La Toussaint
What does "La Toussaint" mean in English?
"All the Saints"
What is Paris Fashion Week?
What are the colors of Mardi Gras?
Purple, gold, green
When is International Women's Day?
March 8
What are love locks?
When is La Toussaint
November 1st
Who is Chanel founded by?
Coco Chanel
What does Mardi Gras translate to in English?
"Fat Tuesday"
What is this day for?
A global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women
What is the Pont des Arts?
The footbridge that crosses the Seine from the Left Bank to the Louvre.
What does La Toussaint celebrate?
To commemorate the dead
How did Louis Vuitton start?
16 year old, Louis, moved to Paris and created flat-topped trunks.
Mardi Gras is always the Tuesday before ____
Ash Wednesday
Who was Edith Piaf?
Illegal, metal grills collapsed from the weight of the locks
What is typically done on La Toussaint?
Families gather together to express grief.
What was created by Saint Laurent?
"le smoking" tuxedo for women; changed the way women dressed.
What do the colors symbolize
Purple=justice, gold=power, green=faith
Who was Marie Curie?
Discovered radium and polonium. 1st person to ever win Nobel Prize twice and 1st women to win one
Where was the oldest known valentine written?
Charles, duke of Orleans, sent love letters to his wife while imprisoned in the Tower of London (1415)
What do chrysanthemums represent?
They symbolize death and are put on graves.
How did Christian Dior die?
From a 3rd heart attack in 1957.
Why is it called Mardi Gras?
It's the last day that many people eat meat & fatty foods before Lent begins.
Who was Simone Jacob?
concentration camp survivor, Minister of Health, Minister of State, 1st female Pres. of European Parliament
What is "une loterie d'amour"?
oldest Valentine's day tradition in France; men and women stand in opposing houses and "draw for love"