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Goodbye 2020...

26/12/2020

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Hope you all had a Merry Christmas, I thought about you and even told you in my last video! (I'll add it at the very end of this article)

This year, no crazy New Year’s Eve party, we are all in the same boat, no matter where we are in the world, so I decided to share with you my favourite musicals, to have something to do…

Yes, after the Disney Princesses and Ballet, this is another of my passions.

By the way, I've already talked a bit about it last year: Happy New Year 2020.
  • So, I'm not going to tell about Fame here again, the musical I saw after 30 years of waiting...
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Let’s be precise, I’m talking about the musicals I’ve watched in theatres.

I’d like to take advantage of this article, to pay tribute to all the entertainment people who unfortunately were unable to produce their art this year, and many of whom found themselves in precarious and difficult situations.

Making people dream is a wonderful talent. Let’s be grateful for all these artists and technicians, and for their incredible magic!
 

What's the musical that comes to your mind spontaneously? Maybe even your favourite, you can reply in the comments below 😉
 
I start here with classics, some of which I love the cinema versions, and relevant during the festive season:
  • The Sound of Music premiered on Broadway in 1959, was adapted for cinema in 1965 and played by the incredible and talented Julie Andrews.

Another musical from composers Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein.
  • Even older, The King and I, on stage in 1951 and in cinema in 1956, I saw it 3 times in theatre and I don't know how many times in video, Deborah Kerr is splendid, and Yul Brynner irresistible!

I obviously give you a legendary passage:

Here, musicals have been adapted long after cinema.

The first was premiered in 1951 with the incredible music of George & Ira Gershwin!! Then, in theatre from 2015.
  • An American in Paris, I saw it at my bachelorette party in London, a highlight because it’s my favourite Gene Kelly movie. VIP seat on a balcony with champagne, what a night ...​

  • Certainly, you guess what other movie I'm gonna talk about here, created in 1952: Singing in the Rain.
What can I say, this is my favourite musical!! The staging is absolutely amazing, and when it rains on stage, it feels like a dream ...
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Video to watch absolutely!!

  • Another musical that is technically impressive: Mary Poppins.

You know I love her, I wrote about her in my Article Thank You.

Not easy to create the magic of this character without special effects, and yet nothing is impossible for Mary Poppins, including flying above the audience...
I still have goose bumps!

Two other musicals that are dear to my heart and I saw in the fabulous Théâtre Mogador in Paris:
  • Mamma Mia, a gift for my mum’s 50th birthday, an Abba fan. You can't help but sing and dance all the time. A pure dose of happiness.
 
  • The Lion King, which I saw with my sister for the first time and I’ve been several times around the world, so magnificent and captivating. Visually one of the most successful, if not the most successful in my eyes.

A musical I found great & extremely funny: The Addams Family.
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I'm a fan and for 1h30 I really thought I was in Morticia and Gomez's house, a bit more time and I invited myself to dinner, I think I had a thing for Cousin Itt ...
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  • So now, I'm gonna tell you about a very, very hot musical, Rock of Ages, that I saw in Las Vegas, and believe me the next day the Chippendales didn't look so sexy to me! But that’s not today's topic hahahah!

This musical was created in 2005 and adapted for the cinema in 2012, it uses the iconic songs from the 80s, you just sing and dance all along ...

And then so many others, all so extraordinary. Well, I admit that depending on the country, some casts are better than others, but the magic is always there.

There’s something intimate and wonderful about theatre you can’t have in cinema.
​Almost as if we knew the actors:

Cabaret, Grease, West Side Story, Wicked, A Chorus line, Dirty dancing, Jersey Boys, Spiderman, Billy Elliot…

There are still a lot of musicals I’d like to see and fill my basket of dreams 😊

Maybe one day My Solo Wedding in Santorini will be told in music!!
 
And it's not strictly a musical, but the Rockettes performance at the Radio City Hall in New York is a must-see once in a lifetime!

Reread:
Christmas in New York
Rockefeller Center
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If you are bored during these holidays, you can always re-read my previous articles, full of fun & magic:
  • Merry Christmas 2020
  • Happy new year 2019
  • Happy new year 2020
  • 2019 to 2020
 
I received pictures of beautiful  Xmas trees again this week, thank you all!
 
As for me, on New Year's Eve, I’ll spend it with my parents, in my pyjamas, eating foie gras, oysters and cakes. Very good program in perspective: D
 
At the end of the article, I put more videos
+ the musical I absolutely want to see, hopefully in 2021!!!
Of course: Frozen! Chills guaranteed!!
 
See you next year, happy New Year's Eve!
 
Remember to be happy, you can do it!!
 
Love & Joy,
L.
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Merry Christmas 2020!

20/12/2020

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Last week I took you to Dubai, the perfect place where luxury meets adventure.

And like in a Thousand and One Nights tale, if there's one important thing it's the princess!

I have no problem playing divas and queens, my Solo Wedding in Santorini is the perfect example.

However, if there’s one time of the year when this aspect of my personality stands out most, it's Christmas!!

And yes, in some photos I have navy blue hair (reread Navy Hair), and often a glass in my hand, which it's explained in my article Champagne  ...

So today, I’ve chosen to take you to a universe that everyone knows, which continues to make me dream even adult, and which even drives my 36-year-old little sister completely crazy: Disney Princesses!

Stories have evolved a lot since 1923, when the Walt Disney Company was founded ...
The first Disney princess was Snow White in 1937, followed by Cinderella in 1950 then Sleeping Beauty in 1959.

But Snow White remains my favourite, I discovered her when I was 4 years old, at the same time as I went to the cinema for the first time, a very small one where I grew up in a ski resort in the French Alps (read Childhood)…
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Well, I admit that now I rather prefer the evil Queen of the American series Once Upon a Time, a series that lasted 7 seasons, and which masterfully takes up all the fairy tales in a fantastic scenario with incredible details, costumes and actors. 

But let’s check the Princesses who inspire me today:
Moana
The adventurous princess who rescues her island!
Story that takes place in Polynesia, where I’ve never been, but where some of my friends lived and whom I think about a lot during this period of the year!

Mulan
The warrior princess posing as a man!

Merida
The Princess who doesn’t want to get married ...

Disney constantly makes us travel, thanks to the diversity of countries and cultures picked, which makes me think of:

Pocahontas
If you watched the second movie, well she has two lovers! So modern!! hahaha

This reminds me of my articles:
  • 2 years of marriage
  • 4 Elements

I’m a fan of this song and find it more relevant than ever:

And then, the one that surpasses them all, obviously Queen Elsa, you know I'm a fan!!
Queen, no man (well in the first film) and a magical superpower… We look so similar: D
  • Disneyland Paris
  • Merry Christmas 2018
  • Merry Christmas 2019
  • The 4 Elements

I will spare you here the ultra-famous song from this movie, but I give you a song from Frozen 2.

Please tell me who your favourite princess is in the comments below!

Reread my previous articles:
  • I love December
  • Christmas in Paris
  • Christmas in Brisbane
  • Christmas in New York
  • Christmas in Dubai
  • Letter to Santa
  • Merry Christmas 2018
  • Merry Christmas 2019​
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And during this holiday season, regardless of our age, we all become children again, little elves, princes and princesses.

Whether you are with your parents, children, grandparents, uncles and aunts or friends. We all are someone's precious little thing.

Many of you will not be able to celebrate it as usual; create your own moment, invent a new tradition for yourself. Don't let the current situation take away the magic of Christmas.

I’ve lived abroad for over 10 years without being able to celebrate it with my family, no matter where I was, I’ve always had a lot of joy and wonderful times, alone or with friends. And when we were reunited with my family, we took the opportunity to celebrate Christmas and birthdays, all in once, whether in March or July...

This year has shown us more than ever that we don't know what tomorrow will bring, so live the moment! This is the tip in my last video:

And for this reason, every year I ask your photos of trees and decorations, to have you with me and always in my heart!!
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Thanks again to everyone for sending me your photos, they are beautiful, you rock!

If there's one Disney movie that I recommend for the whole family, young and old people: Ralph breaks the internet.
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Released in 2018, it’s completely topical, covering the internet, social media and it's full of winks!
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A very beautiful film, funny and with a very good moral.

And since it's the Christmas holidays, I add more videos from movies at the end of this article.
 
I wish you all a Wonderful & Merry Christmas!
 
Love & Joy,
L.
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Christmas in Dubai

13/12/2020

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After my article Louboutin last week, let's stay in luxury and creativity, I promised you an article on Dubai, here it is, and at Christmas of course!

Change of scenery guaranteed and even more decadent than in my previous articles:
  • Letter to Santa
  • I love December (in London)
  • Christmas in Brisbane
  • Christmas in New York
  • Christmas in Paris
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I know you’re already dreaming!

The beach and the skyscrapers probably remind you of Christmas in Brisbane with South Bank Beach in the middle of the city. I love it!

And for those wondering, yes, we wear bikinis at the beach, Dubai is a very cosmopolitan city that is home to many nationalities and cultures.

It’s quite confusing at first, but you quickly get used to the mix and it’s quite fun & inspiring. 

You’ll surely recognise the Burj Al Arab hotel, the highest in the world and 7 Stars please, with among others a heliport and a restaurant at 200m above sea level (Video at the end of the article).

A real aesthetic and technical feat, built on stilts (250 pillars of 1.50m in diameter!) And able to withstand storms and frequent earthquakes in the region.

I couldn't visit it, but it made a perfect background for my selfie!

And yes, my hair was a bit longer at that time, read or reread my article Titanium Heart to know everything about my haircuts ...

In my article Desert, mentioning the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, I said that everything was possible in this city, the proof again here with the different activities that you can find in the gigantic shopping centres out of sand: luxury shops, art, cinemas, aquariums, and even an ice rink and ski slopes, this is Christmas anyway!

No chance to be bored in Dubai ...

And cuz it’s Christmas, window displays and decorations are in the spotlight.
Oh Louboutin, did you read my last article?

However, I strongly advise to wear sneakers to visit these immense galleries, I sprained my ankle walking these endless alleys ...

Of course, we think of luxury and extravagance, I won't lie, I’ve experienced them a lot: caviar buffet, champagne, luxury shopping, restaurants, bars ...

It reminds me my Solo Wedding in Santorini somehow.

I also took the opportunity to wear my jewellery and designer dresses:

Outfit 1 – Dress Anne Fontaine, Bracelet Tiffany & Co, Ring Chanel, Earrings Swarovski, Chanel beauty, Shoes Stuart Weitzman, cigarillos Romeo y Julieta

Outfit 2 – Dress Zimmerman, Earrings Coach, Chanel beauty 

You think I'm exaggerating, so what are you going to think of the air-conditioned bus stops and police driving Ferraris ...

Let's continue in the spectacular with the fountains ballet like in Las Vegas, with the famous Burj Khalifa tower illuminated in the background.

With a height of 828 metres (2,717 ft), 163 floors, it’s the tallest tower in the world since 2009. However, the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia is expected to overtake it by 2024 by reaching 1000m (3,281 ft).

The Burj Khalifa tower is nonetheless an incredible construction, like many others in Dubai.

And just another building that many have seen before, the 5 Star Atlantis hotel. Huge complex with 1,539 rooms including 2 underwater suites, a water park, an aquarium, 17 restaurants and bars ...

There’s even a skytrain to access it.

The Atlantis was recently (October 2020) the backdrop for the new largest fountain in the world called The Palm Fountain, because located on the Palm Jumeirah island (Video at the end of the article).

Dubai can also be visited by sea, by yacht to blend in perfectly with the scenery, although mine was almost invisible compared to the size of the others ...
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Sea Trip Outfit - Dress Hermès, Sunglasses Prada, Belt Salvatore Ferragamo

But by air it's even better, by seaplane please. You know I like flying (read the article In the Air 4).

We then realise the immensity of the work that has been required, and all the construction in progress.

Let’s not forget that it was only in the early 90s that it all started ...

Have fun recognising the buildings and places mentioned above 😉

There’s a photo, however, that must have seemed strange to you ...

And yes, the old town is not so far with its traditional boats still in use, but also the spice market and especially the gold market!

I've never seen anything like it, and yet you know I've travelled a lot in my life.

I also highly recommend visiting The Dubai Museum, it’s absolutely beautiful, housed in the old Al Fahidi Fort.

Rich in number of artefacts from the region but also from around the world, thanks to trade, it also exhibits local life before the oil era.
 
Besides, do you know what was Dubai's main wealth?

They were mainly pearl fishermen; actually Paris was the pearl capital of the world at the end of the 19th century and had strong trade links with the countries of the Persian Gulf.

Dubai is the perfect embodiment of the past and the future, perfect at the end of the year when we reflect on what we have accomplished while setting new goals ...
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To keep you busy while waiting for Santa, several videos at the end of the article that highlight what I told you in this article.
 
Don't forget to send me your photos of Christmas decorations, they’ll be published in my next article:
Contact
 
Have great Christmas preparations!!
 
Love & Joy,
L.
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Louboutin

5/12/2020

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Last week I told you about Gratitude and how it’s a great exercise to be happy, this week I want to be grateful for the month of December because this is my favourite & for shoes!!

For those who follow me for a long time, you know how addicted I am to luxury shoes, with more than 130 pairs in my closet, you can also re-read my previous articles full of photos:
  • Manolo Blahnik
  • Shoes Forever (with my wedding pair)
  • I love December (with Emmy London featured in this article)
 
You also know that my shoes for My Solo Wedding in Santorini were Louboutin!
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During my 2nd Honeymoon in Paris, I had the chance to visit his exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée: L’Exhibition [niste].

It’ll be accessible again from December 15, 2020 to January 3, 2021, online reservation is of course mandatory: LINK.

All the following photos of the exhibition are mine,  as always in each of my articles :D

Follow me to discover 30 years of creation and inspiration ...

A designer is above all an artist, and Christian Louboutin has his own universe. From the 80s, in his tiny room, he explored genres, whimsical and funny, made of waste material and a lot of DIY ... Some meetings were decisive like with Roger Vivier, and in 1991, he created his own brand.

The stained glass windows were designed by the designer and made by the Maison du Vitrail in Paris, they refer to the world of Christian Louboutin such as travel, theatre, couture, art, craft, Parisian women, innovation and sexuality.

Obviously, when we think of Louboutin we think of luxury and magic. Precious materials, original, timeless and inimitable designs ...

My favourites, the fuchsia obviously in crepe de chine, satin and cock feathers!

Exceptional and meticulous work, some models have Swarovski crystals which are placed one by one by hand...

To respect the model's arch, each shoe size has its own heel height to maintain the same silhouette.

There’s also a workshop for "special orders", custom-made, and many personalities use it: Mika, Victoria Beckham, Kylie Minogue, Dita Von Teese ...

And celebrities who loved his creations from his debut such as Madonna, Princess Caroline, or Anna Wintour who published an article in Vogue at the very beginning.

More recently, we can’t forget Beyoncé for the 2018 Super Bowl or Blake Lively, stunning on the red carpet of the 2018 MET ball, alongside Christian Louboutin who had made for her an exclusive model for the occasion!

But these stars also inspire him since some models are called: Mika, Dita ...
Obviously dance and music have always been great sources of inspiration for him.

My favourites are the fringed boots inspired by Tina Turner called For Evertina, and the So Baker, for Josephine Baker (remember, she’s mentioned in my article Proud to be a woman).

Louboutin, it’s also an erotic and fetishistic universe, dear to the creator.

The invention of nude in 2009, a revolution ... Designed to adapt to any type of skin tone, it’s about further lengthening the silhouette by making the shoe disappear.
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Today there are 8 shades of nude.

His inspiration is endless and comes from multiple worlds, which he was kind enough to share in this exhibition.

You will no doubt recognise Andy Warhol's painting Flowers (rediscover my article Andy Warhol), which inspired Louboutin's very identifiable Pensée model.

His calling happened when he was a child, because of a sign that prohibited heels to preserve the mosaic floor of the Palais de la Porte Dorée, everything starts with a drawing and any drawing is the source of a creation ...

As a kid from the neighbourhood, he often came here, this is the reason why he chose to exhibit in this building.

Thank you very much Mr. Christian Louboutin for inviting us into your world, your life, your creation ...

But the Louboutin brand is also perfume, lipstick and nail polish, I even got some as a gift for My Solo Wedding in Santorini!

Every day until Christmas, I put in my stories on Instagram, dreamy things to give you gift ideas, also take the opportunity to reread my article from last year Letter to Santa.
​(Photo Credit: Alexander Hadji)
In the meantime, I’ll do as Jennifer Lopez in the song at the end of the article, I’ll throw on my Louboutins and write to Santa!

By the way, the Palais de la Porte Dorée is absolutely magnificent, an Art Deco building built in 1931 (but I'll talk more about it another time, don't worry).

My favourite period, I'm sure I lived at that time in another life: I drink whiskey, smoke cigars, love parties, art and short hair, I dance Argentine tango, foxtrot, quickstep, and I love pearls!

Pearls that will be in the spotlight on December 9 and 10 at the School of Jewelry Art (Van Cleef and Arpels), during their free online conference "Pearl merchants: the forgotten history of a trade between the Gulf and France ”.

I highly recommend you to register, it only lasts an hour and it’s always absolutely fascinating!! Link

Till then, I’ll do as Jennifer Lopez in the song at the end of the article, I’ll throw on my Louboutin and write to Santa!
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Have a great week!!
 
Love & Joy,
L.
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