French speakers shouldn't use the Anglicism "it-girl" but rather "icone de la mode". Photo: AFP
A commission that seeks to act as a guardian of the French language has published a string of recommendations for translations of shopping and style terms, to replace widely-used English ones.
It was perhaps inspired by the recent Paris Fashion Week.
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