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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 19:15:16 GMT
I don't know if this will go viral like some of my other "fashion" reports did, but here is my new report on how Parisians are dressing this month:
I have already been advised that it is blocked in some countries, so I will upload a new version that everybody can watch in a day or two.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 19:21:49 GMT
Apparently, the United States is one of the blocked countries this time, so the new version is already uploading... (but it takes almost 4 hours!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 19:40:29 GMT
I can't wait!!! Jeez, I remember your first report Kerouac, and viral indeed!! I think it was one of the most viewed threads on here ever. It also was responsible for attracting new members to the forum if I remember correctly. Not to disparage the reasons why, because to me personally, I never really relied or would consider relying on what is considered en vogue with regard to my own personal mode of dress but I guess some people place great importance on such matters. I enjoyed the reports purely from a voyeuristic perspective and I love people watching.
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Post by bjd on Jul 17, 2013 19:49:37 GMT
Hmm -it's also blocked in France! Actually, I would prefer to see the little photos you had posted earlier. Not sure I want to sit and watch a video for 20 minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 19:58:27 GMT
I am just wondering why I can watch the video even when I am not logged in. So far the reports I have had from Canada are the only ones who say they can watch with no problem. bjd -- it will be one of the best 20 minutes you have ever wasted. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 20:13:03 GMT
I'm with BJD on this. I guess you need to summon it up and hit the streets Kerouac. We don't want "no stinking video!!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 20:45:44 GMT
You'll love it when you finally see it.
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Post by htmb on Jul 17, 2013 20:54:04 GMT
Looks like you need to learn to make your own music. Is that the only reason it's blocked?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2013 21:00:12 GMT
As far as I know, it is only a copyright issue. YouTube sent me two messages for two music publishers telling me that the content could be blocked in certain countries or that an ad might appear along with the video. So far it appears the people in Canada and England can view the video without problems.
(upload of the new verison has reached about 28% so far)
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Post by htmb on Jul 17, 2013 21:06:56 GMT
The message I get names two companies and states "one or more have blocked the video in your country due to copyright grounds." Both are music companies.
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Post by bjd on Jul 18, 2013 5:57:55 GMT
I tried again this morning. Nothing at first, so I stopped it and it began. I watched less than a minute -- sorry, but that music is just too slow and does not encourage me to watch more.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 6:08:31 GMT
Not a problem -- you are not the target audience anyway since you know how people dress in Paris already.
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Post by mossie on Jul 18, 2013 7:00:52 GMT
I have no problem viewing this, but a big problem with it. Scruffy buggers. ;D This is not the Paris with beautiful ladies elegantly passing by my cafe chair.
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Post by bjd on Jul 18, 2013 7:33:45 GMT
Mossie -- there haven't been elegant ladies passing by café chairs for a few decades now.
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Post by mossie on Jul 18, 2013 8:06:26 GMT
Perhaps I have an ever hopeful imagination Must see if it is still working at my next visit
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Post by tod2 on Jul 18, 2013 13:01:40 GMT
Kerouac's little movie is interesting as always - full of young locals and tourists, and some woman in their traditional garb.
When I see elegantly dressed chic woman in Paris I just know they are locals. Mostly elderly old dears strolling Blvd Saint-Germain and the like, or sitting smoking on a cafe terrace. I love seeing them because it tells me instantly I couldn't be anywhere else in the world.....no, no, don't say Milan ;D
As for the men - same goes. Elderly men usually wearing a little hat and/or a cravat. The trousers may look a bit shiny in the rear but the sports coat or blazer is always smart. They're often found on a park bench or watching a game of boules..
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Jul 18, 2013 14:55:25 GMT
I have no issue watching it
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 15:37:20 GMT
I always enjoyed studying the photos because I felt like I could pinpoint the 'real' Parisians, who not only have an innate sense of style and grace about them which I always find intriguing. One sees it sometimes with Italians , Milan in particula,r but not as much as with Parisians. I know this is not always the case and I'm stereotyping but, seeing the photos was always fun. Seeing people moving in a video would accent the grace of movement that I alluded to. So, heck that I can't see it!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 16:45:19 GMT
It should play for you now, casimira.
But in any case, it will just show that the whole world is now wearing the cheap clothes that the Chinese decided that we should wear.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 18, 2013 17:51:22 GMT
Quite right Kerouac - Our boutiques here are nearly 100% chinese products - even Woolworths who have always prided themselves on quality, have gone down the drain. Would you count the factories in the 10th around rue Faubourg Saint-Martin and Blvd de Strasbourg? I have seen some high end clobber in those wholesale outlets. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 16:26:05 GMT
On another site, somebody claimed that the clothes were totally different in his neighbourhood, so I went to his street to see for myself. Well, one thing about the street is that 50% of the people are tourists going between Montmartre and Opéra.
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Post by nycgirl on Jul 28, 2013 21:18:46 GMT
It did cross my mind some time ago that I haven't seen one of these reports in awhile. Thanks for bringing it back.
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Post by woody77 on Aug 3, 2013 22:24:37 GMT
I've been amazed at how much my own neighborhood (Sentier) has shifted in the last week (tourists vs. locals). Clothing styles have shifted less from that, and more from the heat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 22:25:39 GMT
Does anybody see anything on this thread? Everything has disappeared for me...
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Post by htmb on Apr 18, 2015 22:32:57 GMT
The text is all here, but the linked video is missing.
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Post by bjd on Apr 19, 2015 5:50:18 GMT
As above -- text but no video.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 10:16:47 GMT
I have relinked it a new way. It should be appearing now.
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Post by bjd on Apr 19, 2015 10:46:50 GMT
I can see it now but it's two years out of date!
I still don't like the music. I just looked at a few places here and there and come to the conclusion that it's a city of slobs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2015 17:13:05 GMT
I have never liked it either. I was trying to change the music, but YouTube told me that I can't change it for anything that lasts more than 15 minutes.
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