Fashion + Shopping: Vive la France

ANGELA MERRITT

31, graduate student

What are you wearing? Skirt from American Apparel, vintage knit tank, scarf from a Berlin boutique, Schuhhaus Wittstock sandals, handbag from a Berlin flea market, H&M sunglasses.

Describe your style: Urban eclectic.

Which is your favorite: French food, fashion or film? Film, because I feel it is the most multi-sensory artform.

What's the next big trip you'd like to take? Montreal. I hear it's a fabulous city and I'd love to see more of North America.

MITCH FLATTUM

44, advertising

What are you wearing? Shirt by Ben Sherman, shorts by Parke & Ronen, shoes by Hudson, Mosley Tribes sunglasses, bracelet from Kenya.

Describe your style: American dandy with a splash of eurotrash.

Which is your favorite: French food, fashion or film? French food, because they were doing local and organic long before it became trendy here in the States.

What's the next big trip you'd like to take? Botswana and South Africa.

JAMES DEAN HALL

60, musician, poet, writer, artist, farmer

What are you wearing? Everything I am wearing came from thrift stores.

Describe your style: Colorful, comfortable, free.

Which is your favorite: French food, fashion or film? After my last girlfriend showed me her love of French cooking, I'll say French food.

What's the next big trip you'd like to take? Spain.

FRANKIE GRAVATT

32, barista and sales

What are you wearing? Skirt, sunglasses and shoes from Urban Outfitters, thrifted vintage blouse, Fossil bag.

Describe your style: Mary Richards, Jinx Falkenburg and Dorothy Dandridge walk into a bar ...

Which is your favorite: French food, fashion or film? Film. In particular, "Small Change," with all of its glorious '70s-era French fashion, haircuts and interior decor.

What's the next big trip you'd like to take? San Francisco or Northern California.