The Parisian socialite peeling back the curtain behind 'effortless' French It-Girl style: Mathilde Favier, 54 - who has links to everyone from Carla Bruni to Sofia Coppola, with a 23-year-old son who

Parisian It-Girl Mathilde Favier, 54, spoke to The Times in an interview A Parisian socialite who is connected to everyone from Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Carla Bruni to the late Karl Lagerfield has peeled back the curtain behind French women's effortless chic lifestyle. In an interview with The Times, Mathilde Favier, 54, said that it's a 'big lie' to suggest that the quintessential European glamour so many strive towards isn't hard work. Pictured last year at the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week Mathilde - who is head of PR at Dior Couture - has a new book titled Beautifully in Paris, all about the city's most renowned VIPs. Pictured in February It-Girl Mathilde - who was pals with Sofia Coppola and even starred in her 2006 movie Marie Antoinette - also revealed how to her, chic is all about making deliberate choices to pick out things that are refined and unique She added that refinement 'has nothing to do with money' and is in fact a combination of 'freshness' and 'some taste' As Mathilde told The Times, she later also married Antoine Meyer, but has now found love with her third husband Nicolas Altmayer.