Return of the Older French Girl

It's been a year since we visited ultra chic 'OFG' /older Fr Girl, so back by popular request - voila *Note stance and splash of lovely yellow-orange scarf.*Note ruffled jacket -tres flirtie.

Bright bleu punctuates a neutral pantsuit at Gerard Mulot.

A touch of turquoise on this OFG biker.

OFG bikers abound in Paris...

As do racing grand-meres pushing two little ones.

Regarding the OFG's hair - natural gris.

LONG shoulder-length hair is the norm for Fr OFG.

VERY LONG hair is OK.

Ride Paris buses to catch OFGs - the more civilized, scenic way to travel.

OFGs browse apartment ads like the rest of us.

 They walk their petit Parisien dogs.

My favorite OFG-ever-youthful 2nd-cousine, Kristine in Pigalle. Toujour charmante.

BONJOUR THE OFG!

Bonjour Paris !

BONJOUR PBers! We made it (BEAR and I) and this was the first poster we saw in the Metro.
I really wanted to go to this but.... French Girl went off and left us to our own devices... She left the internet code (25 numbers and letters!) in Euro scrawl - nearly impossible to deceifer without consulting the UN.
Enfin we figured it out!
Evidently there are TWO ways of writing a 1 in France and they look a lot like an upside down M (if two 1s are together as they are twice in FG's code :( or an L or I or a 1.
%$#@! There has been an unexpected bout of Jetlag...

But now we're back on track - up today at 4ish am :)

I wanted to do different things this trip so I've been going to museums that aren't really supermarches!

REAL museums.

Old habits die hard.

My first lunch was at Fauchon - same old, same old...

The first 2 days in Paris I've been test-tasting eclairs chocolat - more to come on the results...

I will never give up...

Gazing at Paris pastries. Jamais!

Nor Eiffel...

Towers.

Nor towers of macarons!

More flowers as you requested...

Paris, as usual is bow crazy...

What THEY are wearing is a touch of the cat - anything animal.

I'm keeping an eye out for Paris Mommies and OFGs and everything that comes along.

BONJOUR PBers!

Older French Girls !

THANKS SO MUCH PB readers !

And now, by popular request:The Older French Girl!

A Sonia look-a-like at the Fall/10 show, decked out completely in Sonia with even Sonia red hair.

Inside the show, another "older" fan.

The older French Girl or OFG can have quite long hair. It can be white or whatever.

I love this hair salon poster of a fierce older French Girl BO DEREK - an Amazon woman with not too much airbrushing
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Three OFGs out shopping on rue Saint Honore.

 *Make a note - the OFG has a distinct propensity for wearing RED.Lots more red in Paris.

Is wearing RED an act of insurrection as one Frenchie commented?

Are all OFGs anarchists?

Or do they just want to brighten up a bit.

Qui sait? It certainment is prevalent, no two ways about it!

Here the beau of the older French Girl trails behind carrying her tiny RED Galeries Lafayette bag (like an idiot might I add, ahem)

Sans rouge but they are older Parisiens and tres classe non?

OFG, par excellance, Jacqueline de Ribes was recently awarded the Legion d'Honneur for her many years (80) of contributing to French elegance.

My OFG cousine seconde, Kristine in Pigalle, tout en bleu. This 80++ can charm anything n shoes and does it regularly to keep her skills up. We were eating at Rose Bakery. She gets up from the table and goes to chat with complete strangers, usually in their 20's and they are all smiles and giggling in no time!

I wish she'd give me a few lecons...
Voila!

BONJOUR OLDER FRENCH GIRLS!