“Bonjour.”
“Bonjour.”
“J’adore votre ensemble. C’est tres elegant.”
“Merci beaucoup.”
“Vous habitez a Paris?”
“Oui.”
“Un Parisien, tres bien!”
“Non, je suis americain.”
“Oh, okay. Hi. Me, too. I’m visiting for Fashion Week.”
“That must be interesting.”
“It is. There’s so much going on. I was just wandering about your outfit. It’s so retro.”
“Thank you, I think.”
“Do you have any style influencers? Points of reference that inspire you?”
“Otter in the movie ‘Animal House’…?”
“I”m sorry?”
“It’s just traditional American style. Natural fabrics, things that I’m going to wear for a long time, that will last, that are functional, and that I won’t look stupid wearing if my picture’s taken today and I have to look at it twenty years from now.”
(Long pause as each assesses the other’s wardrobe.)
“Oh, okay. Well it was nice talking to you.”
“Enjoy Paris.”
- BGT