Every night when I come home exhausted after dancing all over Paris. I say the famous last line, "Take the red shoes off" from classic movie, THE RED SHOES and imagine I will be revived. You do see a lot of red shoes in Paris and it isn't a temporary trend/tendance.
We have Christian Louboutin to thank for charming red soles on Paris streets - tres cher. Elle Magazine says it's le must shoe to wear if you attend the Cannes film festival, I saw Parisian illustrator, Solidad Bravi (she illustrates Pierre Herme'smacaron boxes) at Colette. There was a shopaholic wearing red shoes. Confessions d'une accro du Shopping is about to open in Paris. What's in her bags? Red shoes?
I ate lunch yesterday at red Petit Bofinger.
I had a green French version of tunafish salad - rillettes.
Around the corner Patisserie Lenotre had this stunner -a berry gateaux in the vitrine.
Fruit/veg shops are loaded with gorgeous red berries.
Ah ha! A Fr girl wearing her red shoes, walking her two dogs, one of them le must-have Jack Russell.
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