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Practising Parisienne with… is an interview series that gives me the excuse to find out more about the wonderful people that I share this beautiful city with. It’s also an extension of my book, Practising Parisienne: Lifestyle Secrets from the City of Lights, which I published in 2021 and a way for it to live on as Paris, and the people and places in it, evolve. The personalities I’ll be interviewing are friends and people who inspire me.

I’ve had this article languishing in my drafts for months and it still feels vulnerable to share. But now that we’re coming up to Leopold’s first birthday, I thought it was time. When I was making this decision myself, I struggled to find honest, nuanced accounts from women who had chosen not to breastfeed - not out of inability, but out of choice - because they didn’t want to. So here’s mine.

A quick, no pressure reminder…If you’d like to gain FULL ACCESS to my archive of wardrobe, homeware and travel edits, including my Little Black Book of Paris addresses and travel guides, a subscription works out at just €5 a month (instead of 6€) if you sign up to the yearly membership (that’s only 1.16€ a week - less than a baguette!) I started writing this last week, from a very hot and stuffy Paris - the highest temperature ever recorded at this time of year.

The best gelato, wine bar, museums, where we stayed (and the hotels we'd stay in next time) - what I’d actually recommend (plus everything I wore) A quick, no pressure reminder…If you’d like to gain FULL ACCESS to my archive of wardrobe, homeware and travel edits, including my Little Black Book of Paris addresses, a subscription works out at just €5 a month (instead of 6€) if you sign up to the yearly membership (that’s only 1.16€ a week — less than a baguette!) This was my third time in...

A quick, no pressure reminder…If you’d like to gain FULL ACCESS to my archive of wardrobe, homeware and travel edits, including my Little Black Book of Paris addresses, a subscription works out at just €5 a month (instead of 6€) if you sign up to the yearly membership (that’s only 1.16€ a week - less than a baguette!) Spring in Paris is notoriously unpredictable - one day it’s mild and sunny, the next all grey skies, torrential rain and gusts of wind blowing down the boulevards.

A quick, no pressure reminder…If you’d like to gain FULL ACCESS to my archive of wardrobe, homeware and travel edits, including my Little Black Book of Paris addresses, a subscription works out at just €5 a month (instead of 6€) if you sign up to the yearly membership (that’s only 1.16€ a week — less than a baguette!) It’s been another whirlwind of a month, which began in the best possible way - spending Easter weekend in Bretagne (Brittany).

A quick, no pressure reminder…If you’d like to gain FULL ACCESS to my archive of wardrobe, homeware and travel edits, including my Little Black Book of Paris addresses, a subscription works out at just €5 a month (instead of 6€) if you sign up to the yearly membership (that’s only 1.16€ a week — less than a baguette!) Brittany - Bretagne in French - is a land of crêpes, oysters, and rugged coastlines, and somewhere I used to visit as a child, usually around Easter, when family friends would...

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Charleston, South Carolina, with the Substack team. The city has been on my travel wish list for quite some time - I’d seen glimpses of life there - seemingly slow, considered and stylish - and its beautiful architecture through fellow creators, namely Kristin Ellen Hockman, whose house is to die for - so I was very excited when it was confirmed that we would be gathering in this Southern city. And it more than lived up to my expectations.

Hello friends! I hope you are having a good week. How is it already Easter?! Time is flying by and it feels even faster now that we have Leopold - he will be nine months old in a couple of weeks, and I still can’t believe that he’s more than three.

Practising Parisienne with… is a monthly interview series that gives me the excuse to find out more about the wonderful people that I share this beautiful city with. It’s also an extension of my book, Practising Parisienne: Lifestyle Secrets from the City of Lights, which I published in 2021 and a way for it to live on as Paris, and the people and places in it, evolve. The personalities I’ll be interviewing are friends and people who inspire me.