Chic French Style Guide - How To Dress Like A French Woman.

Today I'm sharing how to dress like a french woman. These are my tips for achieving French girl style based on my observations while in France and from following some amazing French women on YouTube and Instagram. Thanks so much for watching! xx Audrey.

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hi everybody welcome back to my channel

in today's video I want to talk about

French girls style I'm gonna go over and

some of the things I've noticed from my

own personal trips and then also things

I've picked up from wonderful women here

on YouTube and on Instagram that

actually live in France and if these are

hopefully going to be tips that we can

all apply to our wardrobes in order to

get that very effortless look that we

associate with French women now for we

hop into it I want to say that a lot of

the videos and guides the EC on this

topic tend to be a very generalized

stereotype and they represent a very

narrow representation not only of women

but also certainly French women so I

hope that I'm not gonna perpetuate any

of those today and instead offer things

that we can all use regardless of

whether or not we look like a manual alt

or want to dress like her so let's get

started first up is personal style /

fashion one thing that I've noticed very

consistently has been an emphasis on

really enhancing your style and not so

much following what everyone else is

wearing it's something I really really

appreciate it's something that you can

find really everywhere this is not

exclusive to France by any means but it

seems to be really celebrated in France

and it's something that I really love

because as you know you've been to this

channel before it's something I've

really encouraged I encourage all of us

to take that time for ourselves and

really try to find our style and really

try to find things that feel like us

things that when we wear them are an

extension of who we are so when we

represent ourselves to the world we're

in harmony basically we aren't

uncomfortable we're wearing things that

we love and I think at the end of the

day that is far more beneficial than any

one article of clothing that you can

wear it becomes a thing that comes from

the inside almost you just look at peace

with yourself and you can engage with

people around you you're not constantly

tugging your clothes and worrying about

how you look that day and instead you

are wearing things that just enhance you

so you can really live your life and I

love

that along those same lines there really

seems to be an emphasis on a few

classics worn really well so a few

things that are really timeless things

that you can wear through your twenties

all the way through your 40s 50s 60s 70s

things that can become the cornerstone

to your personal style playing off of

the first tip and things that have been

tailored and customed to you to really

enhance all of that so instead of

constantly chasing trends and constantly

worrying about wearing what is in

fashion at that moment there is a strong

focus on finding pieces that can really

take you through your life and really

trying to find what those are for

yourself and then fully embracing them

so rather than changing up your jean

silhouette just because the magazines

are telling you to you are wearing the

same jeans that you love because they

work for you

you work for your lifestyle you feel

great in them and they go with the rest

of your wardrobe and I love that that's

something that I've really been working

on for myself the past couple years and

I've noticed a huge benefit when I

stopped focusing on what everyone else

was telling me to wear and instead

focused on what I loved to wear and

finding those timeless pieces within my

own wardrobe I became much happier with

not only how I looked but also how I

felt and I think that when fashion is in

harmony with you those things line up so

beautifully and it's something that you

can't buy it's just something that

becomes so effortless and I think that's

something really beautiful about French

fashion in particular when many of us

think of French style I think we're

thinking of Parisian style and at the

end of the day that really is City

dressing and as a former City liber

myself I lived in New York City for six

years I can personally attest that city

dressing tends to come down to necessity

really so a lot of the things that we

associate with French style and Parisian

style are out of functionality and I

think one of the cornerstones of that is

a lack of space when you're living in a

small apartment sometimes a very

historic old apartment may be without a

closet or a very small closet you don't

have enough room to just buy things

aimlessly so there really is

strong focus on quality over quantity

and really making sure that you're

buying things you can rely on so you're

not just aimlessly buying things because

you don't have the space to do that so

there was this real shift in thinking I

think that is beautiful and something

that we can all incorporate something

that I work really hard on trying to

retrain myself to do especially if

you've been exposed to rampant

consumerism but so many of us have it's

very difficult to undo a lot of those

habits but once you start looking at

your clothing that's something that you

want to have around for a very long time

it changes how you look at it so really

focusing on high quality pieces that are

going to be versatile for you I think is

fantastic something I love I highly

encourage everyone to do and I think a

beautiful cornerstone of French fashion

as well because the wardrobes tend to be

on the smaller sides and there is an

emphasis on quality over quantity I

think that's why we have such a

beautiful use of accessories with French

fashion and really making sure that

you're able to wear something a bunch of

different ways and have it look brand

new

so really playing around with great

earrings beautiful scarves you know how

I feel about scarves and I think that

those are absolutely 100% used in a

variety of ways in France I always find

very inspiring but also handbags and

great shoes and great sunglasses that's

something I really noticed the last time

I was there most recently it's just how

many great sunglasses there are in

eyeglasses and how those are really used

as a personal accessory and an extension

of personal style in great colors and

great shapes I just love it and I think

that by finding a few accessories for

yourself that really represent your

personal style and you could just throw

on are so helpful for making you feel

your best like I mentioned earlier when

many of us are thinking of French style

I think we're envisioning Parisian style

and that really comes down to city

dressing and City

is all about practicality you really

need things that are going to be useful

for your life things you can actually

wear to live and I think that that

translates really beautifully into

personal style and the adaptation of

personal style because all of us love to

see things that you can actually live

your life in and we love seeing women

represent that so really spending time

to find those pieces for yourself is

invaluable I think I highly recommend

finding beautiful Footwear that's

comfortable things that will last a long

time when walking in cities things will

protect your feet especially depending

on where you're living and things that

are going to be comfortable it's one

thing to look great but it's another to

actually be comfortable and I highly

recommend finding that middle ground I

think it's very possible and then also I

think that's why when a lot of us think

of French style we think of darker

colors much like living in any major

city you have to worry about grime and

kind of city look all over the place so

it's important to have colors that won't

really show any stains means you can

wear from day to night things that can

take you from work into a beautiful

restaurant so dark washed denim things

like a really dark beautifully tailored

blazer and trench coats

things that are practical the trench

coat will keep your beautiful outfit

protected when you're in a city walking

and you get caught in the rain and then

a beautiful handbag that can accommodate

all of those things something really

sturdy and durable that you can put your

change of shoes into something less

practical for dinner and then a trench

coat and umbrella maybe your makeup

anything you're gonna need throughout

the day a tote bag or reusable tote bags

you can get groceries and not have to

worry about not having anywhere to put

them all of these things a real focus on

practicality again I think it's just

it's so nice it's something we can all

really implement into our own style

even though Paris is home to so many

amazing designers that we all covet I

personally see very few designer goods

or obvious designer goods while in

France and I think that comes down to a

couple of reasons I've heard from other

well you're on YouTube that part of that

is because the taxes are so high so it's

not possible to own a lot of these

things but I think it also comes down to

an emphasis on personal style and again

quality over quantity and really making

sure that something is going to be a

good investment for your own personal

wardrobe instead of wanting something

just because it's designer so really

focusing on how something has been made

and whether or not you'll be able to

enjoy it for many years I think it's a

really really great way to look at

fashion and I think it's something we

can all implement into our own wardrobes

if there is something designer that you

really want I think that's more than

okay obviously but I don't think that

should be why you want something and I

think that that's a really healthy way

to look at not only shopping but also

style because I don't think you can buy

style

I think style is attainable at every

single price point and I certainly don't

think you need designer to be stylish so

I really appreciate that I think it's a

very freeing thing and it's something

that is just so beautifully done I think

by so many amazing fashion icons and

last but not least is the emphasis on

fashion being for everyone there doesn't

seem to be a limitation on who can

participate in fashion and I love that I

think that regardless of what you look

like and how old you are we can all

truly find our own unique personal style

and I love that about French style and

French women there seems to be this real

eagerness to participate that I just

love and I think that the more we do

that for ourselves the happier we are

because it becomes an extension of

everything else

obviously if fashion is not the only

thing that matters but I do think it has

a really great potential for enhancing

our lives and making us feel like we're

participating in life in a way that is a

true extension of who we are on the

inside so I love that and it's something

that I think is just so wonderful to

fully embrace and

the internet now we have access to so

many different personal styles that we

can truly see all of the opportunity and

all of the potential out there and use

that to better ourselves so I will link

some amazing inspiration down below for

you and I hope that you go down the

rabbit hole and really start finding

that for yourself if you haven't already

and just seeing how it can truly enhance

your life and then of course focusing on

things beyond fashion great hobbies

loving those around you and

participating in life and just really

embracing everything as it comes to you

I think is a lovely sentiment that we

can all use and there you have it those

are some of my tips for achieving french

girls style some of the things we can

implement into our own wardrobes to

achieve that effortless chic look that

we all want and things that we can use

to enhance our own personal style I hope

that you liked this and you found it

helpful and I would love to know in the

comments down below a fashion icon of

yours who is someone that you love her

style I want to grow my arsenal of great

fashion so please let me know in the

comments down below and like always

thank you so much for watching and let's

see my next one have a great day

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