The holidays are well and truly over, the back-to-school period went well, and autumn is starting to show the tip of its nose… But that’s certainly no reason to be gloomy. My Fashion Tips will bring you some good cheer.
We will talk about lingerie, more specifically beachwear, with a very lovely exhibition to celebrate the 70 years of the bikini. Then we will continue with lingerie, featuring a French manufacturing brand Fleurs Pois & Cie, which offers chic and colorful styles. We will then talk about a new local clothing swap site Clozme, and finally finish with Noreve, a site for leather smartphone case customization.
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Bikini Legend – The Exhibition
To worthily celebrate the 70th anniversary of the bikini, this iconic piece of the fashion world, a book and an exhibition have been organized. The Bikini Legend exhibition will bring together 60 pieces of this garment that has become the symbol of an uninhibited generation, a fashion essential.
These 60 pieces will tell, thanks to 6 corners staged by Thierry Virvaire, the history of beachwear and the evolution of the swimsuit since the creation of paid holidays in 1936. This exhibition is the one not to be missed for this 2016 back-to-school season.
Bikini Legend - The Exhibition from September 20 to 22, 2016 Paris Expo Porte de Versailles The Tip: this exhibition is free, upon prior registration on the site here or at the entrance of the event
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Fleurs Pois & Cie or the excellence of made in France manufacturing
The brand’s spirit: Fleurs Pois & Cie offers styles with chic and clean lines, distilling a touch of vintage freshness. Caroline Juvin, co-founder of the brand, insists on the care given to the design of her models as well as the choice of materials. All models are made of woven cotton, pleasant to wear, letting the skin breathe.
Fleurs Pois & Cie offers models combining comfort, beauty, and skin-friendliness. Still in the same spirit of comfort, the bras are designed without underwire, ensuring gentle support.
The brand offers models for young girls, but also for women. With styles ranging up to size 42 for bottoms, and 34 to 40 (75-90) for bras. Always made in limited editions, the collections are rare and precious.
Current Tip: on the Fleurs Pois & Cie site, right now, a special small-size offer: for every top purchased, the bottom is free, while stocks last. This offer is valid until next September 30. Hurry!
Mademoiselle Bon Plan Tip: for any purchase of €45 or more on the site, Fleurs Pois & Cie is offering a lingerie pouch, an ultra-feminine accessory to store your precious undergarments. To get the pouch, you must enter the code “ma petite pochette” in the comment field after filling in your details for the order. While stocks last.
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ClozMe or the local clothing swap
There are a multitude of clothing swaps out there, you don’t know where to look… But the clothing swap ClozMe caught my interest.
It is a local clothing swap; you see the clothes that interest you near you, the clothes are handed over in person. Registration is easy and free, the site is intuitive, and it is easy to navigate and understand the different functionalities.
If you like a piece of clothing online on ClozMe, after registering, an appointment is set through the intermediary, and your garment is handed to you in person.
If you wish to sell your clothes, simply posting them online is also free. As you complete transactions, you earn points, which you can convert into discount vouchers for your future purchases.
Current Tip: ClozMe invites you to its big clothing swap on September 24th with many activities, such as makeup advice, a DJ… A fashion moment not to be missed!
September 24, 2016 La Machine du Moulin Rouge 90 bd de Clichy, 75018 Paris
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My cases for my Lumia
Nowadays, our smartphones have become both our memory, our best friend (and enemy), a fashion accessory, a mode of communication (but also of withdrawal into oneself), pieces of technology, but also very fragile devices…
Today, I am therefore presenting two brands for customizing cases and smartphone covers. Plus, since I am a fan of WindowsPhone Lumia, I can’t always find what I’m looking for, as they say…
GoCustomized is a Dutch company that offers custom-made products. On their site, you can personalize the cases, covers, iPhone glass fronts, iPad Smart Covers, and more yourself, since I even found a case for my Lumia, with my own images, photos, patterns, and text.
GoCustomizedI tested a hard case with a photo of me and a text of my choice (price €14.95 excluding shipping costs). You can see the result right next to it. What do you think?
I found it very nice to be able to put a little (a lot) of myself on my smartphone case, and to be able to frame the image wherever I wanted as well as my text.
Price: €14.95 excluding shipping costs
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- CoqueUnique offers many customizable products, including customizable Lumia 950 cases and also cases or covers for over 800 smartphones, which leaves a fairly wide choice regardless of your smartphone. In collaboration with the site Case Industry, the phone cases are entirely made in France (from fabric cutting, gluing, and assembly), which is a notable plus.
So I tried once again to make a hard case with a photo I use on my blog, but with fewer colors this time, for a more successful result. I find it better indeed, but the problem with dark colors is that details and contrasts are obviously less visible than on the preview during my order on the site. Afterward, I still find it nice…
I also regretted the very strong smell of ink that remains for a few days after receiving the product.
Price: €13.95 excluding shipping costs
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- Noreve is the specialist in custom production and online sales of cases and covers exclusively in high-end leather for smartphones, computers, and cameras. Once you have found the case that fits your device, you can choose your type of leather, the color, as well as the finish.
I opted for a Dual Sim case, with grained leather and a Mimosa color.
The little extra: you receive your case in a magnificent cardboard box and in a very classy little pouch.
The tip: a promotional code intended especially for my readers, giving a discount of -15% on your order: MADEMOISELLE16. This code is valid from 09/21/2016 to 10/05/2016.
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Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez, Fleurs Pois & Cie and ClozMe
