“Not only did nobody ‘get’ my style in France, they also felt compelled to tell me in no uncertain terms,” says Eilidh in Paris.
I tried polka dots – but they didn’t work. The brown-and-white polka dot dress I wore as a waitress, one that reminded me of Julia Roberts in, so deeply offended the po-faced teenage daughter of the boss that she screamed.
But don’t mistake clash for coldness. Once I began to gain the trust of the young French women around me they started to become inquisitive. One friend asked me to do her hair; another flicked through the hangers in my wardrobe ogling at the sequins. We dressed up in the safety of my apartment, dancing to Madonna and living our own movie montage. In turn, I took notes from them and our styles started to blend. What first felt like rejection became a cultural exchange.
“When British girls go out, they wear amazing clothes,” says Agathe, when I ask her if she was ever envious. “We never do that – it’s just too much. But living in England for two years was a liberation. I could wear what I wanted and be who I wanted. I tried fake tan and eyelashes, which I would never do here; even at parties you need to look casual.”
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