January 2008 - Froggy News

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Froggy News - January 2008

Valentino waves goodbye as Haute Couture displays its elegance.

A huge monolithic sculpture of a tweed jacket at the Chanel presentation in Paris

In a splendiferous week of Haute Couture presentations in Paris, fashion’s greatest talents gathered together to flaunt an array of rich fabrics, cutting edge designs and illustrious themes. This year’s concoction of elegance went out with a bang when Valentino bid farewell to a packed house at the Rodin Museum

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January 28th 2008 @ 19:53

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Do French drivers have feisty Latin blood?

The Champs Elysées is a well known location to witness the erratic behavior of French drivers.

Ever since I was a boy the notion that French drivers are the World’s most erratic has always been at the center of the odd stereotyped joke. But looking at the driving attitudes in countries like Italy where red lights are considered as street decorations, or India whose recent rise in car sales has created havoc on their city's roads, are never mentioned

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January 11th 2008 @ 19:56

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Bienvenue 2008 - Violence hits the Champs Elysées

Violence breaks out in Paris during student strikes against new employment legislation in 2006

It has forever been ingrained within the French ideological approach towards society: to continuously play lip service to the grand ideals of solidarity and yet refuse to merge the political sphere with that of the social

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January 8th 2008 @ 08:11

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Rest in peace - smokers and cafés

Smokers will now have to sit outside in the cold if they want a cigarette

New anti-smoking laws in France have prohibited smoking in all public spaces, extending the ban to bars, restaurants, nightclubs – and the most cherished of all spaces: the caf

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January 4th 2008 @ 07:57

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