Bastille Day: France's July 4th's Celebration.

Painting by Jean-Pierre Houël (1735-1813), entitled Prise de la Bastille ("The Storming of the Bastille").

On every July 14th France goes into one of it's proud moments in both patriotic parades and outright full celebrations. Litterally Paris goes simply wilder than ever, and very few get the traditional hangovers that Americans do after our July 4th celebration. It must be beacuse what they are drinking, or have been aculturated to. Any way though it is something in which American expats have taken note of as being very important for them to likewise celebrated, and it is from them which are my sources.


How did this start....???

Well there were some prisoners who the Parisian public were aware due to them being popular, and King Louis XVI was screwing everything up with the very bad advise he was getting. Especially from his wife.

The economy hit its very bottom, and the Parisian public was likewise alerted to the fact of further impending food shortages. It was either bread or the King. Not with standing they were getting very mad at the entire French monarchy, as they knew this group tried everything to not listen to their plight.

Very few knows how it all started. One source would say in archive letters it was a baker who could not pay for flour to make bread and started to throw stones at a passing carriage in anger, while another archive would indicated it was a couple of older veterans of Louis XIV campaigns in the Netherlands who started a fight in a Parisian cafe and it spilled out on to the streets. What ever the trigger it caught everyone who was not in your traditional off - guard, but who was looking for any reason to start a fight-which in this instance began a revolution.

" Le quatorze juillet." and the storming of the Bastille was commited on the 14 of July 1789.

Today in these more sober years France would carefully inspect the Champs - Elysses avenue, and then later a Fete de la Federation rememberance as cadets from the Ecole Polytechniques, Saint-Cyr, Ecole Navale would initiate and lead the parade, and then passing in review of the French Predident of the Republic. This is all very symbolic, as it denotes the creation and further power of the French Republic.

Then everyone initiates their own forms of celebrations which eventually leads to the best fireworks displays in Europe in the evening hours; this has cause American fireworks experts to come and check their stuff to discover the latest tricks.

A real treat for everyone to see and to travel to see. Make sure you book a hotel at least two years in advance.

RMC

Paris Fashions Stories

Paris Fashions Stories. Illustration Two.

" This is a Male Alert ."

This is to alert other men what is likewise happening in the radical fringe elements of designs for men in Paris, France. Which means, and if you were around when bell bottoms initially came out, you will know sometime in the future this could have an impact on what we are now wearing. The reason for those who were not around when bell bottoms came out will be likewise informed as to why.

From the report.

' Jean-Paul Gaultier has treated fashion royalty to a fairytale haute couture show in Paris, sending women down the runway dressed like maharajas, Snow White's Prince Charming, chamberlains and the tsarevitch.
Revisiting the cross-gender theme that has made his name, the French designer dressed female models with embroidered tail coats, stretch trousers and seven-league boots. '

ABC News.

The reason for your concern is that during the 70s a lot of women, a clear majority, liked how males looked with bell bottoms, as well as the flowery shirts, and this became one of the leading factors of choice of males who they were going to date. Thus primal selection became infused within the emerging power of feminst preferance which impact young women, or womyn - spelling, during this era in their selection of a mate. Remember free and open sex hit major University campuses at this time.

Thus I and others started to adpat accordingly. Thats if you wanted someone who was likewise popular and attractive.

Thus, this is a special alert.

Yours,

Mr. Roger M. Christian

Paris Fashions Stories

Paris Fashions Stories / Illustration one

Photo is taken form his blog WS2M Lionel Dejean, its President.

Once you click on the links above you will begin to understand the real significance of fashions and models from a more gentler approach from the perspective of how models are coordinated and promoted. This is behind the scenes stuff.

What you will come a way with it how delicate each image is and how the efforts are being made to find that one model who stands out. An iconclast of beauty. A Helena of Troy.

Anotherwords the search for the Model who trigger the Billion camera flashes. Instead of ships.

Mr. Dejean efforts are wll recieved indeed, as his company depicts how fantasy is infused with reality by the inventiveness of how the model is prepared and in such a ways to help in the promotion of the fashion being marketed on her or his sculpted frames. This in itself is careful designed and prepared for weeks in advance before the photos shoots ever begin. And in some cases, very much life the movie industry, story boards are rendered to assist in the final focus in which the lense of the newer high definition ( which is one of reasons for the additional care in preparation ) cameras are going to produce.

The camera is assuming a more powerful tool as technologies behind the newer high definition camera's capture of the image being shot is becoming ever-so virtual in its outcome, and film is now outdated as a result. Thus the image above. Hood and all.

It is here where the introduction begins. To my great delight this stroy will never end as the additional illustrations will likewise prove.

Yours.

Mr. Roger M. Christian

The Romance which is Paris:

Photo Vijaya Schartz

The Romance which is Paris.

Paris has been the Mecca of all of Europe through out the centuries and what is entailed are remberances of those which have visited and fell in loves with the city.

One such report:

On through the French countryside to the romance that is Paris! What, don't we look romantic?

More like 2 drowned tourists, I know!

Despite the rain, Paris is very nice. Our first night was a tour of the illuminations. After all Paris is called the "city of lights". We enjoyed our view from the Eiffel Tower. Looking at all the city. Unfortunately this was a night and my photos didn't turn out. And we almost spent the night atop the tower with a few others, as we were "left behind", but that's another story!

We really enjoyed the museums in Paris. There was a very impressive Impressionist show I enjoyed. The size of those Monets are unbelievable! During our 3 days in Paris we marveled at the Notre Dame Cathedral. And you can not "do Paris" without shopping the Champs Elysees. Where eating your frozen yogurt at a table, ON the street is twice as much as eating it IN the store. Its all about "being seen" there. We ate excellent meals, which even included trying some escargot, "when in France..."

This is from Carla and Mark of California and Canada reported 2002 in Contiki Vacations.

In the New York Times published August 7, 2007 is the testimate of a Japanese couple. Waht they did as many others from Japan is to get married in Paris.

As the report indicates..

' The first time that Hirosha Watanabe and Naoko Shibuya entered a church was the giddy moment when they marched down the aisle, he in pearl gray tails and she in a frothy wedding dress, to the strains of the Wagner classic “Bridal Chorus.”
They were joined at the altar of the American Church in Paris by a minister, an interpreter, a video maker and a photographer — the players in Japanese wedding packages for lavish Western ceremonies with traditional trappings.'

Waht has been ocurring is that ' Wedding tourism companies are an established tradition in Japan. Hawaii remains the preferred destination, but lately officials there have started to fret about a softening in the romance market. '

Similar ventures are now being explored in California by its Asian population. No word as of yet if this trend has cross over in the European Americans.

Then we have an art lover from Australia who in his focus of art essays blogs has said this of Manet.

' The paintings of Edouard Manet show the enjoyable life which he led. Manet painted scenes showing the fun activities of the people of Paris, of himself, of friends and family. Many of his works were simply these paintings of enjoyable activities. He depicted cafes, bars, restaurants and other leisure activities which show the happy lifestyle that he had. Aspects of the surroundings important to him include the costumes and the activities of the people. The whole mood of the paintings suggest the pleasure, relaxation and fun of people in nineteenth century Paris. I will discuss the works of Manet which especially show this exciting world, and his desire to paint pleasure for pleasure's sake. I like the way which he chose to show this simple interesting world of people enjoying themselves and will examine several of his works which show this. Not all his paintings show a pleasurable look at the world around him such as his earlier works of working class people, but I will focus on the ones that do. '

This is his blog is you wish to read more. my art essays .

Romance and Art this are leading indications that Paris will always be in sort of a time capsule for centuries to come.

Later more will be discussed on this and more.

Yours,

Mr. Roger M. Christian