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In short, she was a prime example of bon chic bon genre. On his previous visits to France, Sam had often heard the phrase—usually abbreviated to BCBG—used to describe people of a certain class and style: they were chic, they were conservative, and they were devoted to anything made by Hermès.

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Upper-middle class professionals center their tastes around discovery of interesting and superior goods.

If Madame Girand and her husband have the stamina to keep at it for the next thirty or forty years, La Fontaine might join those other restaurants, large and small, that have become institutions. You find them all over France, places like Chez l’Ami Louis in Paris or the Auberge in La Môle. They are not always the most fashionable of restaurants, n