For those of you who are new around here, "les gens bien" is a column in which I tell you about my friends, my friends' loves, top people who are inspired, passionate, beautiful or funny or even both at the same time, they don't necessarily have a blog (but today they do!) but I really wanted to introduce them to you! Today it's Mai's turn from the blog superbytimaiI met her a few months ago, when she came across my blog and bim bam boum one thing led to another and she came to make a video at my place ( by here) and I have to admit that since then, Mai has been a matter of course for me, you know those rare and beautiful encounters that life has to offer, and for that encounter alone, I congratulate myself on having set up makemylemonade...in short, I leave you with Mai, a woman so beautiful, so loving, so maternal, so sweet, so funny that it leaves you speechless, or that it makes you want to say "let's meet up for tea again, when!We've got some great DIY projects coming up in the next few weeks! I can't wait to show you all! Without further ado: MAY!

Hi Mai, to find out more about you, can you tell us why your name is Mai (ahana, you weren't expecting that one?).

hahahah! my real name is Truc Mai. re-hahaha!

my parents are Vietnamese and went to a pagoda called Truc Lâm. Truc Lâm means bamboo forest. It's a boy's name, so when I was born, we kept Truc as the root of the siblings, so we're 4 bamboos (and Truc Lam later became my first brother's first name). And I, Truc Mai, am the flower... it's a flower that, according to legend, only grows every 100 years...

Truc is said "tchouk" in Vietnamese, but not in French... it was complicated for the teachers at the beginning of the year, so I suggested they call me mai. tada!

"Existential question: if you could be reincarnated as a spice girl, who would you be?

I'll be reincarnated as a spice girl and that's that!

"Elle's question: What do you have in your handbag?

Expense accounts, my metallic blue glitter purse (just don't be epileptic), 2 lipsticks, my Aésop hand cream, an lhf ointment I use for my lips. And if I'm lucky, my navigo pass AND my phone!

"Question beauty addict" What's the beauty product you wouldn't part with for anything in the world??

None. I have tons and I love it, but as long as my lips aren't chapped, I'm fine with it.

"If you had to choose just one person to take to a bunker in December 2012, who would it be and why?

If my daughter hugs my son, does that do it? December... it's Christmas!

 "What job would you have hated doing as a child?

figure skater!

"Fashion blog question" the fashion flashback: you said: I'll never wear that, and yet you did... what was it?

bare feet with the "string" between the big toe and the other toes. as a child I said "NEVER" and my mother said "you'll see when you grow up".

"Question Doudou" What do you make yourself to eat to cheer you up?

A bobun AND/OR a fruit juice from the juicer.

"What's the worst trip you can be offered?

India.

"Special question for you": If you had to choose one color to revisit blue overalls, which would it be and why?

Work pink! a pale pink that raf simmons used for jil sander and dior. a very tasty and classy pink. and above all, one that expresses itself well on a large surface like work "blue".

"If you had to choose one, who would it be, Cindy Sherman or Lady Gaga?

Cindy forever. even the clown if you want!

Beauty tip?

Sleep, and make love, that's really the mega good plan.

Shopping tip?

I only have bad plans! Guaranteed ruin

Eating plan?

The bo bun on rue volta. You just have to dry clean the whole thing afterwards.

Culture tip?

I go to a lot of exhibitions. it gives me wings.

 Thank you Mai!

September 08, 2012