Rendez-vous avec La Lingerie Francaise
Fashion — July 13, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Last week I had the pleasure- make that “le plaisir,”- of attending Brill Communication’s annual French Rendez-vous at Wychwood Barns. The event is a socialite-studded runway show which boasts France’s hottest lingerie designers from Passionata to Princess Tam-Tam. The event had all the makings of a successful Brill-esque rendez-vous:...
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Rendez-vous avec La Lingerie Francaise
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