Packing for Paris or any city when there is a heatwave is tough.
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Packing for Paris or any city when there is a heatwave is tough.
As much as we would all love to be relaxing by the seaside in our bathing suits on a rainbow of colours, it is not always possible. European summers are generally warm, wherever you travel and the chances of wandering in the heat are high.

My packing for Paris rules work pretty much for 9 months of the year but when it’s hot my suitcase changes. I am often asked what to wear in the city when it is sweltering and close.

My answer is always the same. Wear dresses and try linen ones.
A dress I can wear with sneakers if I am walking all day, with espadrilles if it’s a moderately paced day and with a heel if it is a meeting out and about. My philosophy about simple and classic doesn’t change because in most instances a city is not the place for moo moos or caftans.  They just don’t look right. I would love to wear dressy shorts and a little tee but that’s a mere figment in my imagination.
An aside, I tell my girls all the time to show their fabulous legs because sometimes legs and knees can lose their prettiness. Know what I mean;)"

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