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THE INCREDIBLE ICED CHAI LATTE[:]
Plus our famous homemade spread! Happy Monday my darlings!
I’ve wanted to make these recipes for a while now, but I needed to try them out and have the Lemonade Studio sample them so that we could come up with the best version for you! I’m talking to all you coffee addicts that go to expensive chains that don’t even recycle! This recipe is easy, inexpensive and with the needed ingredients you’ll have to buy just once, you can make gallons and gallons of “chai soy lattes, with a pump of chai, no water, no ice”...
Since this is also a great opportunity to fix a snack or balanced breakfast, here’s a recipe for homemade soy spread, you’ll love it! There are two different versions: one with milk chocolate, hazelnut and nougatine and another with chocolate and almond! I know, I know, your bikini will not thank me, but I didn’t tell you, it’s November!
These recipes are made with Bjorg products since the brand asked us to come up with some. This was a perfect occasion to work in my new kitchen (which is in construction) and get started on making some chai latte!!
For a large jar of spread, you’ll need:
- 25 cl soy cream
- 180 g milk chocolate
- 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 100 g hazelnut flour
- 100 g brown sugar
- 100 g crushed nougatine
- Add the cream, chocolate broken into pieces, brown sugar, and oil in a pot on low heat. Stir using a spatula until thoroughly mixed. Add hazelnut flour and nougatine, then remove from heat. Next, sterilize the glass jars that you’ll store the spread in later with boiling water. Cool 30 minutes and leave in fridge for at least 4 hours before serving! Keep refrigerated 4 to 5 days after opening. To make the white chocolate version, simply replace the milk chocolate with a 180 g bar of white chocolate and the hazelnuts and nougatine with 200 g almond meal!
For the chai latte
- 250 g brown sugar
- 250 ml water x 2
- 1 tbsp agave syrup
- Assam black tea
- Cinnamon sticks
- Ground cinnamon
- Cardamon
- Black pepper
- Fresh ginger
- Ground ginger
- Cloves
- Almond milk or plain Bjorg soy milk
In a salad bowl, steep black tea in 250 ml of mineral water for 20 min. At the same time, melt sugar and agave syrup with water in a pot on low heat and using a mortar and pestle, mix the ground spices with cardamon seeds and cloves. Once all the ingredients have been roughly ground up, add to black tea. Remove tea bags and add cinnamon sticks and ginger sliced into small cubes. Steep for about 30 extra minutes. After that, filter mix and add syrup. Store in an airtight glass bottle. Once opened, you can keep it in the fridge for 4 days max.
And to make an Iced Chai Latte, fill a glass with ice cubes, add syrup (fill 2⁄5 of your glass) and add milk. Mix and enjoy!
And since we’re real nice, we’re giving you the labels that you can download by clicking here!
Translated by Whitney Bolin
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HOW TO SEW THE FALBALA BLOUSE[:]
Hello my darlings!
Thanks for all the suggestions yesterday for upcoming collections. It’s really helpful to hear your ideas, I’m pretty happy to see that we share the same ideas and that some nice surprises are coming up! We’ve got some great things in store for the next collections, especially some amazing photo shoots! I already told you, but we did the photoshoot a few days ago for the next collection, available early July. I can’t wait to tell you about it, to show you all the little details that we’ve added to the orders! I even think that I’ll write an article on the whole packaging experience! Even after a year, we’re still overjoyed to come up with themes, design clothes and see the collection become a reality over a matter of weeks. I can’t even begin to tell you how proud we are to cross paths with people wearing Wear Lemonade in the streets. I like to try to sneak a picture, don’t think I’m crazy! Falbala is the last piece in ‘Les Baigneuses’ (The Bathers) collection, I’m trilled to share this DIY!
Making Falbala is ‘easypeasy’. It’s the perfect model for beginners and it easily goes with all your summer outfits. I can’t wait to see yours, I’ve been dreaming of making Falbala with crazy motifs and embroidery! You can find examples on our Community page and get inspired! By the way, the other day we were wondering what you wanted to see on the Wear Lemonade Instagram account. A lot of you follow us and it seems like you really like our behind the scenes posts, but if you want to see something else, we’re all ears!
Here are a few things to know about Falbala :
- To make it, you’ll need 1,40m of fabric from a bolt 1m45 wide or 2,20m of fabric from a bolt 1m10 wide
- 1m of bias to make the neckline, if you don’t want to deal with making it out of your fabric
- The paper pattern that you can find here or download the PDF with the 3, 6, or 12 month subscription, here. (We’ve been working out the kinks every day, I promise it’s moving right along! Oh, and subscribers will soon get their first gifts this summer!)
I hope that you’ll like it, I also wanted to thank you for the positive feedback on Falbala’s three versions. Several sizes are already out of stock! I hope you have a wonderful week and that summer’s around the corner! Hugs and kisses!
From the Lemonade Studio with love!
Translated by Whitney Bolin[:]
HELLO FALBALA
Hello my darlings,
Today we’re launching the Falbala blouse, the last piece from the ‘Les Baigneuses’ (The Bathers) collection. I’m obsessed with the Falbala blouse, I’ve been looking for the perfect frilly top for a while now. Something not too over the top, so you don’t look like a flamenco dancer, or icing on a cupcake... but the tops I see most of the time are too formfitting, since I like to feel free to move around in my clothes... If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, so I designed my dream top. I wanted something feminine yet comfortable, something you don’t have to take off after lunch, if you know what I mean...
Falbala tops are made out of flowy fabric that won’t wrinkle if you decide to swap your high waisted jeans for a pencil skirt at the last minute. There are three different versions:
- In cream satin stitch like the Chiara fabric, if you already have adopted the dress, you’ll know just how soft it is
- In poplin with Charlotte Molas’ marvelous ‘Baigneuses’ pattern
- And in cotton and poppy red silk because of course I couldn’t help myself from choosing more than one material
If it had been up to me, Falbala would have had three or four rows of frills but I’m lucky to work with Laure who stopped me just in time. But it’s up to you if tomorrow, with the pattern, you want to add more frills. Once again, I’m thrilled to present Falbala. Its’ trapeze cut and low cut back will be your best friend this summer.
As I was saying, I always have a hard time, well not ‘hard, but let’s say I have difficulties narrowing down my fabric choices for the collection. Chiara, in 5 different colors, is the perfect example, but that dress was a whole other story since all the versions seem to have found happy homes. I think that I should ask you for your opinion more often since after all, these collections are for you. By the way, what kinds of pieces would you like to see in the upcoming collections? I’m itching to show you the fall collection. Tomorrow the pattern for Falbala will be available. If you’ve subscribed to the PDF patterns, your Falbala pattern will be with your other ones. Oh, and good news for all beginners out there: Falbala is super simple to make, and for those more experienced, Falbala will be quick and easy to whip up just before going out, I’ll let you know more about it tomorrow.
- Hugs and kisses, can’t wait to read your ideas!
Translated by Whitney Bolin[:]
THE GOOD TEAM : LAURE G.[:]
Happy Sunday, everyone!
Today I’d like to tell you about Laure, the lovely and kind Laure, that you may already know as the Pattern Queen! Laure joined us a year and a half ago, looking for a change in pace. She came into our chaotic office, Larusso blaring. We still listen to the red headed singer, but we’ve added to our playlist and workspace since then! I met Laure thanks to Patricia who should be in this column about good people, who works in one of my favorite spots in the capital: Sacré s Coupons. I confided to her that I wanted to make sewing patterns but I needed help designing, since I only knew the basics. Patricia told me that she knew of the perfect person: Laure! So we saw each other a few times over a couple of months. Laure started to make the patterns for Rita and Luisa during her free time, since she was working for different brands at the time... Then, all of a sudden, Wear Lemonade became a reality and Laure climbed aboard the yellow rocket!
Today, Laure helps me with fashion design for the collections and designs all the patterns. She’s also taken charge of production since the beginning. We’ve had the pleasure of being helped by the amazing Maria, who eased Laure’s production workload, which in itself is a whole other job seeing the multiplying references from collection to collection. But I’ll tell you more about that profession another day!
Laure is patient and perfectly precise. I love what a perfectionist she is and how eager she is to share what she knows. She’s an amazing teacher, I won’t even go into how much I’ve improved in sewing thanks to her, our little FrancoKorean jewel! As you can see, I’m thankful for our team of good people, who are all important and giving. I’ll soon introduce you to Simoné, our Photography Prince.
I’ll leave you with Laure, who’ll answer a few questions that I’ll sure you’ve been wondering about!
- Guidance counselor question: Laure, tell us about your career...
Honestly, I’ve had a pretty chaotic career path. After getting a high school degree centered around economics and social studies (called a ‘bac ES’), I studied law for two years at Nanterre (where I passed all my exams)... but I didn’t love college. I couldn’t see myself spending the rest of my life commenting on arrests and having a law book as bedtime reading. So I went back to my first love: fashion design. I applied to ESMOD in Paris where I studied fashion design and pattern making for three years, specializing in menswear. Then, I did internship after internship as an assistant fashion designer, lots and lots of internships... I worked with lingerie (womens’ at DIM, Playboy, Wonderbra) and men's’ (BWGH, Marchand Drapier and Billtornade where I could’ve bumped into Charlotte since we were in the same building!), small designers... I continued my studies in Innovative Marketing where I met Patricia who led me here, to Make My Lemonade, to work on womens’ pattern making!
- Illusion and Disillusion Question: Before going to school, what did you want to do? In the end, did you change your mind?
When I was little, I dreamt of being a fashion designer (among other things, but I wanted to do this most of all). I loved drawing and fabrics, touching, changing, looking inside clothes. And then at school you learn to do lots of things. When I learned about pattern making, everything clicked into place. Without this transition from 2D to 3D, clothes wouldn’t exist! For me, it’s like magic. All of a sudden you realize that with a simple paper pattern, you can make a dress. Because of this, I’m glad to have switched to the world of fashion. Although it sometimes may be a cruel one, beautiful things are made!
- Current Day Question: You joined us a while ago, if you had to change something, what would it be?
Just to have a little more time to reply faster and more often to Wear Lemonade beginners... and to spend less time behind a computer and do more draping.
- Sewing Question: What’s been your favorite Wear Lemonade piece to work on since the beginning?
Oh wow, that’s a hard one! I think that each collection is even better than the last. Well, I admit I have a soft spot for Chiara with its’ V darts that I had always wanted to do. Maria, the cropped jacket that’ll be available soon on the website and Ursula that I designed with Lisa and the girls from NOO. I love the details in vintage fashion that you don’t find nowadays and I love using some in our pieces.
- Madeleine de Proust Question: What did you want to do when you were little?
Fashion design! I also wanted to be a volcanologist and travel all over the world, or to be a chef! I’ve loved cooking since I was a child and if I ever had to do something else, it would be in the restaurant or pastrymaking industry.
- Important Question: If you had to be reincarnated as a Spice Girl, who would you be?
Victoria Adams/Beckham... she was maddeningly perfect! And I’ve always liked her posh side.
- Survival Question: If you had to bring only one thing on a desert island, what would it be?
A sketchbook and a pencil. I could doodle my escape plans, count the days, write my memoir... or maybe just draw the plants and animals!
- Sharing Question: If you had to give one piece of advice to all young fashion designers and pattern makers, what would it be?
Simple advice: never give up. But also to remember that any experience is good experience, even if it’s not fun. A fashion designer or pattern maker that has never failed will never be good. You sometimes have to go with the first opportunity you come across, even if it seems far from your end goal. You never know what path it may lead you down.
Translated by Whitney Bolin[:]
HAPPY FRIDAY #91
Happy Friday 91! Almost 100 street style Fridays! I’m not sure what I’ll do, a sparkly, sequin outfit? Totally yellow? On the moon? Hahaha, I’m trying to think of something surprising, I need to look up some unusual places... to be continued! I still have some time, but I’m already thinking it over!
Working on the next collection has put me in such a good mood! Things are moving quite along, we keep having great projects with good people, as you may have noticed, and it’s given me enough energy to move mountains! Last week we did a shoot for the next Wear Lemonade collection, if you follow me on Snapchat you might have gotten a sneak peak... oh yeah, I am on Snapchat. It’s all new to me, I’ve been experimenting. Oh well, if it’s bad at least it’s erased... but it’s still kind of fun, being spontaneous. I feel like I’m 100 writing you this: my username’s makemylemonade, so original, right? Anyways, today’s Happy Friday is a little bit different. Here are 3 (or 4) ways to wear the highwaisted Carlotta shorts!
It’s about time that I write a post on Carlotta. Because of it’s little embroidered heart and despite the weather, you went wild over these shorts. All of our inventory disappeared like snow in the sun! Let’s start with the darker version, I think they’re ohsochic. I love Ottoman fabric. The material’s like grosgrain ribbon but it’s actually striated fabric, which is pretty rare and complicated to make. A lot of spinners don’t make it anymore but luckily we found a few rolls in stock at one of our suppliers!
I’m wearing the Carlotta shorts, a flowery Zara blouse (current collection), and a Zara jacket from a past collection, with my Louboutin heels.
And here I’m wearing the Wear Lemonade shorts with an Urban Outfitters bodysuit, a black jacket, Jonak ballet flats and a Maxi Tote Bag.
Besides showing you my derriere, I would like to tell you about the navy blue chiné Ottoman version, I think it’s perfect for hot summer days in the city. It’s one piece you can wear to work: with a blouse and blazer, or sexier with a plunging neckline. Be careful not to wear heels and a low neckline at the same time with shorts, it’s kind of like that rule about not wearing lipstick and thick eyeliner... just pick one. Anyways, you shouldn’t need heels to make you legs look longer with these shorts since with the highwaist and flare cut, it makes a perfect optical illusion!
I’m wearing the Chambray version of the Carlotta shorts, a vintage Ana Sui blouse, a pair of Jonak x Wear Lemonade boots and a wicker basket.
Here I’m wearing a gingham top from Jack Wills, a LindyBop jacket, the Wear Lemonade Chambray shorts, and Mellow Yellow wedges.
Showing off my derriere for the second time, here’s a summer version of the Chambray shorts. I can’t wait to go to Lacanau to wear the Carlotta shorts with a onepiece, to go to the beach, layout in my parent’s yard, and drink Spritz with my sister, never taking them off, like a second skin. I love chambray and jeans, we’ve working with these materials since the beginning of Wear Lemonade! The Carlotta shorts in sky blue can be worn as a pirate look with a lace top or as a classy Brigitte Bardot look. But of course, you can wear it any way you like, I can’t wait to see your pictures on social media. By the way, we’re getting some surprises ready for the next collection. Until then, save the date: Falbala, the frilly blouse will be out on Monday!
Thanks to Olitax for the pictures and his help getting me dressed in the middle of the 18th arrondissement! See you soon!
MAKE MY SEPHORA[:]
Happy Sunday my darlings,
The sun is (almost) back, the days are getting longer and we’re feeling good at the Lemonade Studio! We have tons of great projects coming up, a bunch of crazy ideas... so many that it’s almost impossible, but you know that nothing can stop us! Anyways, today I’d like to tell you about our latest Sephora workshop, and a little birdie told me that a second project is on it’s way. I recommend once again subscribing to the newsletter so you can stay updated, a workshop during the last weekend in June will be online soon!
For our first workshop with a beauty brand, the challenge was to find DIYs that go with the products that the brand was giving to the participants, and the theme was Nail Art... Bejeweled butterflies aren’t quite our cup of tea, we like things a little more subtle, like polka dots... so we came up with a little case to hold all the products, a special manicure box, so that you can keep all of them organized and not lose your nail clippers and nail polish around your apartment. Not to worry, the box DIY will soon be up on the website so that you too can make your own!
We made it using a cardboard base, that we held in place with sewing pins, then to cover it all we offered participants a choice of Wear Lemonade fabrics, the eyelashes were the overall favorite! We thought long and hard about this DIY, questioning the possibility of doing it with 10 participants, there were a lot of steps to making it and sometimes it’s hard for us to judge the difficulty level. But everyone worked very well and fast, we promise to never again underestimate anyone.
Between two DIYs, we had a nice snack break thanks to Fauchon, a workshop sponsor and believe me, it was a real treat, there were so many different colors and flavors! We were then able to continue in a good mood! Sephora also had the lovely Isabelle come over so that each participant left with an amazing, fresh manicure! As a second workshop bonus, Lisa thought out this incredible picture we saw on Pinterest: jewels on a wire and nail polish. Said like that, it doesn’t sound great but I promise that the end result is amazing!
I must admit that I’m not the best at this DIY. Despite hours of practicing, I was only able to make one petal out of five, it was so so frustrating! But after all, I am the Pinata Queen, not the Flower Queen hehe (but I’m secretly practicing at night, I’m going to get it!) Anyways, luckily everyone was much better at this than me, and the girls were able to decorate their hair pins with little flowers!
A big thank you to the entire Sephora team for this lovely workshop, to our Olitax for the great video, to Musicalist for the nice music that goes with it, to Fauchon for the sweet snack and to all the fun participants! Hugs and kisses my darlings, see you soon for more Lemonade adventures and for the box DIY!
INTUITION...[:]
Hello darlings,
I don’t know why, but I’m kind of bothered by writing this post because of the personal aspect involved. Let’s start at the beginning. A few months ago,EstéeLauder contacted me to make a clip on intuition, one of the brand’s values. I had no idea that before becoming a brand and a cosmetic group that makes miracle creams and my mother’s perfume, it was a woman, a true visionary... Estée Lauder, (what a beautiful name) was responsible for stores giving out samples, brands choosing muses, the first cosmetic line for men and the Serum. Speaking of the Serum, Madame Lauder, during the 80s when the entire cosmetic world was coming out with little jars of pastel pink, ecru ou blue cream, she decided to think out of the box and make a serum in a brown bottle with a pharmacy dropper. All her investors and collaborators threw a fit, expecting a commercial failure, but she went with it anyways. And well, her brown bottle is still on bus shelters, the famous Advanced Night Repair has an unparalleled success. She’s an exemplary model of a visionary woman who wasn’t afraid to follow her intuition.
Anyways, that’s how I interpreted their brief: “we’d like you to illustrate intuition, showing it through a video”. I blushed. I love the video but I’m not really a director. While working on it, I found out that friendship is also one of the brand’s values. I thought that the best person to help me on the project was Mai Hua, of course, my director friend that can make me laugh while crying.
So here we are, both of us writing the short film, pingponging ideas off each other like we do best, analysing the subject, and having a good time because in the end, that’s what’s best: having fun while working!
For me, intuition is what everyone has deep down, you just have to open your eyes or listen closely. It’s the super power everyone has deep down, the joker card that we often forget to use. What intuition often whispers in our ears is scary, it doesn’t make us happy. Intuition is full of pitfalls, following it is not an easy path because it often tells us to go against what reason tells us to do.
But you can use it every day, it’s easy. For example, you can change your clothes until you’re happy with your outfit; rolling up your jeans, putting a belt with your jacket, playing with it until you’re happy with your reflection in the mirror and you feel good about yourself. That’s intuition talking, it helps you feel good about yourself.
It’s often difficult to follow your intuition, like when Estée was facing major economic issues. I’ve had to give up contracts where a lot of money was at risk because I didn’t believe in the project, because I felt like I was corrupting myself, distancing myself from what I wanted to be in order to meet such requests. Since I’m my own boss, following these guidelines is important. But as for any job, an interview that leaves you with a funny feeling, but an amazing salary makes you forget all your doubts, in the end may make you unhappy... I think that if you’re lucky enough to have the choice, good things come to those who wait.
And then, we can be stubborn. Intuition is the little voice that we’d like to keep quiet. Because when we’ve worked hard on a job and it’s finished, and the result isn’t what we expected, intuition says you should start over. That’s the price to pay for being proud of your work.
Ohhh and then there’s love... I think that this is one of the times where intuition is the loudest but magically, we tune it out. You may be crazy about a person but deep down you know that it won’t last, you know the person will make you suffer, but you continue anyways... and naively, you think that you’ll be able to change the other person to fit your own expectations. No, no, no, we’ve tried it out for you, once again, it doesn’t work! It’s good to make your own mistakes and learn from them... Like in my case, sometimes you meet someone and you ‘marry them’ right away because you have a feeling they’re the one and intuition gives you another magical power: self confidence!
I challenge you to think back to a painful memory and analyze the situation, to remember the moment where you thought, “deep down, I knew it wouldn’t end well but I went ahead with it anyways”. This isn’t pessimism talking, it’s your intuition that you didn’t listen to. According to Spinoza, intuition is the highest form of knowledge! But as it is for anything, you have to practice using it. For me, intuition is your first reaction to a situation, an overwhelming feeling, the first impression that someone makes on you.
Of course, I sometimes make mistakes. Fear is a factor sometimes, but even if I find myself in a tough spot, I learn from the situation so that I won’t go down the same path twice. But looking back, I knew deep down that I was making an error before anything happened. You just have to keep listening to that little voice.
Thank you so much to theEstée Lauder team, to Annie Claire and Aurélie for their kindness, to Mai for her talent, to Julie for her perfectionism, and to the Lemonade team, the first test subjects of my intuition, for their prizeworthy patience. By the way, for this special occasion the brand is having a neat contest on their Facebook page, go ahead and take a look this afternoon. Hugs and kisses.
SAVE THE DATE ET DIY URSULA[:]
Hola everyone! Everyone at the office is so so excited because we have good news for you: the sun is shining (and we hope it’ll stay that way) and our Eva onepiece and Ursula twopiece bathing suits will be available on the eshop this Thursday. Save the date! When NOO reached out to us to collaborate on these two swimsuits, we jumped for joy since we love the brand, the two talented designers and their amazing lingerie line! We wanted the best of our two teams, all of NOO’s lingerie savoirfaire and the Lemonade Studio’s citrusy flair. We needed the most flattering fit, perfect little details and the most amazing print. That’s how we came up with Eva and Ursula with a vintage, but not outdated, touch. The Ursula twopiece was difficult to design and prototype but the entire NOO team understood what we wanted from the start, even if it was complicated... and Anaïs and Elissa from NOO do things right, they gave us the pattern for you to make it at home! So as a sneak peak, here’s a step by step guide to tide you over until it’s available in our eshop! Can’t wait for Thursday!
To make the Ursula bathing suit, you’ll need:
- 1m of lycra fabric, not too thick, from a bolt 1m40 wide, we found these Liberty prints at Motif personnel, the multicolored flowers here and their white flowers on red here,
- 0,45m of antislip band for the top (commonly found in a haberdasher’s/notions shop or even online)
- 1m of clear elastic band (this isn’t mandatory) also found in a haberdasher’s/notions shop or online
- Tissue paper
- Masking tape
- And our pattern that you can download here!
And here’s a sneak peek at the totebag that’ll be included in your swimsuit order, starting on Thursday on WearLemonade.
DIY PUNK BALLET FLATS[:]
Well, my darlings,
The situation is critical. Miu Miu’s shoes make me go crazy, seriously crazy because I start wondering: how can I get my hands on these shoes at 500 bucks a pop? With that amount of money, I could buy something much more useful in day to day life, such as a dishwasher! All the same, I’ve been calculating to see how I might be able to have my own precious pair... So, as I’m sure you’re probably all as unfaithful as I am as far as shoes go and that you don’t have the same budget as the Kardashian clan, I came up with a quick little DIY to make it look like you spent a fortune for these LikeaVirgineraMadonna shoes!
You’ll need:
- A pair of powder pink leather ballet flats that you can resole
- Black imitation leather ribbon, 2 cm wide
- Black and white gingham ribbon, 3 cm wide
- 4 belt buckles, 2 cm
- A box of 50 Prym eyelets, 4 mm
- Leather punch
- Hammer
- Leather needle and black cord
- A punch or a pen and a ruler
After that, you can go to your cobbler to get your flats resoled if they are real dance shoes, otherwise you’re all set! I think you can even take this DIY to the next level by making a little leather ring, small widthwise, on the buckle loops to hold the eyelets! Hugs and kisses.
Happy Friday #90
Happy Friday, my beautiful readers!
I really hope you’re doing well, since as I was saying last week, I hope this gloomy weather hasn’t gotten you down! I’m doing better than ever, I feel like the Lemonade team’s going to conquer the world, thank you for your positive feedback on the PDF subscriptions and Carlotta! We’re moving along, getting ready for the next collection’s photo shoot. It’s fun to come up with new themes, that’s my favorite part! Quite frankly, I’m not sure about the next shoot. Not sure, because I’d love to do it outside. In 17 days, besides being my birthday, it’ll also be summer... and as you may have noticed, it’s as gray and yucky outside as a day in November. So, how do to it?
I was thinking of doing it in a greenhouse. There’d be light, plants without the risk of rain... but which one? For this Happy Friday, we took pictures in one of my favorite places in Paris, the Serres d’Auteil. Here, Olitax and I thought: yes, this is it! Yeah... no. Yes, it’s a good idea but when we shoot a Happy Friday, there are just two of us and we kind of look like tourists. But imagine, if we shoot the Wear Lemonade collection here, there would be at least ten of us: the models (at least three of them), the photographer, the makeup artist, Charlotte, Laure, Olitax, and myself. I don’t think that the gardeners would like us to do that without permission... ANYWAYS I’m waiting for a divine sign, if you have an art deco or industrial greenhouse in your garden and you’d like us to come over for the day, let us know!
To be honest, we did this photoshoot on the first day of Roland Garros. Elle, the magazine, organized a video shoot with a retro tennis theme and a daylong website contest for the special occasion of the fantastic Collector de La Redoute Madame. At lunchtime, I ran as fast as I could to meet with Olitax and shoot this Happy Friday, because honestly, I love tennis’s vintage look, but watching the match in the rain isn’t my thing. When I was 17, I loved Roland Garros, it was a great way to put off studying for exams!
You may know about the controversy surrounding the purchase of the Serres d’Auteil by Roland Garros, who wanted to demolish them in order to build new tennis courts. While I was there I read on some signs hung up around the area that the French tennis federation planned on destroying the modern greenhouses and leaving Jean Camille Formigé’sbeautiful nineteenth century turquoise ones alone, to be continued... But I’m surprised that the entire place isn’t classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, maybe it isn’t old enough... Anyways, if you have any updates on the preservation of this magical spot, please let us know in the comments!
I’m wearing a super cute R edition lowwaisted polo dress and a Laura Clément blazer. These two pieces are from the great collection I was telling you about above. Also a pair of love Louboutins and a vintage boat hat... Sending hugs and kisses your way, see you tomorrow for a quick DIY I think you’ll love!
HELLO CARLOTTA[:]
Hello my little dearies!
I hope you’re having a lovely week! Promise me that you won’t let the weather get you down and that we’ll keep in touch online to get our dose of summer! I’m surprised we were able to do this sunny photoshoot in the middle of April! I don’t ever really pay attention to the weather, I like to tease my umbrella by wearing wedge espadrille heels, a flowy shirt, and a high waisted shorts. It’s my way of being optimistic. If I act like it’s springtime, the sun will come out. I promise you, this technique worked for snow this winter while skiing. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work for summer. Speaking of shorts, today we’re releasing Carlotta, THE shorts that you’ve been asking for since last Christmas! Carlotta is highwaisted and flattering to every body type, see for yourself:
Last December, I asked you what clothing item you’d like to see from Wear Lemonade, either to wear or sew. Many of you asked for flattering shorts: something not too tight around the thighs, yet slims the waist... Mine, Laure’s, the sewing pattern chief, and all of the other Lemonade Studio’s derrieres went on a quest for the perfect shorts. After many tests on fabric and secret optical illusion techniques, I’m proud to introduce you to Carlotta! Your new ally to tighten your waist, lift your bottom, and tone your legs without going to a gym... promise!
Carlotta can be worn with a pretty top for summer days at work and colorful ballet flats or can be slipped into your beach bag with a nice pair of wedge sandals. Since you’re going to fall in love with these shorts, you can even wear them when skies are gray with semi opaque tights, boots, and a comfy sweater. She can be worn all year round!
Carlotta is available in summery Chambray or sophisticated Ottoman for a more elegant and structured look. Her length is ideal (not too short because we’re not here our bottoms off either)! I hope you’ll love her little embroidered heart patch...
Speaking of hearts, the Ana dress is also available on the eshop. We wanted to wait a little bit to introduce you to her, but with this weather, we thought it would be good to release her today! Ana is the kind of dress for days when you don’t know what to wear. She’s sexy with her boat neck and cut out in the back while staying comfortable. Don’t worry, the cut out’s shape was well thought out so that your bra won’t show!
If you’re already familiar with the ‘Mon petit chat’ (My little cat) sweatshirt, we’ve used the same materials but in an offwhite color. Ana therefore has the same soft feel to her. We also used our signature embroidered heart patch on the two versions! Ana is perfect in the ‘Nuage’ (‘Cloud’) color for summer evenings and beach outings. In ‘Orage’ (‘Storm’), she’ll also be your comfy dress and your musthave outfit for the fall! Oh yes, I almost forgot: Ana has pockets, of course!
To sum up all this craziness, today we’re adding to the collection:
- The Carlotta shorts, in Chambray and Ottman, 79 euros
- The Ana dress, in Orage (Storm) and Nuage (Cloud), 69 euros
- And the Dalida scarf with an exclusive motif drawn by the talented Charlotte Molas, 69 euros!
HAPPY SATURDAY#89[:]
Happy Saturday, darlings!
I hope you’ve enjoyed your week, mine went by at the speed of light. It was like I went to bed Monday night and woke up on Saturday morning! It went by too quickly, so quickly that I’m sharing this week’s look on a Saturday! The worst part is that next week, it’ll already be June! Can you believe it?! I’m telling you, if I catch the guy that makes time fly by, he’s in for it. I’m sure that he’s somewhere, sitting on a remote control with the ‘fast forward’ button jammed under his leg! Watch out, you... I’ve decided to regain control of my time starting next week, by meditating every morning to help my brain... falling back on good habits for creative survival! For something a little more real than the hypothetical person I talked about with the remote, today I’m posting this week’s look, photographed at la place Dalida (Dalida Square) in Paris’ 18th arrondissement.
I had never been to this square before and it was a lovely surprise. Here, there are a few streets where it doesn’t feel like Paris anymore but more like a little village in the South. Oh, how I love this city just for that. And by incredible luck, it was beautiful outside. It normal I suppose for springtime, but I had almost forgotten what that was like! You might think I’m a little too dressed and made up for just a Happy Saturday, oh if I could look like this every Saturday morning... to tell you the truth, it was just because I was fortunate to collaborate with Lancôme for their latest product, their Grandiose eyeliner. I was looking so polished because I was made up by Miky, the brand’s makeup artist and their hairstylist, Sylvain Le Hen! During the presentation I met Lisa Eldridge, Lancôme’s director of makeup creation. She’s also an amazing Influencer, blogger, youtuber, entrepreneur, that’s so passionate and motivating! What an incredible path she’s taken! As spruced up as I was, I thought it would be silly to miss this opportunity to take some pictures with Olitax, the little prince of pictures...
On our way to Dalida square, we went by the signer’s famous statue where we saw tourists taking pictures, groping the beauty’s decolte! Her even has a shiny chest! It’s become a place of pilgrimage and some even say that touching her breasts brings good luck... I couldn’t believe it. What else, are the mayors of France going to start doing the same to the Marianne on their desk, the night before an election? Plant a little kiss on Fabien Barthez’s head? What a little misogynist secret! That’s why I’m hiding the lady’s chest with this amazing lavender colored motorcycle jacket. I think it’s so beautiful and unique (yes, me, the person that thinks purple is awful), this lilac color could win me over! I think that the jacket is really this season’s musthave staple, I was wearing a pink one last week, a lilac one this week (both of them were kindly loaned to me) and I fell for a blue one from Zara (like half of France’s female population) that you’ll see sometime soon. I think this shakes up any outfit and if I had to be reincarnated as a piece of clothing, it would be as a motorcycle jacket! My piece of advice to you is: use and abuse the ‘Perfectos’ in your closet and don’t be afraid to go out of your color comfort zone, it’s now or never, it’s everywhere!
I’m wearing a lavender Schott perfecto, an incredible Manoush blouse from an upcoming collection that I borrowed from the brand (Thomas, if you’re reading this, my birthday is in three weeks...), my Samsoe Samsoe jeans that I wear all the time, it’s time for me to order another pair (the cut’s called ‘Lisa’, I think it’s a sign) and Asos espadrilles that I need to buy in other colors. Lots of shopping is on my todo list! On my eyes is the famous Grandiôse eyeliner in ‘saphir mirifique’. I redid my makeup at home and the big bonus to using this product is that it dries almost instantly so it won’t mark your eyelids. This is perfect for those who lack patience... Hugs and kisses, see you tomorrow for some dreamy landscapes!
Translated by Whitney Bolin[:]