Ooh La La!: French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day

Ooh la la! is more than a frivolous fun book about being a french girl!

From my review at www.ChristineMerser.com I didn't expect to take Ooh La La seriously. The name alone sent me running. I'm more of a "Really?" person. Not Ooh La La. Lightweight, I assumed snottily. Frivolous. Fun, but without depth. Just goes to show you should pay attention to the old adage that says not to judge a book by its cover. This book is an important look at American women and how we may be selling ourselves short, and how the women in that strange land called France may have much to teach us. It may change you. It is filled -- filled, I tell you -- with self-help tidbits told in charming, easy-to-stomach prose and stories that illuminate a subject that has been the Holy Grail for so many of us here across the pond in America -- aging gracefully. "Aging gracefully" is an oxymoron where I live. You must be young to be graceful and relevant. Not so in France, and the book takes us behind the scenes to show us why. Combine it with Lean In, and you could change American women forever. "Oh, and she's old, so she's got all that experience," says someone Cat Callan interviews in the book. Right. Experience. That's worth something? Oh my! I realize now that I need to wear my experience on my sleeve, and that I needn't hide my age in nondescript clothing the way I do. Step to the front no matter what your age! Stand out! It reminded me of shopping in France and noticing that Valentino goes up to a higher size in Paris than it does in the U.S. I once asked Valentino why, and he told me that thin American women do not like to see larger women in the same clothes they are wearing. I am sure you are wondering why I was in a position to ask Valentino anything, and I'm not going to answer that. As we age, we women step to the back of the bus to give up the front seats to those who are younger. We dress down. We speak less. Ooh La La shows another side of us, a side that celebrates age and shows that you grow in worth with your age. Amazing. In the same section, Cat C...