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It's that time again: Paris Fashion Week. Mademoiselle Lili broods on keeping up with the fashion marathon.
MoreOnline to the Afterlife
A stroll through Père-Lachaise Cemetery, where many famous people are buried, ranks among the classic things to do in Paris: But Mademoiselle Lili was still greeted with a surprise – digital eternity.
MoreLa baguette magique
This year, whoever wants to taste Paris’s best baguette must visit Boulangerie Leroy-Monti in the 12th arrondissement. Mademoiselle Lili talks about the world’s most famous French stick.
MoreProfession: Muse
Dora Maar was once the most beautiful and interesting photographer in Paris. Mademoiselle Lili discovered the mysterious woman at Centre Pompidou and wondered why she didn’t tell that macho Picasso to go to hell.
Read moreTake a Walk on the Green Side!
Viaduc des Arts is a green oasis for people out for a stroll and for those who love shopping. Mademoiselle Lili goes exploring off the beaten track.
Read moreLa Guinguette – c’est chouette!
Clubs are yesterday according to Mademoiselle Lili who recently discovered a new dancing pleasure: in the good old guinguettes.
Read moreOperating instructions for Paris
Everyone loves Paris, but nobody likes the Parisians. But when you know how to deal with them, they’re quite affable, according to Mademoiselle Lili.
Read moreBigger! Higher! Further!
At Fashion Week, the big Parisian fashion houses are competing to hold the most spectacular show. Mademoiselle Lili can’t wait to see what they’ve dreamed up this time.
Read moreThe return of bouillons
For a long time, whoever wanted to dine like a typical French person in Paris was spoilt for choice. Mademoiselle Lili is happy to note that this is no longer the case as she rejoices in a new gastro trend.
Read moreBonne année!
Oysters and champagne, s’il vous plaît! It was the first year Mademoiselle Lili was celebrating New Year’s Eve in Paris, and a chance to consider the differences between the two cultures of Germany and France.
Read moreBy the beard of the aesthete
The beard is to men what the hairstyle is to women. Mademoiselle Lili watched Paris’s most famous female barber at work.
Read moreLong live the family
The house of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa in the Parisian district of Marais has become a public and yet very private memorial site. In this column Mademoiselle Lili is paying homage to this.
Read moreThe influencer
At present, no other industry is undergoing such rapid change as fashion journalism. Mademoiselle Lili is struggling to understand this brave new world.
Read moreA truly royal venue
Palais Royal in the heart of Paris is slightly hidden and occupies a world of its own. For Mademoiselle Lili this is the most beautiful place in the busy tourist hotspot near the Louvre – with quite an exciting history, as she recently discovered.
Read moreEverything flows
A spectacular XXL installation in Paris shows how differently you can experience and present art. Mademoiselle Lili immersed herself in Hundertwasser, Klimt and company, and felt like she’d been given a new lease of life.
Read moreBlack on white
The Afropunk Festival in Paris is a showdown of diversity and creativity – Mademoiselle Lili is looking forward to a two-day event full of visual and acoustic fireworks.
Read moreThe long and the short of it
At her last hair appointment, Mademoiselle Lili realised that she had become rather conservative about her hair. So, she racked her brains about a big topic: hair and religion.
Read moreArt en vogue
Today, luxury companies are no longer just establishing art foundations. They prefer to build their own museums. Lafayette Anticipations recently opened in the Parisian district of Marais, and Mademoiselle Lili is pondering the new trend.
Read MoreGreen market economy
Farmers markets are an institution in Paris. It is particularly during the asparagus season that Mademoiselle Lili grabs her rolling shopping bag and sets off for her favourite markets to soothe her culinary homesickness.
Read moreEverything Charlie, n’est-ce pas?
Charlie Le Mindu creates art from hair and completely overturns our expectations of hairdressing. Mademoiselle Lili is always amazed at what he makes out of hair.
Read moreParis is a box of chocolates
In Paris seduction lurks on every corner – in the form of patisseries and chocolatiers. Mademoiselle Lili dives into this sweet life and asks where all the lovely calorie bombs end up.
Read moreHalf past midnight at the hotel bar
If you’re a woman who likes to travel around all over the place on your own, you often have problems explaining things. But, that’s not the case at the Le Bristol Bar in Paris. Mademoiselle Lili really feels at home there.
MoreA roundabout tour of Paris
Even if you haven’t yet visited Paris, you can immediately think of at least three sights that you would like to visit at some point. Mademoiselle Lili knows other worthwhile alternatives.
Continue readingGlitz and glamour
Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent: if you’d like to experience a different kind of fashion in Paris this autumn, you should swap shopping for a museum. Mademoiselle Lili stood in line too.
Read moreHysterical beige
The Paris fashion world is a parallel universe where things have different locations and names. When everyone is going crazy once again for Fashion Week, Mademoiselle Lili thinks about Loïc Prigent’s collection of verbal comedy and laughs herself silly.
Read moreThe fifth season
Forget Easter, Christmas or New Year. It’s a very different date that defines the rhythm of Paris: “La Rentrée”, when children return to school after the summer holidays. Mademoiselle Lili talks about the before and after.
Read moreRight or left?
The Seine divides Paris into two banks – but the term Rive Gauche or Rive Droite means more than just a geographic location. Mademoiselle Lili adjusts the compass.
Read moreOne step closer to heaven
Early summer is the most beautiful time in Paris. Finally, the time has come to enjoy an Aperol in the balmy evening air of the city’s terraces or to take a stroll in open-toed shoes. Mademoiselle Lili regularly has fun – in the city’s rooftop bars.
Continue readingGlamour, sequins and drama
Dalida, the most-imitated cult singer in France, is now being given a new stage: the fashion museum Palais Galliera is exhibiting her flamboyant wardrobe. Mademoiselle Lili is already gasping in anticipation.
Continue readingCherry blossom time!
Where should you go in Paris when spring has sprung? Mademoiselle Lili has a hot tip: Jardin Albert Kahn outside the gates of Paris. You don’t have to be a gardening pensioner to be enchanted by its treasures.
Continue readingThe superwoman
Fashion designers, film directors and it girls are constantly waxing lyrical about the irresistible Parisiennes and their unmistakable style: Mademoiselle Lili has put in quite a bit of practice.
MoreFashion tells you a lot about a city
The time has come: at the end of February, fashion is once again the order of the day in Paris. Mademoiselle Lili looks forward to discovering places that are otherwise hidden from the public eye.
MoreDinner is served!
UNESCO has dubbed French cuisine a world cultural heritage. If you really want to experience it, you are best making a reservation at a “table d’hôte”, one of Paris’ many private restaurants.
MoreThe City of Love
Hardly any other city has such an incredibly romantic reputation as Paris. Love is supposed to jump out at you on every street corner like a playful puppy...
Continue readingThe divining rod
Christmas shopping in Paris? In the capital of luxury brands this can be an expensive treat. But that doesn’t have to be the case...
Continue readingThrough the backdoor
A code word, a tiny red door, a walk through the cold room or a laundrette – secret bars, known as speakeasies, are the new trend in Paris...
Continue readingAttention, fashion alarm!
Twice a year, Paris goes crazy – in March and September, during the prêt-à-porter shows. Mademoiselle Lili knows how to get box seats for the show.
Continue readingIn the big city jungle
Why travel to Costa Rica, the Amazon or the Serengeti? At Fondation Cartier in Paris you’re in the midst of it all: “The Great Animal Orchestra” commences its performance. Mademoiselle Lili is listening carefully.
Continue readingThe beach under the plaster
When the temperatures rise above 34 degrees in Paris and you need to cool off, you have to swipe your credit card if you want something a little nicer: Mademoiselle Lili went bathing in Piscine Molitor...
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