Is fashion a valid reason to visit France?

I'm doing a project from school, and I need to have at least three reasons to visit France. The obvious ones are, of coarse, the Eiffel Tower and food, but would fashion be a good reason? They say it's almost the fashion capital of the world, but would that really be a good tourist attraction? I should warn you, my teacher is really really picky. One kids turned in a report where most of the reasons were food, folks, and fun and stuff like that, and he got an F. I don't want to get an F, so please give me an honest opinion. And if the answer is no, could you possibly give me a reason that is valid? Please? This is due Friday the 19th, and I really need help.






Answer :
Frankly if you pick the Eiffel Tower, your teacher will not be particularly impressed because everybody knows about it, it has been copied in other countries etc...and other students will pick it too.

You have to pick elements that are really different and show originality. The food one is a good idea because it is so different and there is a long catalogue of regional foods from which to choose, as well as French specialities that do not exist in America. There are thousands of different cheeses for instance.

Fashion is OK but you would have to elaborate and do a lot of research into couturiers and their individual styles, and that is quite specialised, so if you are pushed for time, it will be hard work .

What makes France so different from America is that it has a long history: it is not a "New World" so there are towns which have the most amazing variety of architecture and styles . There are thousands of castles all over the place which range from bastions to palaces. It has caves where prehistoric man drew the most amazing wall paintings. There are houses in every possible style you could think of from medieval ones to stunning modern architecture. There are cathedrals abbeys and churches built centuries ago, some with stunning medieval glass windows, Romanesque or Gothic, but, also because some were destroyed in the two great wars, some startlingly modern ones. The Loire valley is awesome, with a succession of different castles quite close to one another.

You could pick a major town, which does not need to be Paris , but has a very specific interest like Rouen which is a medieval town where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake and they make magnificent ceramics, Lourdes where there are pilgrimages to the virgin, Strasbourg with its canals that is the Venice of the north.

Paris has hundreds of monuments, important sites , and Art galleries, and the Louvre, which was the royal palace at one time, is huge and it would take months to see all its treasures.That is where you can see the famous Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. The palace at Versailles, on the outskirts of Paris is one of the world wonders. The Musée d'Orsay is housed in what used to be one of those magnificent early rail stations and contains a fantastic range of Impressionist paintings.

You could pick a building of particular interest, for instance the place where queen Marie- Antoinette was kept prisoner before being beheaded, the Conciergerie. Or the Opera Garnier where the national school of ballet is housed and the "petits rats"(young ballet dancers) are trained , and of course you can go and see stunning ballets. The Sainte Chapelle is now a public building but has the most amazing, well preserved and beautiful medieval glass windows in the world.

You could choose something absolutely unique and modern like the Millau Bridge which was only opened fairly recently and is vertiginous.

If you Google some of these things you are bound to find quite a lot of information for your project .
One excellent reason to want to go to France is to learn the language of course.
Other topics include a specific region such as Brittany, Normandy, Alsace, Périgord, Provence or the Loire Valley as already mentioned.
Good luck! I hope you get an A!






Answer :
I think your teacher wants you students to think harder about what the "good" things or reasons represent. If you simply write down "fashion" it does not mean a lot, it could only mean you want more trendy clothes and that is being vain more than being interested in the country of France itself. Maybe you should consider elaborating on how seeing French fashion firsthand could help you understand this industry more, same with other reasons.






Answer :
Yes that's a great reason. It's been known as a major fashion central for a very long time. Don't say the Eiffel Tower though. Say historic monuments or something and mention the Eiffel Tower






Answer :
Yes! I would so love to go to france and go on a shopping spree! It would be so much fun!

How can I decorate my bedroom?

Hi :) I'm a seventeen year old girl and I know how I'd like to paint my room etc., but I'm not sure about the actual DECORATING. I have blue carpets(unfortunately), so my mom is making me stick with blue. My one wall is a closet so, on the opposite wall, I'm painting it a dark chocolate brown, and the two walls on the other sides I am painting a light blue. My bedspread is dark brown, light brown, light blue and with some burgundy in it and is striped. Above my bed I have a big picture of the eiffel tower but everything I seem to get for my room is brown or blue and I am stuck in a funk. Any ideas of how I can decorate my rom with some pops of colour other than blue and brown that won't make it look silly?






Answer :
tell your man to not be cheap and get you a new carpet so you can decorate it yourself and free yourself of your creativity/






Answer :
i say japanese dressers, carpets drapes... japanese stuff seem to stick to brown magenta, and black which sounds pretty good to your colors, i am also looking for decorations for my house, if you would like i asked a question about a japanese store online, if you want to get japanese stuff than check to see if anyone gives me a good site, hope i helped, hope it looks great.

I want to read a image from webpage using socket..., plzz help me!!!...,?

here is the code.....,


/*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package socket_application;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
*
* @author suresh
*/
public class Connect_API {

public static Socket s = null;
public static String bHost=null;
public static int port=0;
public static String bData=null;

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("Enter the host name");
bHost = br.readLine();
System.out.println("Enter Port number");
String port1 = br.readLine();
port = Integer.parseInt(port1);
System.out.println("Enter Data");
bData = br.readLine();
connection((String)bHost, port);
setData(s, (String)bData,bHost);
getData(s);
close(s);
}

private static Socket connection(String bHost, Integer port) throws UnknownHostException, IOException {
StringBuffer str=new StringBuffer();
str.append(bHost);
s = new Socket(str.toString(), port);
if(s.isConnected())
{
System.out.println("Connected!!");
}
return s;
}

private static int getData(Socket s) {
// private void getData() {
int ret = 0;
byte[] buffer=null;
try {
//String text = "";
int bytes_read = 0;
InputStream from_server = s.getInputStream();
buffer = new byte[700000];
System.out.println("********************…
while ((bytes_read = from_server.read(buffer)) != -1) {
System.out.write(buffer, 0, bytes_read);
}
System.out.println("********************…
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("" + e.getMessage());
ret = -1;
}
return ret;
}


private static void setData(Socket s, String bData,String bHost) {
try {
PrintWriter to_server = new PrintWriter((s.getOutputStream()), true);
String data=bData;
//blogs/big-optometry-blog/eiffel-tower-…
//http://blogimages.flashedcoder.com/images/mywallpaperz.com/101506100102.jpg
//www.opticianonline.net
StringBuffer str1=new StringBuffer();
data="GET /"+data+" HTTP/1.0\nConnection: close\nHost: "+bHost+"\n\n";
str1.append(data);

//to_server.print(str1.toString());
to_server.write(str1.toString());
to_server.flush();
//System.out.println(""+bData);
System.out.println("inside setdata method");
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("" + e.getMessage());
}
}

private static void close(Socket s) throws IOException {
s.close();
System.out.println("Connection closed!!!");
}
}



my output is :
--------------------------------------…

Enter the host name
www.opticianonline.net
Enter Port number
80
Enter Data
blogs/big-optometry-blog/eiffel-tower-…
Connected!!
inside setdata method
*************************************
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:39:46 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 PHP/5.1.6 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.8.8
Last-Modified: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:55:39 GMT
ETag: "274e45-16af2-f5c6d4c0"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 92914
Connection: close
Content-Type: image/jpeg

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how do i get the binary data of that image here so that i can make into a picture by copying that..,






Answer :
Assuming you are running your program from the command line, you can't display the image there because your command line interface (shell prompt) can't display images.

Just read the content as you would when you are reading a string, then save the content to a file. When you open the file with a program that can display images (web browser, ms paint, photoshop, etc), it should then come up as the image there.

I need an idea for an art project?

I have decided to do an art project using monuments (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Gateway of India and Cristo-rei) and I have already draw them using black ink. They look like stamps because I edited them on photo shop but now I do not know what to do. The project has to have some concept behind it, for example contrasting ideas of what the symbolism of the monument means. Any suggestions?






Answer :
There is an miniature model available in shops. Just have a look you would an creative idea for the same.






Answer :
Remix the monuments using the monuments.