Lunch at Dior, With Myself
While I may not have the budget to purchase The Bag (just yet, there’s a plan), or a Lady Dior, or Loewe Madrid, I do have the funds to splurge on lunch at Monsieur Dior inside the Dior flagship on…
FYIParis
My First Time in Paris
By myself? As I wrote in my intro story, embarking on a solo journey to Paris at 50 wasn’t the original plan. Not even something I wanted. Definitely not what I had envisioned. Determined to fulfill my dream of Paris,…
Valerie’s Granddaughter
I have been obsessed with Paris since I was a young teen in the 80s (hello GenXers!), and my grandmother nurtured that passion along with my budding interest in fashion, shopping, and looking like all of the women I saw…
The Bag
My coveted bag is the Chanel Classic Flap. In black, of course, but undecided on the type of leather. Introduced in 1983 when Karl Lagerfeld began as Chanel’s creative director, the Classic Flap is a reimagined design of the original…