From the Fragrance Frontlines: It's Not Quite Paris Without a Gerard Depardieu Sighting
Filed under: Events: On the Scene, Fragrance, Celebrities with Style, Beauty Tips
Senior Fashion Editor Sarah Cristobal is on assignment this week in France to discover what goes into creating the world's top fragrances. Read her daily blogs as she travels to perfumeries in Paris and Grasse, and dutifully observes the ooh la la of French culture.
Mmm...chocolate. AXE Dark Temptations Shower Gel and Deodorant. Photo courtesy of AXE.
Just when we thought life couldn't get any more français, who do we run into but the restaurant's owner and accomplished actor Gerard Depardieu! He was finishing a meal with his family and we all took pleasure in learning that he dines there almost every evening. It took all my restraint not to yell, "I loved you in Green Card!" as he plunked down on his scooter and rode off into the night.
But the Depardieu spotting wasn't our only celebrity run-in of the evening...
It's safe to say that soul songstress Beth Ditto has morphed into somewhat of a fashion icon amongst those who matter in the industry.
Just because about a million magazines (totally exaggerating) have been forced to close up shop and continue to layoff thousands of people in order to stay afloat during this global economic recession doesn't mean one can't launch a brand new fashion magazine. Duh.
Beth Ditto has 
