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Claudia Curran
Une chemise, please
Une chemise, please 🇫🇷 A crisp, clean, well-fitting cotton shirt is probably the essential building block of a great capsule wardrobe. I think it speaks of versatility and elegance. My mental snapshot is of the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in a white shirt, string of pearls and a silk skirt. So understated, so unpretentious, so stylish. A classic shirt is central to what I love and admire about French style: the skill of layering. Think of a crisp collar crowning a cosy cashmere sweater with a round or (watch this space!) V-neck, or of course a sweater nonchalantly draped over...
Claudia Curran
Robert Doisneau French photographer
Paris pictured Robert Doisneau was a French photographer who was best known for his thoughtful black and white images that captured the everyday life and culture of Paris. His 50 years of service to the arts are the subject of a new exhibition in Paris, opening on the 17th of April at Musée Maillol in the 7th arrondissement. Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was born in Gentilly, in the south of Paris. His father died in service during World War 1 when Robert was only four years old; his mother died just three years later, leaving Robert to be raised by an...
Claudia Curran
Stripes, camera, action!
It’s been a fun and frenetic fortnight for us at Jac Cadeaux! We’ve been in the photographic studio to shoot our Autumn ’25 collection, netting around 1000 images. From those, we’ve selected around 100 images that best showcase the season’s range of new and subtly evolved styles that we had worked on for months. It's exciting and immensely satisfying to see the final representation of an idea, right there on my screen. The build-up to the shoot day was, as usual, hectic. We received some new samples literally the day before the shoot. Phew! Lining up the model we wanted,...
Claudia Curran
Joyeux Anniversaire Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, who turned 90 in September, is a living symbol of the French Riviera – whether as a young starlet lounging seaside in stripes, or now as one of the region’s longest established residents. However, bébé was a Parisienne first. Brigitte was born on 28 September 1934 in Passy, in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, to wealthy bourgeois parents who were strict Catholics. Studying ballet from the age of 13 for three years at the Paris Conservatory, Brigitte developed the poise and gait that would soon fascinate the world. At 15, she graced the cover of Elle magazine. It was immediately clear that she depicted...