Shock news in England from across the Channel: French women do get fat, they have brattish, fussy-eater children, chipped nails, they sometimes sleep on their own wearing big cotton knickers and they do mind if their husband is enjoying cinq-à-sept trysts with his mistress.
President François Hollande's affair – alleged – with an actor and betrayal – alleged – of his "official" partner, Valerie Trierweiler, has revived some hoary old stereotypes concerning the French female.
Until now, les françaises were seen as effortlessly stylish, enviably slim and usually able to treat their partner's dalliances with impressive sang-froid (though not in the case of Trierweiler), and have been the subject of a host of self-help books aimed at their less fortunate sisters in other countries.
The Guardian
The Guardian
Val says I knew all the talked and written about slim, sexy French women was a myth.
Some of those undergarments / girdles / brassieres one sees on the market stalls, told me all was not as written in the popular books on French women. Some ladies must wear these contraptions seen on the markets, although they look as if they are remnants from the 1940's .
Some of those undergarments / girdles / brassieres one sees on the market stalls, told me all was not as written in the popular books on French women. Some ladies must wear these contraptions seen on the markets, although they look as if they are remnants from the 1940's .
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