Culture{Art}: Garance Dore Boutique

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You guys know how much I LOVE fashion illustration.  My favorite fashion illustrator, Garance Dore of the infamous blog that bears her name, is selling her illustrations!!  She has opened an online boutique where buyers can choose from the lower priced posters or the more expensive art prints.  She is currently selling limited edition art prints for $400 which is a bargain in my opinion if you are a serious curator of art.  I believe her pieces one day will be worth 3 times what they are now.  I really wish I could get me one of the limited editions but until my bank account recuperates a bit from this financially hellish December I have had I will opt for one of the poster prints at $40.

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Culture: Garance Dore on Cultural Differences in Dieting and Dining

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I love Garance Dore's blog for a number of reasons but the main one has to be that she is able to bring culture to those of us who aren't exposed to it on an everyday basis.  Living in a rural city in NC doesn't really allow for me to be immersed in cultural diversity much like living in New York City or even back home in Washington DC.  I truly get restless at times and often create scenarios in my head where I travel to all types of foreign places.  Garance's blog serves as an escape at times.  She tends to write these very personal pieces that are oftentimes translated in french (no I don't speak french) that is just so very exciting to read.  In a recent post of hers New York Skinny vs Paris Skinny she talks about how the concept of diet and dining can be so different across cultures.  More than anything after reading this I wanted to go to France right away and try some of the Parisian cuisine.