Collaborations in recent years with avant-garde designers such as Bernhard Willhelm and Damir Doma, as well as a more recent partnership with luxury French winter sportswear label Moncler, have helped to cement the label's reputation in the fashion world.
I.s on the German-French border in the winter of 1944 is the tense jeopardy of military service.
The central point made by Mr Lieven's witty and impeccably scholarly book is that Russia owed its victory not to the courage of its national spirit or to the coldness of the 1812 winter, as some French sources have argued, but to its military excellence, superior cavalry, the high standards of Russia's diplomatic and intelligence services and the quality of its European elite.
He looks to southern Italy for lemons, except for a few winter months, when the French versions will do, and to Spain for almonds.
Take a break from winter and plan a trip to the French West Indies.
French Connection blamed its weak results on a decision to postpone the start of its winter sale by a week.
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"The French coast there is extraordinary tidal, I can't imagine people coming in the winter at all, " he said.
This cosy French city of roughly 66, 000 people in the eastern Alsace region is home to five charming winter fairs, all part of La Magie de Noel (Christmas Magic) market, a tradition that dates back to the late Middle Ages.
Earlier this year a French yacht, Le Ponant, was seized by pirates with a crew of 30 while sailing from its winter waters in the Seychelles to the Mediterranean.
Back at Eurostar, Mr Brown highlights the fact that it already runs direct seasonal services to Avignon in the south of France, and winter services to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Aime-la-Plagne and Moutiers in the French Alps.
Hurried tourists keen to experience some of French Polynesia's original soul need look no further than the burst of colour and art that illuminates Papeete every winter.
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