{"id":1845,"date":"2011-04-10T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T10:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2018-05-26T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:55:25","slug":"effortlessly-chic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/04\/10\/effortlessly-chic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Effortlessly chic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rene_gruau-geste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rene_gruau-geste.jpg?resize=279%2C400\" alt=\"Rene_Gruau-geste\" width=\"279\" height=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Such a fascinating expression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, the sound : effortlessly chic, the blowing, whistling, deceptively langourous first four syllables, and then, like an exclamation point, the final bang of the chic, a word clever enough to draw a smile on the face of whoever pronounces it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, the meaning : to me, being chic would already\u00a0 be a lot to achieve, and I can&#8217;t understand how to do it wihout any effort. Even supposedly &#8216;tried &amp; true&#8217; formulas seem difficult to me : how can you be sure you little black dress won&#8217;t have any plush on it? that the white shirt will fit properly on your shoulders, that it won&#8217;t be see-through, that there will be no gap at the bust? that the basic trench coat won&#8217;t crease, and that I will close the belt elegantly? Not to mention the never-lasting eye-liner, the chignon turning into a mane at eleven in the morning, the necklace whose clasp always seems to be on the front&#8230; I can&#8217;t help thinking that, behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/thesartorialist.blogspot.com\/\">Sartorialist<\/a>&#8216;s smart amazons, there is a lot of reflection, anticipation, techniques, tips and tricks, know-how, experience : in short, a lot of work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And yet, to be effective, all this work has to be overcome by delicately swaying your head, by a vague dance step, a gentle smile : a light, relaxed attitude. Effortlessly chic : when thinking of this expression, I feel like the draft of a girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such a fascinating expression. First, the sound : effortlessly chic, the blowing, whistling, deceptively langourous first four syllables, and then, like an exclamation point, the final bang of the chic, a word clever enough to draw a smile on the face of whoever pronounces it&#8230; Then, the meaning : to me, being chic would already\u00a0<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/04\/10\/effortlessly-chic-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Effortlessly chic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[74],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}