Behaviour and greetings: for meals and functions- Protocol
Do you want to organise a lunch, a dinner, a function?
To be successful, you need to know whom to invite with whom, the particularities for inviting them and welcoming them, and what your guests are expecting from you. They will have a great time.
No matter your social rank, no matter what you earn, it will be for your behaviour that you will be appreciated.
Learn the French way of setting a table, from the most casual to the most sophisticated, but always with elegance. How to arrange cutlery, bread, napkins, flowers… all this will express and illustrate your refinement to your guest.
Behaviour when being entertained or invited to stay.
Do you enjoy being invited to a dinner or a party? Are you invited for a week-end or for a week at a friend’s manor? It is better to know what is appreciated, the subtle rules of politeness which show to your hosts that you are the ideal guest, and you will be missed when you have left.click here
The Art of Conversation
Whatever your lifestyle, your social background or your look, society, whether in Paris or the provinces, is open to those able to master subtlety and assertiveness. One must avoid blunders. The way you introduce yourself, your ability to speak at the right moment, to deliver even a serious speech in a light way and your courtesy will all be decisive of your level of integration into higher circles.
You have to organize a function at home or in arented place, for your pleasure or for business? We will help you to choose all the wright " ingredients” of a good reception, food, music, service, flowers…
Communication
However you communicate, rules apply: you just have to know what they are. Even if telephones, mobiles , e-mails, have often replaced letters, they obey rules which are good to know in daily life.
In the important moments in life, letters are the only acceptable way to communicate, hence the importance of knowing how to begin a letter , the forms of address, how to introduce yourself and all other courtesies.
French Galanterie
Gentlemen, to be modern, be galant!. At this time of gender equality, Galanterie is genuinely appreciated, even–and especially!- by the most emancipated women. Learn the art of 'baisemain', and other marks of Courtesy, that were given to the educated and admired ladies of the French Court in the Middle-Ages, developedin Versailles, and completely adapted to modern life.
Enjoy the advice of an exceptional florist,who denies all the rules of traditional flower Art to enter into the poetry of a sophisticated bunch of flowers,through perfume,rarity,simplicity. He will share with you passion and knowledge.
A new vision of Flower Art
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