la Nouvelle-Orléans

This weekend, Madame, weekend supplement to the daily Le Figaro, is devoted to accessories. Among the peppy pictures of candy-colored handbags, belts and shoes, these funky black and white pictures by Chantal Stoman stood out.

Bi-color bags and shoes are graphic and right in line with this atmosphere of a

New Orleans (that) lives again, sensual,
joyful, hybrid. It still sways to the beat...

I've always been crazy about two-tone shoes!

It always warms my heart to see reporting on New Orleans in France -- even as a backdrop. Vive la Nouvelle-Orléans!