Happy Friday #90

Happy Friday my beauties!

I really hope you're well, because as I said last week, I hope your spirits haven't been dampened by the grey weather! As for me, I'm doing better than ever, I've got the feeling that we're going to devour the world with the lemon team, thank you for your encouraging feedback for the pdf subscriptions and for Carlotta! We're getting ready to shoot the next collection, and it's so much fun to come up with new stories! It really is my favorite part! And to tell you the truth, I'm in doubt about the next shoot. Doubtful because I'd love to do it outdoors. I'd like to say that in 17 days, as well as being my B-day, it's also summer... And as you can see, the weather in Dunkirk is like November. So what about the outdoor shoot?

I was thinking of doing it in a greenhouse, where we'd have the light and vegetation, without having weather that makes you want to throw yourself into the air... But which greenhouse? For this happy friday, we shot in my favorite spot in Paris, the Serres d'Auteuil. And that's when Olitax and I thought: yes, that's a greenhouse! But no. Yes, it's a good idea, but in reality, when we shoot a happy friday, there are 2 of us, so we can pass for tourists, but imagine if we shot the Wear Lemonade collection, there would be a dozen of us. The gorgeous chicks (at least 3), the photographer, the make-up artist, Charlotte, Laure, Olitax and me. And I don't think the nice gardeners will let us do it without permission... Anyway, I'm waiting for a sign from fate: if you've got an art deco or industrial greenhouse in your garden, and you'd like us to come and make jokes for a day, let us know!

To tell you the truth, this shoot was done on the first day of Roland Garros. Elle magazine, on the occasion of the super Collector by La Redoute Madame on the tennis theme, a little retro, a little old-fashioned, organized a video shoot and a competition to gain access to the site for a day. And at lunchtime, I ran as fast as I could to join Olitax and shoot a little happy friday because, honestly, I love the retro imagery of tennis, but watching a match in the rain isn't my passion. I remember that the year I turned 17, I discovered a devouring passion for Roland Garros, which was a novel way of procrastinating while revising for my A-levels!

So you've heard about the controversy surrounding Roland Garros' purchase of the Serres d'Auteuil, which he would like to destroy in order to build new grounds. On my way there, I read on the signs lining the site that the French Tennis Federation was planning to demolish the modern greenhouses and leave Jean Camille Formigé's sublime 19th-century turquoise greenhouses alone, a matter to be followed up... But then, I'm surprised that the whole place hasn't yet been classified as a Unesco World Heritage site, perhaps because it hasn't been there long enough... Anyway, if you have any fresh news about this magical place, don't hesitate to share it in the comments!