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Image via jacqumus.com

There is a bit of a buzz surrounding La Grande Motte right now. Jacquemus has made a star of the French seaside resort and a genius backdrop to its new summer 2014 collection. Ice-cream shades a go-go and marvel at the architecture in this great little promo film with its accompanying 80s sounds.

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Image via Vincent Mercier, Architectural Digest

We had a day trip out to the seaside today and I forgot my camera. Pretty annoying as we were at La Grande Motte in l'Hérault. The beach is nice enough, but the town is a site of 60s architectural wonder. The entire place is the brainchild of one architect, Jean Balladur (1924-2002) and very much brings to mind Brasilia. As I have no photographs of my own for this post, I would like to recommend you have a look at this blog and this blog I came across this evening.