I am having a drink at Paris's most stylish "hotspot" Hotel Coste`s with a long time friend.  The kind of friend every girl needs, he is the handbag merchandiser for Hermes.

After a couple of drinks and once we dished out all of our recent sex encounters... mine sadly but a few.... the conversation heats up, we are talking style and what defines ones home, and a person as stylish.

"I am all ears I say", after all he is working for one of the worlds leading luxury brands. He than turns to me and asks "what do you think mon ami"?  for a second I didn't think my opinion would matter.

I say as follows " style is putting your own signature on the things that we wear, posess and the way we live.  People who live a life of style are passionate about how they communicate and live their style.  Fashion nor trend dictates to them.

They love their unconventional wardrobe, home and imperfections.

Stylish people vacation where they want to be rather than where the mass goes.  For they know who they are and what they love.  Stylish people believe in themselves and are willing to take risks.  They have huge sense of confidence, they maintain their beliefs and endure any critisism of who they are.

A stylish person does not blend in the crowd... rather they stand out of it!  Everything from how you eat, sit, give, travel, love, believe, defines your style".

This whole conversation came about because I was merely trying to explain to my darling friend what my business does.  I help people achieve that million dollar look personally and at home without jeopardizing their children's education by spending beyond their means just because they are trying to keep up with the Jones's.

"You pass today test" my dear friend announces with his broken English.   Phew, "good, now can we do more drinking rather than talking, I ask"?

Lilly