I've mentioned before that I am a high school French teacher. At this point, I've spent more than half of my life learning and teaching the French language and la culture française. What started as a choice in 8th grade classes has become a lifelong love of mine. I have traveled to France five times, including a study abroad trip and school year teaching English in Bordeaux. When I'm not in France, part of me will always long to be there!
Along with the love of a beautiful country and its culture, my passion has also found me wanting to buy every single shirt, necklace and tchotchke sporting the Eiffel Tower or other French-related things. Having already purchased a significant number of these items, I now have to stop myself and ask a couple of very important questions: "Do I need this?" and "Is this cool Eiffel Tower or cheesy Eiffel Tower?" (because there is a difference, mes amis).
I own several graphic t-shirts featuring French phrases, including this "Bisous" tee. And now for your French lesson of the day: "bisous" means "kisses" en français!
I loved mixing the grey stripes of this tee with the printed polka dots of the skirt! One handy trick to fail-proof pattern mixing is to keep your patterns in the same color scheme...like I did with grey! Très chic, non?
And if you love French tees as much as I do, take a look at all of the lovely ones I've found below. If you happened to send one of these to your favorite blogging French teacher, she would send you a great big "merci" right back! (Click on the image to be taken to the store.)
What I'm Wearing:
Tee: Banana Republic (see above for similar)
Skirt: LOFT (similar)
Linking-Up:
Cha Cha the Fashion Genuis and Pink Sole- #HowISummer
DC in Style- Monday Bloom
Elegance and Mommyhood- Skirts Link-Up
Fizz and Frosting- Mix It Mondays
Greater Than Rubies- Remix Rewear Restyle: Patterned Bottoms
The Modern Austen- Sunday Best
Perspective- What I Wore to Church
Style Elixir- Style Sessions
