French people

Debunking the common stereotype that the French are rude or standoffish or that they all wear berets and say oh la la when titillated!

A breathtaking story. Starring baby monkeys lost in frightening trees, a witch, crocodiles, a tiger, a "popotamus" and a lion, and even a "tremendously…

See the best celebrity Halloween costumes and costume ideas for 2024: from Heidi Klum’s classic Halloween costumes to Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss back in the 1990s and Beyoncé’s winning outfits, Vogue edits some of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time.

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Here is a detailed look and infographic about some of France's most pervasive stereotypes and clichés that most French people are fed up hearing about.

The world would be a boring place if we were all the same. Learning about cultural differences is fascinating and fun. But sometimes it can be confusing, especially when cultural differences come across as rude. I recently wrote an article on 13 things tourists do that get strange looks from the French, but here we’re not talking about more strange things. Today, we’re focusing on American habits and norms that would come across rudely to French people.