madame Chic is the essential handbook for a woman that wants to look good, live well, and enjoy that Parisian je ne sais quoi in her own arrondissement.. Jennifer Scott’s self-published success is now a beautifully packaged and fully illustrated gift book, perfect for any woman looking to lead a more fulfilling, passionate, and artful life.Paris may be the City of Light, but for many it is also the City of Transformation. Inspired by Paris, this lighthearted and deceptively wise contemporary memoir serves as a guidebook for women on the path to adulthood, sophistication, and style. When Jennifer Scott arrived in Paris as an exchange student from California, she had little idea she would become an avid fan of French fashion, lifestyle, and sophistication. Three-course meals prepared by the well-dressed Madame Chic (her neat clothes covered by an apron, of course) lure Jennifer from her usual habit of frequent snacks, junk food, sweatpants, and TV.Additional time spent with “Madame Bohemienne,” a charming single mother who passionately embraces Parisian joie de vivre, introduces readers to another facet of behind-closed-doors Parisian life.While Francophiles will appreciate this memoir of a young woma
Each of those lessons features tidbits Scott picked up from her two Parisian families, here called the Chics and the Bohemians. Extremely readable short chapters include recaps of the major points discussed in them, and those points include always looking presentable, realizing that clutter is not chic, cultivating your mind, and living life as a formal affair. --Barbara Jacobs . Many of these style secrets—for instance, how to eat and what to wear—can be found elsewhere, but Scott’s 20 tips cover much more than the traditional diet-and-exercise and style-and-beauty. What she observed and learned fills this book. From Booklist Scott spent six months in Paris in 2001 as part of a foreign-exchang
"Lighthearted book and fun read!" according to Pet Doc. I'm a fan of Mrs. Scott's vlog and after I discovered her book I was anxious to read it. I wasn't disappointed! It's a fun little book with cute, honest stories of her travels to France, what she observed and learned and how she applied what she learned to her everyday life at home in the U.S. I'll admit that the negative reviewers were right about the editing and the ". "J'adore!" according to The Simply Luxurious Life. Jennifer L. Scott's Lessons from Madame Chic is certainly a must-have for Francophiles, but it is also a wonderful resource for anyone who wishes to cultivate a more simply luxurious way of living. Through beautiful narrations, Madame Chic's lessons are shared in three different parts on the subjects of Diet & Exercise, Style and Beauty, and lastly, How to Live Well.Bas. Finally, a gracious and relevant voice! Jana E. Finally, a gracious and relevant voice in the midst of our increasingly crass society! Jennifer L. Scott applies her real-life experience to living a purposefully beautiful, refined life. With Ms. Scott, it's not about having money. Rather, she approaches the subject of living well from the view that any woman can live well simply by CHOOSING to do so. It's often in ele