A Sunday Journal

A Sunday Journal

French Lessons

Prompt No. 14: Can one even call themselves a writer on fashion and style without waxing poetic about their time in Paris? [Insert French blustery puff here.]

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Jesica Elise
Nov 19, 2023
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This photo of Scheena Donia will forever haunt me. Forever, I tell you.

I painted my nails a sort of Cartier red before I sat down to write. I also binged The Art of Crime (more on that later) and ate a warm baguette with brie. If I drank domestically, I would have poured a glass of white wine, as well. As an American it is hard to avoid cliché when con…

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