Not Quite Haute Couture

I think the pandemic has affected French fashion much as it has American. We’ve always been amazed that the average Parisian dresses in black and dull-colored clothes, even though the clothing racks in department stores here show eye-popping hues. This year the populace has doubled down on dullness. I haven’t seen many stiletto heels strolling down Boulevard St. Germain. Even outside the student-heavy Latin Quarter, jeans and t-shirts are de rigueur. If you see someone wearing a baseball cap with a New York Yankees logo on it, chances are they’re French. As they say on the Champs-Élysées, go figure.