One of our favorite West Village boutiques, Ludivine, has opened a second location uptown. Now Upper East Siders can get their fill of Vanessa Bruno and other French labels that are all tres jolie! We shop at Ludivine all the time for ourselves and with our clients because of their highly edited collection of the pieces that are both chic and wearable. You won’t leave empty handed!
While we are celebrating more French style in New York, we wanted to pay tribute to our favorite French style icons. From the top: Empress Josephine (we love an Empire waist), Marie Antointette (for her excess and innovation), Catherine Deneuve (we especially love the costumes of Belle du Jour), Brigitte Bardot (in all her bombshell glory), Audrey Tautou (we loved the sexy slinky designer dresses she donned in Priceless as well as her gamine off-screen style), Vanessa Paradis (for her haute bohemian mix), Carla Bruni (in a skirt suit as First Lady or in jeans and a t-shirt with a guitar as a musician), Jane Birkin and her girls Lou Doillon and Charlotte Gainsbourg (all with individual je ne sai quoi).
Ludivine, 1612 Lexington Ave. between 82nd and 83rd St., 212-249-4053.
Ludivine, 172 W. 4th St., between 6th and Great Jones St., 646-336-6576.
