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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
As told to Scarlett Conlon

C'est magnifique! How to look French when you're not

Jeanne Damas at the Christian Dior haute couture show in July
Jeanne Damas at the Christian Dior haute couture show in July Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Christian Dior Couture

Be a morning person

“Every morning I wake up around 8am for work and I go straight to the Rouje office. Even on the weekend I get up around 8.30 because I’m a morning person I love to have time in the morning for thinking.”

Get a cat

“The first thing I do in the morning is feed my cat before she kills me.”

Be loyal to French cuisine

“For breakfast I have bread and butter and coffee - very classic.”

Have a uniform

“I like not really thinking about it. My go-to is feminine dresses usually in a floral print and beautiful knitwear. I also wear a lot of tailoring and jeans, I love a 70s denim kick flare. Basically, anything which is easy and comfortable.”

Keep your beauty regime brief

“I do my makeup very quickly in five minutes: I moisturise with Elixir nutritif by Joëlle Ciocco, curl my lashes (I don’t use mascara), gel my eyebrows, and I add lipstick to my lips and cheeks.”

Do exercise that you love

“I usually do pilates and I run a couple of mornings a week.”

Jeanne Damas
“I have a uniform and it’s very instinctive for me” - Jeanne Damas Photograph: Courtesy of Mango/PR

Head to a bistro for lunch

“Generally I like Philou, Casimir or Le Champollion when it’s a work lunch and brunch at home with friends on the weekend.”

Work hard to play hard

“It’s all work, work, work midweek! I finish around 7pm so I start relaxing around 7.30pm. On a weekend I go twice to the cinema and I love meeting with friends for dinner, usually at Martin or Clown Bar.”

Finish the day on a calm note

“I like my evening routine to be very relaxed and quiet. I usually go to bed quite early like 11pm, I like to read in my bed or listen to a podcast like La Poudre from Lauren Bastide as I go to sleep.”

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