Catherine, 25, stylist

How do you define beauty?
"As the opposite of an archetype, I see beauty in what is foreign and unique. As an emanation from a person or from an object. As something sensitive which touches one deeply."

Is there a particular way of being or looking French?
"Ease, spontaneity, nonchalance, being elegant in the same clothes from morning to evening."

How do you think American and French women differ?
"American women see beauty in having confidence in oneself, in opening oneself to others; they believe it has a social aspect. French women want to be natural and elegant at any price, even if their beauty is, in fact, very calculated."

Vintage Vivienne Westwood men's T-shirt (worn as a dress), vintage jacket, vintage Sonia Rykiel cape, Stuart Weitzman boots, vintage Yves Saint Lauren scarf, vintage jewelry, Emmanuelle Khanh sunglasses.