EDEN PARK: L’ORIGINAL ET L’ORIGINEL
As a gay New Zealander who moved to France, I have to say that I was fundamentally confused, bemused and amused by the Eden Park clothing line. Here is the most homophobic of sports, and a clothing line named after its cathedral… represented by a pink bow-tie. Vive l’exception française !
interview + post-mortem
FRANCK MESNEL : LE RENÉ LACOSTE DU RUGBY
LANCEMENT MONTREAL. 25 AVRIL 2012. HOTEL SOFITEL MONTREAL GOLDEN MILE
Franck MESNEL didn’t enter fashion via the typical route, but then Franck MESNEL is not a typical fashion entrepreneur. EDEN PARK was founded 1987, a year of gloire.
A l’origine de cette réussite, une finale de championnat de France au Parc des princes, en 1987, lors de laquelle MESNEL et ses compères se firent remarquer en arrivant sur le terrain avec un noeud papillon. Quelques mois plus tard, il créait EDEN PARK, avec, pour emblème… le noeud papillon. Pink. Rose.
That very same summer, Le Quinze de France (the French Rugby National Team) with Franck MESNEL won the Rugby World Cup Final in the … Eden Park Stadium in Auckland. ‘The New Zealand team did their Haka dance at the beginning of the game; I had my pink bow tie in my pocket.’ the famous pink-bow-logo of the brand. It ended 19-12 (June 20, 1987). Franck MESNEL est un sportif- showbiz, attachant, authentique. L’esprit de rugby anime EDEN PARK.
À l’occasion de son lancement à Montréal le 25 avril 2012 au SOFITEL (qui hissa le drapeau de la marque en cocorico!), nous avons évoqué Montréal, la mode femme et enfant, Zidane, la peinture, son Racing Club, le Pitti Uomo, et Twitter….
Eric Blanc (g) Franck Mesnel (d), Founders of EDEN PARK
Photos, c. 1975, of the Albany Desert Corp ANZAC Memorial. For many ANZAC troops, Albany Harbour was the last they saw of Australia. The Trust Classified the Memorial in April 1977.
It occurs to me that very few people know what a “State” is, i.e., what is the difference between a population and a sovereign government. So here it is in short: 1. A monopoly on the use of legitimized violence AND 2. Mutual recognition by other States.
Je me suis rendu compte que très peu de gens savent qu’est-ce que c’est un « État », c’est à dire, quelle est la différence entre une population et un gouvernement souverain. Voici donc une brève définition : 1. La jouissance d’un monopole sur l’utilisation de la violence légitimisée ET 2. La reconnaissance mutuelle par d’autres États.
Photo - UN Headquarters under construction. Le siège de l’ONU lors de sa construction.
What do you mean Canada to the rest of the world? This is basically Canada to Canadians.
Canada to the rest of the world.
Depuis dimanche, on dit que deux Français sur dix sont cons, mais cette carte révèle que certains coins de l’Hexagone sont plus cons que d’autres… Since Sunday, some people have been saying two out of ten French citizens are idiots, but this map shows that some areas are stupider than others.
Opening Day: 1964 New York World’s Fair
48 years ago, today, The New York World’s Fair opened in Flushing Meadows, New York.
years before they met, both my parents - one a Caribbean Jew and the other a Delaware Catholic - went to this, and both fondly remember it.
What if the war on drugs became the war on poisonous “food”?
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