Francofile

La Mode Made in France

Time to query my fashion-conscious readers.  Next semester I am teaching a new introductory one-credit course on French fashion.  I am trying to narrow down the main focus of the course to a manageable number of designers and influential figures--let's say five.  It's only a one-credit course so it will not be a full survey.  For those of you who are empassioned enough by by French fashion to hold opinions on such matters, I  pose this question:

Who are the five most influential figures in French fashion?  (Shorter or longer lists are OK.)

Superfrenchie to the Rescue

I never envisioned myself recommending that my readers or anyone else watch Fox News.  The last time I watched it was about two years ago when we had a neo-conservative house guest (an old high school friend of my husband's) and we tried to do a comparison of the integrity of the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour and the "No-Spin Zone."  We have not seen or heard from him since, as factual reporting was not his cup of tea. 

However, it will be interesting, if you are able to tune in from where you live, to watch the O'Reilly show this Wednesday evening.  Superfrenchie of the blog by that name and Marc Cormier of http://miquelon.org are invited to talk about France-bashing and the Subway ad campaign promoting a chicken sandwich that equated the French with chickens.  Of course they will be on Fox turf and the editing advantage will be skewed in favor of O'Reilly's perspective.  There is a flurry of chatter on Superfrenchie's blog about how this might play out.  They may be set up, but they deserve credit for taking positive action to correct some of the mischaracterizations out there about France.  Bon courage, Suprfrenchie.  You will be a worthy representative of the "real" France.