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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

La magie de Nicolas Ghesquière? Innover, sans trahir l’héritage de la vénérable maison de couture de Balenciaga.

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Maison Légeron - Boutique de fleurs artificielles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bruno Légeron tells us about his family business of making artificial flowers and feathers for fashion houses and the movie industry. The Maison Légeron dates all the way back to 1727.

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Caption 7 [fr]: principalement pour... pour les maisons de couture,
Caption 7 [en]: mostly for... for fashion houses,

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Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel begins his tour of Nemours with a visit to the twelfth-century castle, which has the rare distinction of standing right in the center of town. Nemours was the hometown of the famous Du Pont family, who immigrated to the United States in the 1800s and created a business empire.

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Caption 38 [fr]: et enfin aujourd'hui c'est une maison de couture qui est l'heureuse propriétaire de ce petit bijou.
Caption 38 [en]: and finally today it's a fashion house that is the lucky owner of this little gem.

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Christian Le Squer - Je ne fais que goûter!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Chef Christian Le Squer, takes us into the kitchen of his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Cinq. You will see the cooks at work making exquisite dishes. Le Squer wants the food cooked to perfection, even "sexy," as he puts it. His job is to taste only, but it's not as easy as it looks.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Mais comme... comme une collection de... couture.
Caption 26 [en]: But like... like a high fashion... collection.

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the flea market to interview the owners of a charming vintage boutique specializing in clothes and accessories from the 1880s to the 1980s. The owners even dress the part in their gorgeous costumes.

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Caption 25 [fr]: qui est un Serpenti des débuts de la haute couture à l'époque où il y avait que Wo'...
Caption 25 [en]: who was a Serpenti in the beginnings of haute couture at a time when there was only Wo'...

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Le Tapissier - L'artisan et son travail

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

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Caption 27 [fr]: Je vais faire un talon... ce qu'on appelle un talon de couture.
Caption 27 [en]: I'm going to make a tack... what we call a sewing tack.

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Fanny & Corrine parlent de la mode - Tendances du printemps - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Learn how to always be “à la mode” from Fanny and Corrine. These lovely ladies take us on a tour of some NYC fashion hot spots to tell us all about what’s hot in the springtime.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Autant de grands magasins, de... de maisons de couture.
Caption 8 [en]: Many department stores, couture houses.

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chanel and its “rock star” designer, Karl Lagerfeld; Loewe, the “Spanish Hermès,” and its creator José Enrique Ona Selfa; Yves Saint-Laurent under the direction of Stefano Pilati: each line offers a distinctive and beautiful collection.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Modernité des lignes, fidélité au style d'un géant de la couture, en trente-sept passages
Caption 22 [en]: Modernity of the lines, loyalty to the style of a design giant, in thirty-seven moves

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