Sip the Isabelle 75 + Couture, Culture & French Electro! 🍑🍸📚🎨

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Dear Readers, 🇺🇸

Summer calls for cocktails that sparkle and tell a story, and one has recently captured our imagination—the Isabelle 75. Inspired by the French 75, the iconic mix of gin, lemon, and Champagne first crafted during World War I and named after the French 75mm field gun, our version adds a golden twist. With the addition of crème de pêche, the Isabelle 75 introduces the sun-kissed sweetness of peach—a graceful nod to French elegance and Provençal charm. Created in honor of your humble correspondent, Isabelle Karamooz (who insists the only thing stronger than her opinion is this cocktail), it’s a toast to refinement, warmth, and joie de vivre, all in a single glass. 👉 Check out the recipe HERE. 

Source: Simon Henner (French 79) in concert in Ankara. Soundcloud.com

But summer’s pleasures don’t stop at cocktails—they extend to couture, concerts, and cultural discoveries.

👉 Spotlight: French 79’s U.S. Tour - French 79, the electro-pop virtuoso also known as Simon Henner, is redefining French music with shimmering synths, hypnotic rhythms, and cinematic soundscapes. From his diamond-certified Moon to the international success of Diamond Veins, his music bridges nostalgia and innovation. Starting August 26 at Burning Man in Las Vegas, French 79 brings his magnetic sound to American audiences with stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. 

From cocktails to couture, the cultural calendar is just as enticing. In New York City, the Fashion Institute of Technology opens Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis on September 10, 2025. 👉 Read our article! This exhibition explores how garments reflect both conscious choices and subconscious currents, featuring over 80 pieces from haute couture to avant-garde designs that reveal fashion as both mirror and messenger of the psyche.

Across the Atlantic, 👉 London’s Victoria and Albert Museum presents Marie Antoinette Style from September 20, 2025, to March 22, 2026. The queen’s audacious, refined, and iconic style continues to inspire, and the exhibition highlights her enduring influence on contemporary couture and cultural imagination. For those drawn to travel and scholarship, Oxford offers a layered experience of history and ideas. Compact yet rich, the city unfolds through centuries-old colleges, museums brimming with treasures, serene meadows along the river, and libraries that have preserved knowledge for generations. 👉 Oxford rewards the curious traveler who strolls its medieval lanes and markets, absorbing the intellectual spirit that defines the city.



And a quick preview of what’s next in our newsletter next week: we’ll journey to L’Aventure Peugeot Museum in Sochaux, France, celebrating 130 Years of Records and Victories, and explore French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 at the Harn Museum of Art—a fascinating century of French creativity.

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Bonne journée ! 💙🤍❤️

Publisher Isabelle Karamooz & the FQM (French Quarter Magazine) team

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