Paris
You’re unlikely to spot painter Huong Dodinh on the street, as she’s nearly always at her home studio, working on her next painting. We visited Huong there for a chat about seeing snow for the first time, painting in total silence, and coming out of a coma.
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Sarah Ben Romdane's family produced olive oil in Tunisia from the end of the 19th century until the 1950s — and with her brand, KAÏA, Sarah has picked up the family legacy, producing olive oil on the same family-owned estate. We caught up with Sarah about olive oil, Ottoman stews and Levantine rice dishes, and nostalgic eating in diaspora.
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We caught up with Human Rights Policy Analyst Marianna to talk about immigrating from Georgia to the Netherlands as a child, expanding her French vocabulary through 90s rap, and the role of fashion in diplomacy.
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We chatted with home aide Siraba Coulibaly about her self-made business, the shocking truths she has to face as someone who often cares for people near the ends of their lives, her favorite colors to wear to make her skin tone pop, and more.
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In this conversation, artist and designer Ana Kraš shares thoughts on her childhood in Belgrade marked by war, her luxuriously simple approach to beauty and fashion, and how she, as a self-professed “homebody,” creates an inspiring space in which to spend her days.
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Speaking to Hengameh Farhang about her life experience to date feels like a roller coaster ride: born in Iran, she has uprooted more often than most, first moving to Paris for school and business, then Dubai for love, the US for her daughter, and finally back to France to save her physical and mental health. In this interview, she speaks to us about her three abortions, opening up a business as a young woman, and navigating marriage despite her ex-husband’s addiction issues.
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Self-described as a “creature of habit,” fashion journalist Mélody Thomas is most often found at the neighborhood bistro down the street from her cozy home in Paris’s 18th Arrondissement.
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For Laura Saglio, a born and raised Parisian, music was always her first love. The lifelong relationship was kindled from a young age—in middle school, she covered Metallica with her band Redrum—but quickly sprawled over to other kinds of art.
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Ghada is an accomplished gynecologist and obstetrician who has spent the past 40 years devoted to women’s health. We speak to her about how her foundation, Maison des femmes de Saint-Denis, offers groundbreaking, comprehensive care to women who are victims of brutal violence, and about the little things in life (like receiving videos from her family) that keep her going each day.
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Anne has been keeping her family’s Champagne house alive as it enters its second century. She speaks to us about how she stepped in to take over the business at 28, after never thinking that she would, and how she’s revolutionizing an industry that has always been dominated by men.
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Vere van Gool is an NYC and Paris based curator and writer who has curated for the likes of the New Museum, Anthology Film Archives, and the Architectural Association. She talks to us about how her training in architecture has poised her to see art and architecture as inseparable, how where you live shapes you, and how the pandemic has given her a newfound sense of time and space to think.
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Elaine has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine for most of her life. She performs acupuncture in Paris, and comes to us with a wealth of wisdom on how to keep light and healthy in our bodies, and the advice to never lose curiosity.
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American writer and journalist Lindsey Tramuta has spent decades pulling back the curtain on the real and evolving Paris and the mythologized Parisian woman—red-lipped, white, thin, bourgeois, seductive, and perfectly composed. Sharing the spirit of Passerbuys, Lindsey’s work reveals “Parisianness” in all its multiplicity while highlighting those who are bucking tradition, making names for themselves, and transforming the city. She shares her journey of moving to Paris as an American and her path to becoming a writer and publishing 2 books.
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Meet Bambou Roger-Kwong, a stylist based in Paris, who shares her tips and recommendations for her styling process and how everyday objects and her home decor serve as inspiration.
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Meet Paris Passerby, Eloise Bosredon, a mother and architect based in Paris who shows how she balances her career and kids in a busy morning routine.
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Parisian designer, Amelie Pichard, shares a conversation with us on what kind of woman she designs for and how her customer influenced the way she created her first shop in Paris.
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Paris passerby, Clemence Sigu, is a freelance journalist who explores the relationship our world has with the fashion industry.
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Meet Dorothee Meilichzon, the interior designer behind recommended wine bar, La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels by passersby Donna Baxter & Angie Venezia.
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Charlotte is the founder and Creative Director of Selency, the first inspiration-based marketplace for unique furniture and home decor. Originally from Bordeaux, she moved to Paris seven years ago to work for L’Oreal, and then boutique a packaging design agency, Little Agency. After founding Selency three years ago, Charlotte and her partner, Maxime, now manage a team of 30, and she loves every minute of it.
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Diane is a fashion designer and the founder of DA/DA, a clothing line for women that borrows from menswear.
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