Blue-Bleu

 Blue suede shoes seem right for Memorial Day no?

 Here's a way to double your creativity - spritz yourself all over with blue paint like Jean-Paul Goude did to Jean-Paul Gautier!

 One of my favorite shots of French ultramarine blue watercolor swatches.

 Mother and child reunion.

Have you noticed how French moms and daughters dress alike in Paris?

 Blue bag + blue dress.

All she needs are those blue suede shoes. I saw a lot of blue in Paris.

 A stunner of a bleu wall at an art show in March.

 A touch of bleu at the show.

 One of my favorite boutique hotels (in the Marais) is solid blue, Hotel Caron de Beaumarchaise. I long to stay here one night...

 And their prices are nothing to get bleu about either.

 Tres joli/beau oui?

 A blue dollie at La Petit Blah-Blahs

 Have you seen Nicole Robertson's gorgeous (means multi-colored Ha!) new book on Paris In Color?

 Nicole of Little Brown Pen lives in Paris full time. Take a look at her blog and swoon or get ze book and look offline whenever you want to sink into Paris colors.

 I went looking for some Cobalt blue yesterday but all I found were these jazzy, Floridian rhinestone sunglasses at Gap Kids of all places ($10)

 I was relieved to see turquoise bleu is A OK in Paris but will it double my creativity? One wonders...

I spent most of my time in March shooting lunette signs...

Do not ask my why?

Guerlain L'Heure Bleue

Are you enthralled with l'heure bleue in Paris too?

Wiki says "The blue hour" refers to the period of twilight in Paris that is neither full daylight nor complete darkness...

Mlle Paradis said...J'adore Guerlain l'Heure Bleue! referring to the perfume... Intense blue is soooo French is it not?
How clever of Guerlain to allude to the most gorgeous time of day in Paris.Photo from Guerlain

In fact, when Jacques Guerlain was creating the perfume in 1912, he was referencing the Impressionists painters he collected... Who captures l'heure bleue better than Monet? Standing in Place Vendome at l'heure bleue is the perfect time of day... Why is Paris so damn poetic?

Hoop la...l'heure bleue est finiBonjour L'heure Bleue!