On my personal endeavor to become French or, at least a little French like Jacqui Kennedy or Susan Sontag, I lived in Paris as a university exchange student. And along with learning the language, and the politics, I embarked on learning how to BE French. How to dress French, shrug French and smile French. I learned that style was a ‘combination of fashion and class,’ designer brands and vintage, Champs-Elysees and chain store. The Gauls considered over-dressing, inappropriate colour combinations…
