My Paris Dream by Kate Betts (received via NetGalley)
Pub date: May 12, 2015
4 stars
As a new graduate from Princeton, Kate Betts decided to fulfill her dream to live and work in Paris. During the next few years, she worked her way through a position at Women's Wear Daily and discovered a very real passion for fashion and everything Parisian. This is not a story of a young woman trying to physically survive in Paris as she had money and connection galore (a fact in which she if very upfront) but of a young girl trying to find her place in a foreign culture. I only spent a short time in Paris but can perfectly recognize it from Betts writing, which is beautiful and evocative. Even though I personally have no interest in fashion, I enjoyed her anecdotes of the famous designers of the time and the ways fashion trends have changed. This book is also a wonderful account of a successful and varied career and how passions can change over the years. This is a short, easy to read memoir that I thoroughly enjoyed. I received an electronic galley of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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