Oh Claire, I'm sorry to hear you feel like your Parisian outfit flopped! Magnificent writing, though Was that the H&M striped tee? If so, sorry to hear it's not holding up, boo.
Remembering our chats in LA, I was so so surprised to see your hair curly on your post the other day! I think in a more humid climate they would react much better, but still you wouldn't have much control over them (ask me how I know hehe). I was late to comment on that first thread, but if I'd been earlier I would have asked for a photo of the outfit+curls-sunglasses because I think those were throwing it a bit off for me. I did comment that I thought the straight hair would look best with one of them, but I think it was more of a "you need a really polished element to counter the super Parisian coolness you've got going" type of thing. And of course you aren't addressing something important: your friends may not have commented because you're always lovely and polished looking, just as you are here
