American Girl unpacks the "French Girl" Style

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  @bizarrebizarre6 · 6 years ago

  As a french girl, this whole 'french style' thing to me just doesnt make sense, it is just 'rich white parisian skinny girl aesthetic' which is really boring. Like can we stop acting like Jeanne Damas is a style icon, her and all those parisian influencers wear the same things ,,,, There is such a amazing diversity in France but the US markets only a certain aesthetic which is sad.

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• LE

  @leslievanhouten · 6 years ago

  French Girl style is a way for US Americans to exoticize “basicness”

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  @marswag666 · 6 years ago

  so aparently you can go from basic to ✨basique✨

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  @lilsoupangel · 6 years ago

  I think its also worth mentioning the rise of the "scandi girl." ever since the rise of minimalism and scandinavian design in mainstream fashion and interior design The Scandi Girl started to develop. i once heard someone say that all american women want to dress like french women, and all french women want to dress like scandinavian women. I think the Scandi Girl is just another variation of the french girl or cool girl, maybe a little less bougie/classist though. She rides a bike, she's minimalist and has a capsule wardrobe, she's dresses effortless and cozy, yet tailored and refined, she's not afraid of more masculine silhouettes.

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  @MarieHP · 6 years ago

  As a middle class French woman of colour from provincial area, the erasure is real!<br>&quot;Where are you from?<br>- I&apos;m French.<br>- Oh you live in France! But where are you from?<br>- I&apos;m French.<br>- But that&apos;s not where you&apos;re from right?<br>- ...&quot;

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  @ohmiasi2538 · 6 years ago

  I think the French girl aesthetic is also popular because it seems so simple - people want to be fashionable but feel overwhelmed by the all the options and with things like pattern mixing it&apos;s easy to go wrong and look a bit ridiculous. So the idea that you can be fashionable without being super bold or creative is very attractive to a lot of people

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  @go_2180 · 6 years ago (edited)

  as a french girl, i can confirm that the « french girl » stereotype only applies to (mostly) white, skinny and bourgeoise girls living in paris such as jeanne damas. she embodies it to an almost comical point in my opinion, pushing the stereotype to an extreme. (i also find the lack of diversity deplorable ; france and especially paris are<br>very diverse)

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• MI

  @milkteamachine · 6 years ago

  I feel like the &quot;French girl&quot; aesthethic is mostly romanticized by people who have not actually been to France, much less lived there.

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  @evansspotter · 5 years ago

  this is similar to this &apos;italian summer&apos; aesthetic that people started to become obsessed with after call me by your name became popular that cannot be achieved unless you have immense wealth

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  @Hoid. · 6 years ago (edited)

  As a French girl, I can tell you, this archetype definitely exists. But they&apos;re only found in the super rich parts of Paris that normal people don&apos;t set foot into. The kind of girls that were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and actually have the luxury to live that lifestyle

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• WE

  @wenkachan6180 · 6 years ago

  I want rococo fashion to make a BIG comeback cause girlllllll we would all look GOOODDD

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  @ines4242 · 6 years ago

  I hate it when so called &quot;fashion blogger&quot; have an Instagram and all you see them wearing is a white t-shirt, light washed jeans and sneakers. And in fall/wintertime they throw on a brown coat and a hat. And I&apos;m sitting here thinking sarcastically &quot;wow congratulation I never thought of wearing jeans and t-shirt together in my whole entire life. Thanks for inspirering me&quot;...... Not 😂

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