Everything about this picture is perfect, from the way her hair falls, the lipstick color she is wearing and the clothes she is wearing. Love it! An absolute good reflection of the french je ne sais quoi.
What`s french about her? That you can easily imagine her eating good portions of cheese and drinking lots of wine every night without losing her sex appeal….I am sure she would like that line!
love the hair, love the make up, love the eybrows, love the arm candy, love the angle of the photo – sooooo wish that stray hair on her jacket and arm was not there!
This has a classically cinematic feel for me. She’s gorgeous, and her look is refined and sophisticated without being “groomed.” Unlike some other commenters, I like the stray hairs on the jacket–they keep the look human and unfussy. After all, there are few things more boring and unappealing than “perfection”!
I don’t really get this. She’s a good looking girl, quite smart with nice textures, but not really remarkable for me… There is nothing here that can compensate for the fag, not for me anyhow. Very pretty but a bit average otherwise.
Just wanted to add, can we can it with the “OMG smoking” comments. Christ on a crutch. We get it, you don’t like smoking. TONS of people smoke. Tough shit.
Please do not tell me or anyone else not in collusion with bad manners to ‘can it’. Millions of people find smoking disgusting, and they are free to comment, just as you are. I’m surprised Scott allowed such rudeness on his blog.
I’m not telling, I’m asking, hence the “can we” at the beginning of the sentence (although I admit to forgetting the question mark, oops).
It’s pretty obvious at this point, 5+ years into the blog, that the photographer is not put off by people smoking, at least not enough to avoid shooting and posting pictures of them. People smoke. Some of those people are quite fashionable. The two are neither mutually exclusive nor inclusive. In light of this, I don’t see the point in voicing, over and over, one’s viewpoint on smoking.
In conclusion, damn what a gorgeous and fashionable girl in this picture.
She is so chic, so elegant, so well dress and has a great pair of eye brows but PLEASE, PLEASE just stop it with the cigarettes! Stop it!!! It murders your complexion in a few years, it really and truly does. xxx
Those must be the most beautiful eyebrows I have ever seen! I also really like that she’s not wearing any nail polish. It’s such a natural, interesting look.
Smoking, like many other choices we face in our lifetime, is such a divisive subject at times. There are many ways this could go, and many things I would offer on the matter, but I would challenge you to explain a little further what about this picture is glamorizing smoking?
As a photographer, you are often times an artist, reporter, communicator and many other people in one. Should Scott not record the images of those that have made an individual choice just because affinities are split on the topic?
When I was in Paris this summer, I was disheartened to see so many young people smoking (the over 30 set seems to have wised up.) Which makes me sad when I see an image on a blog (that is followed by so many young people) that evokes responses that glamourize smoking. My father died of lung cancer. I will never stop crusading against smoking.
It is true, there are tons of youth world wide that have picked up smoking. I have a disclaimer but I’ll save it until the end. But, when you look at an image of a smoker, you have to define your own experience. You and many other readers have defined it as something you don’t like to see because of your experience or overall inclination. Someone might view it neutrally, and another may think the image is glamorous and aspirational.
My point is that, this is a beautiful girl smoking a cigarette. She exists. Scott photographed her. You get to interpret the picture. Scott decided the young lady was interesting, but you get to decide how it feels.
I’m a former smoker, and it disappoints me that some people are weak enough to be influenced by photos of smokers. However, the choice to smoke is inevitably more than just an attempt at obtaining “cool points.”
You have such a phenomenal eye for detail and bring your readers such realism.
I love that her face is perfect. Her makeup, flawless. It looks as though she put effort into using eyebrow pencil, perfecting her lashes and dabbing her lips for the perfect stain.
Yet,
There is strands of hair and lint on her coat, her hair is disheveled and her blouse looks like it belongs to a pajama set.
This is, to me, the epitome of the “I just had night of pure passion. I have only the clothes that I pick off the floor and the makeup in my purse. Time to take to the street for tantalizing fresh air, coffee and a cigarette” look. This is sex appeal.
I’m loving the piping detail on the shirt and the strong brow – the bold lip is a nice balance.
But the stray hairs are driving me nuts – I feel the need to offer her a lint brush…
For some reason she reminds me of a character we’d see in the earlier seaons of Sex & the City. Maybe it’s the hair and bold lip paired with a cigarette.
Oh, and anti-smoking advocates: get a grip or stop visiting the blog. The Sartorialist will keep posting pictures for the world to love, no matter what you do.
My sister and I looked like this in the 80s. (Well possibly not quite as beautiful). I was looking some old photos recently and noticed the lips and brows on display. Then I saw the girls in a Bryan Ferry video from the early 80s–”Don’t Stop the Dance.”
That amazing mixture of cool but casual, that you think is unachievable unless you were born & raised in Paris. But then you notice that her shirt is actually from H&M, and that helps, just a little
The descent of your royal blue, the descendants of your salmon blazer with sun yellow piping or the last cigarette, you used to state you were ending your affair with tobacco. The style is a performance, much as the dandy is the character in which employs such tools, to project the performance of the kindred spirit. The aesthete, the character of fabric industry, the mistress of carefulness, the lackadaisical whisper of the cigarette and the mindless awe of my lens onto you. Tranquillement en admirant la fille…Oui:
THE STEL STYLE
December 17, 2012 at 10:00 am
nice style!!! she is so beautiful!!!
http://www.thestelstyle.com
calin
December 17, 2012 at 11:17 am
Mi dispiace, tutto e ”tres fonce” e troppo dolce
axeaboutme
December 17, 2012 at 11:51 am
so couth!
http://www.axeaboutme.com
Tommy
December 17, 2012 at 10:02 am
YOWZA
The 3 F's
December 17, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Ha! Agreed. I think it’s her striking eyebrows and defined lips. So stunning without having to try too hard.
Heels & Peplum
December 17, 2012 at 10:02 am
I love french style!
http://heelsandpeplum.wordpress.com/
DSTONE Magazine
December 17, 2012 at 10:04 am
Those eyebrows look great and the burgundy lipstick too!
http://dstonemagazine.blogspot.pt/
simbarashe
December 17, 2012 at 10:06 am
I must say, she has fantastic eyebrows.
http://lordashbury.com
paulina
December 17, 2012 at 10:08 am
wow so beautiful!
http://anna-and-klaudia.blogspot.com/
December 17, 2012 at 10:15 am
interesting shot :)
Monsieur Marcel
December 17, 2012 at 10:15 am
Those Emmanuelle Seigner eyebrows…
Virginia L
December 17, 2012 at 11:30 am
Happy that you know this actress.
C’ est bien français.
Serdane
December 17, 2012 at 10:15 am
So poetic picture !
A
December 17, 2012 at 10:19 am
Wow. So lovely.
Sarah
December 17, 2012 at 10:22 am
Lovely haircut, lovely lips, lovely eyebrows, and lovely, relaxed style. A silk blouse, slouchy blazer, and necklace = effortless chic.
hamidmilano
December 17, 2012 at 10:22 am
classic french..!!
http://www.lebasfa.com
Mario
December 17, 2012 at 10:23 am
Beautiful and elegant look but the cliche smoking pose in this day and age?
Margo
December 17, 2012 at 10:24 am
Everything about this picture is perfect, from the way her hair falls, the lipstick color she is wearing and the clothes she is wearing. Love it! An absolute good reflection of the french je ne sais quoi.
Marián
December 17, 2012 at 10:24 am
Great look!!
http://marianjusue.blogspot.com.es/
Nico
December 17, 2012 at 10:26 am
She’s got a pyjamas right? Like it!
http://lowbudget-lowcost.blogspot.it/2012/12/be-glunge.html
Max
December 17, 2012 at 10:28 am
She is absolutely stunningly gorgeous.
Rubio
December 17, 2012 at 10:28 am
ella es bellissima..
Leesee
December 17, 2012 at 10:29 am
She reminds me of Emma Watson!
Her accessories are unmistakable for a woman – especially the hair tie!
tylr
December 17, 2012 at 10:29 am
this is a good picture , I love the bracelets on her wrist .
Carolyn
December 17, 2012 at 10:30 am
Those eyebrows, very Muriel Hemingway!
Name*
December 17, 2012 at 10:32 am
I’m glad she doesn’t work in my office – I’d never get any work done! Beautiful & a great portrait.
Stella
December 17, 2012 at 10:44 am
Its all in the magnificent eyebrows.
Boong
December 17, 2012 at 10:48 am
this is awesome!!
Cherry
December 17, 2012 at 10:48 am
a truly beautiful face!
Rachelle
December 17, 2012 at 10:51 am
she’s very pretty and have perfect eyebrows lol.
xo
Rachelle
http://pinksole.com
Darrell
December 17, 2012 at 10:51 am
Another beautiful woman in Paris!
I’m shocked!
Reptilia
December 17, 2012 at 10:55 am
Great pic! she looks sexy!
http://www.justreptilia.com
xx
andreea
December 17, 2012 at 10:56 am
cute! and promising :)
http://lilaesthete.wordpress.com/
Oh, play it louder!!
December 17, 2012 at 11:01 am
So french… You catch Paris’ spirit in this shot!
Congrats’
See you:)
http://ohplayitlouder.blogspot.fr
Margherita
December 17, 2012 at 11:08 am
She’s stunningly French, with the cigarette and a little bit of attitude there!
http://www.theironyou.com
Denisa
December 17, 2012 at 11:20 am
That pic is great and I really like her hair. Have a nice day.
http://www.fashiondenis.com/
Sylvie
December 17, 2012 at 11:21 am
Scott, do french women really still smoke so much? I wonder why? Great look, minus ciggy.
Elbe
December 18, 2012 at 6:35 am
Minus ciggy – I agree!
Leila
December 17, 2012 at 11:23 am
Nonchalant Parisian class, beauty and style. Love it.
Sialsiquiero
December 17, 2012 at 11:23 am
Great photo! She´s so stylish!
http://sialsiquiero.wordpress.com/
Lucy
December 17, 2012 at 11:25 am
@sarah I agree. Could you make a short film about her? I want to know more about her fashion.
http://bit.ly/UDu1Ay
Louise
December 17, 2012 at 11:28 am
I think I’m in love..
monkeyshines
December 17, 2012 at 11:53 am
beautiful!
Bises,
monkeyshines
http://monkeyshines-monkeyshines.blogspot.com/
Nomadic D
December 17, 2012 at 11:53 am
What excellent eyebrows she has!
http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/
Sian
December 17, 2012 at 11:54 am
Perfect eyebrows.
teresa
December 17, 2012 at 11:55 am
Love style!
xoxo
http://thefashiondiet2.blogspot.it
Abigail Bobo
December 17, 2012 at 11:57 am
I love the colors- berry and blue. So beautifully simple.
Rebecca
December 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Sh’es quite beautiful and I love the brows…. but could do without the glamorizing of cigarettes…
Christina
December 17, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Shockingly lovely. What is “so french” about it? the cigarette?
Matias
December 17, 2012 at 6:51 pm
What`s french about her? That you can easily imagine her eating good portions of cheese and drinking lots of wine every night without losing her sex appeal….I am sure she would like that line!
Nika
December 17, 2012 at 12:14 pm
I’m in love with her!!
titi
December 17, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Every other girl in Paris is dressed like this
Felipe
December 17, 2012 at 1:42 pm
It’s not just about dressing up… Here it’s all about attitude, class and french je ne sais quoi that she represents perfectly..
berenger
December 17, 2012 at 3:53 pm
I don’t know what is indeed the correct phrase…
almu
December 17, 2012 at 12:27 pm
she’s so chic!
almu
http://www.mavieenroseblog.com/
Betsy
December 17, 2012 at 12:30 pm
I am in love with her. She is the most beautiful human being.
http://suspironews.blogspot.com/
KG
December 17, 2012 at 12:36 pm
The stray hairs on her jacket are killing me. But she is gorgeous, obviously.
Maryanne
December 17, 2012 at 12:36 pm
love the hair, love the make up, love the eybrows, love the arm candy, love the angle of the photo – sooooo wish that stray hair on her jacket and arm was not there!
Mona
December 17, 2012 at 12:41 pm
She is beautiful but what’s with the cigarette…aya ya…
Miss Kutsu
December 17, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Lovely photo!
http://www.laurablogmode.com
Soulofashopper
December 17, 2012 at 12:46 pm
she looks so cool and chic ;) xo, Alma
http://www.soulofashopper.com
une chatte grise
December 17, 2012 at 1:27 pm
This has a classically cinematic feel for me. She’s gorgeous, and her look is refined and sophisticated without being “groomed.” Unlike some other commenters, I like the stray hairs on the jacket–they keep the look human and unfussy. After all, there are few things more boring and unappealing than “perfection”!
martin
December 17, 2012 at 1:37 pm
terrific photograph!
Marta
December 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm
colours of this photo are excellent. it’s soft and so French :)!
Elena
December 17, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Gorgeous girl!!!
Kisses
Elena
http://dcinstyle.com/blog/
berenger
December 17, 2012 at 2:06 pm
I don’t really get this. She’s a good looking girl, quite smart with nice textures, but not really remarkable for me… There is nothing here that can compensate for the fag, not for me anyhow. Very pretty but a bit average otherwise.
JV
December 17, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Flawless. Every detail. Especially the eyebrows. Gorgeous.
Pedro
December 17, 2012 at 2:11 pm
this photo is my all time favorite! she’s has something so magnetizing about her that’s sort of unexplainable…
sarah
December 17, 2012 at 2:14 pm
So chic…
http://www.fashionizelife.com
katya
December 17, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Emmanuelle Seigner!
Becky Bedbug
December 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Beautiful eyebrows!
Becky
http://www.beckybedbug.com
JV
December 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Just wanted to add, can we can it with the “OMG smoking” comments. Christ on a crutch. We get it, you don’t like smoking. TONS of people smoke. Tough shit.
berenger
December 17, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Please do not tell me or anyone else not in collusion with bad manners to ‘can it’. Millions of people find smoking disgusting, and they are free to comment, just as you are. I’m surprised Scott allowed such rudeness on his blog.
JV
December 18, 2012 at 2:31 am
I’m not telling, I’m asking, hence the “can we” at the beginning of the sentence (although I admit to forgetting the question mark, oops).
It’s pretty obvious at this point, 5+ years into the blog, that the photographer is not put off by people smoking, at least not enough to avoid shooting and posting pictures of them. People smoke. Some of those people are quite fashionable. The two are neither mutually exclusive nor inclusive. In light of this, I don’t see the point in voicing, over and over, one’s viewpoint on smoking.
In conclusion, damn what a gorgeous and fashionable girl in this picture.
carlspackler
December 18, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Why do i find smoking sooo sexy!
vasilieva
December 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm
love that shot. serious
http://www.vasilievablog.com
Gian Luca M
December 17, 2012 at 2:53 pm
beautiful!
Gian Luca M
http://gianlucamarinoblog.com/
Liz
December 17, 2012 at 2:54 pm
she’s all kinds of fabulous!
http://lavieenliz.com
Eva
December 17, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Love her face, so classic!
http://www.creativityandchocolate.blogspot.com
Pampelmusea
December 17, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Such a stunning face! The colour of her lips is fantastic! And such a cool posture … wouldnt mind being as cool
http://viennarightnow.wordpress.com/
chenchen
December 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm
such a parisian capture.
the italiano
December 17, 2012 at 3:53 pm
She’s really sexy…
juanita
December 17, 2012 at 3:55 pm
She is so chic, so elegant, so well dress and has a great pair of eye brows but PLEASE, PLEASE just stop it with the cigarettes! Stop it!!! It murders your complexion in a few years, it really and truly does. xxx
Mónica - Mes Voyages à Paris Style Blog
December 17, 2012 at 4:09 pm
I love her oxblood lips, really cool!!
xx
MÓNICA SORS
Alice
December 17, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Her beauty is so particular.. I love it!
Kate
December 17, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Beautiful and ever so French.
Kate
http://www.thrillofthechaise.com
ramgad
December 17, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Agree with everything that’s been said, except I think it’s too bad she’s smoking–it ruins her elegant look!
Lelli Family
December 17, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Parisian attitude. Great pic.
Mom Cesy from Lelli, italian fashion family
Freya - Fashionable People
December 17, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Very elegant, gorgeous lip colour!
http://www.fashionablepeople.co.uk
Andy
December 17, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Those must be the most beautiful eyebrows I have ever seen! I also really like that she’s not wearing any nail polish. It’s such a natural, interesting look.
A. Y.
December 17, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Love the photo, but please, avoid glamorizing cigarettes!
erisalee
December 17, 2012 at 7:39 pm
what’s her name???
Tina
December 17, 2012 at 9:36 pm
The hair, the eyebrows, the lips… so perfect!
Samii
December 17, 2012 at 10:00 pm
I like the classic cream/navy with the natural/disheveled hair. She looks like a busy girl.
Samii
http://aestheticintrigue.blogspot.com/
Orangetabby
December 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm
ENOUGH of the pics of smokers!!!! I am sick of the photos glamorizing smoking. I am boycotting your site from this point on.
Justin | The Sartorialist
December 17, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Hi,
Smoking, like many other choices we face in our lifetime, is such a divisive subject at times. There are many ways this could go, and many things I would offer on the matter, but I would challenge you to explain a little further what about this picture is glamorizing smoking?
As a photographer, you are often times an artist, reporter, communicator and many other people in one. Should Scott not record the images of those that have made an individual choice just because affinities are split on the topic?
Best,
Justin
Jane with the noisy terrier
December 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm
When I was in Paris this summer, I was disheartened to see so many young people smoking (the over 30 set seems to have wised up.) Which makes me sad when I see an image on a blog (that is followed by so many young people) that evokes responses that glamourize smoking. My father died of lung cancer. I will never stop crusading against smoking.
Justin | The Sartorialist
December 17, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Hi Jane,
It is true, there are tons of youth world wide that have picked up smoking. I have a disclaimer but I’ll save it until the end. But, when you look at an image of a smoker, you have to define your own experience. You and many other readers have defined it as something you don’t like to see because of your experience or overall inclination. Someone might view it neutrally, and another may think the image is glamorous and aspirational.
My point is that, this is a beautiful girl smoking a cigarette. She exists. Scott photographed her. You get to interpret the picture. Scott decided the young lady was interesting, but you get to decide how it feels.
I’m a former smoker, and it disappoints me that some people are weak enough to be influenced by photos of smokers. However, the choice to smoke is inevitably more than just an attempt at obtaining “cool points.”
Best,
Justin
emo
December 17, 2012 at 10:59 pm
damn. those some nice brows
http://emilyanneland.wordpress.com/
Martine
December 17, 2012 at 11:04 pm
If I had eyebrows like that I could die happy.
Sara Nettesheim
December 18, 2012 at 12:25 am
ah! the pajamas! I love.
she is truly effortlessly beautiful.
Frank Li
December 18, 2012 at 12:34 am
You can’t get more cliqued than that when it comes to a French girl, but I mean that in a good way, because she is gorgeous!
Jennifer
December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am
A beauty!
xo Jennifer
http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com
Angela
December 18, 2012 at 4:18 am
She looks like the princess Charlotte!
http://lovecashmerecinnamon.blogspot.it/
Bonnie, Clyde and Marni
December 18, 2012 at 5:57 am
Amazing face!!
http://www.bonnieclydemarni.com
lee
December 18, 2012 at 10:59 am
love the look!
Can do without those anti smoking fanatics.
In this politically correct world, is it okay to discriminate and be offensive to smokers??
If you don’t smoke, good for you but let others do what they want in peace.
What give you the right to judge other people?
PS. I don’t smoke and never will but respect people who do! It’s none of my business either yours!
Shella
December 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm
She looks great – but I also feel strongly that (for me) the look is totally spoilt by the smoking.
Rebecca
December 18, 2012 at 2:48 pm
You have such a phenomenal eye for detail and bring your readers such realism.
I love that her face is perfect. Her makeup, flawless. It looks as though she put effort into using eyebrow pencil, perfecting her lashes and dabbing her lips for the perfect stain.
Yet,
There is strands of hair and lint on her coat, her hair is disheveled and her blouse looks like it belongs to a pajama set.
This is, to me, the epitome of the “I just had night of pure passion. I have only the clothes that I pick off the floor and the makeup in my purse. Time to take to the street for tantalizing fresh air, coffee and a cigarette” look. This is sex appeal.
MaricruzLA
December 18, 2012 at 4:39 pm
She looks fabulous x
Maricruz
http://www.lam-style.blogspot.com
marni tsa
December 18, 2012 at 6:28 pm
τι όμορφη…
rusten
December 18, 2012 at 7:03 pm
she just took my breath away…
Devon
December 18, 2012 at 7:21 pm
I’m loving the piping detail on the shirt and the strong brow – the bold lip is a nice balance.
But the stray hairs are driving me nuts – I feel the need to offer her a lint brush…
Devon
http://www.informedstyle.com
linda
December 19, 2012 at 3:50 am
like it.
A Diva State of Mind
December 19, 2012 at 3:39 pm
For some reason she reminds me of a character we’d see in the earlier seaons of Sex & the City. Maybe it’s the hair and bold lip paired with a cigarette.
Georges
December 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Love Love Love this look!
Tao
December 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
Simply captivating allure! And yes the strong eyebrows are definitely a unique plus to her charming face.
Happy Holidays!
xbergparis.tumblr.com
Casual Lurker
December 22, 2012 at 11:22 am
Lovely. This is why French women rule the roost.
Oh, and anti-smoking advocates: get a grip or stop visiting the blog. The Sartorialist will keep posting pictures for the world to love, no matter what you do.
M.
December 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm
My sister and I looked like this in the 80s. (Well possibly not quite as beautiful). I was looking some old photos recently and noticed the lips and brows on display. Then I saw the girls in a Bryan Ferry video from the early 80s–”Don’t Stop the Dance.”
Ehab Jalal Maayah
December 26, 2012 at 11:42 am
Woooow ,,, awesome !!! :)
chevasson.antoine.design
December 31, 2012 at 12:25 pm
she’s so beautiful! I love it!
Temur Tuzhba
January 10, 2013 at 10:09 am
I wish i knew her name.
She’s so gorgeous!
Amalie
January 13, 2013 at 3:24 pm
That amazing mixture of cool but casual, that you think is unachievable unless you were born & raised in Paris. But then you notice that her shirt is actually from H&M, and that helps, just a little
Meltem
January 13, 2013 at 7:01 pm
WHO. IS. SHE ?!!
TheBedStuyDandy
January 21, 2013 at 9:27 am
The descent of your royal blue, the descendants of your salmon blazer with sun yellow piping or the last cigarette, you used to state you were ending your affair with tobacco. The style is a performance, much as the dandy is the character in which employs such tools, to project the performance of the kindred spirit. The aesthete, the character of fabric industry, the mistress of carefulness, the lackadaisical whisper of the cigarette and the mindless awe of my lens onto you. Tranquillement en admirant la fille…Oui: