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French girls learn how to dress just like the rest of us: by watching the women around them. For Parisian style icon Ines de la Fressange (who was a muse to Karl Lagerfeld, helmed her own fashion brand and wrote the book,
Parisian Chic), that meant gazing at the sophisticated beach-goers in Deauville, France, who inspired her new spring clothing collection with Uniqlo. Parisians decamped to this little seaside resort each summer in the 20th century, making it the unofficial mecca for stylish French women. Coco Chanel set up her first boutique there in 1913 and Fressange vacationed there as a child. Her collaboration with Uniqlo channels the spirit of Deauville with light linens and knits from her memories of these elegant Parisians on the beach.