She pretends that she thought it was Belle's idea.
It is "Belle de Jour," not "Belle du Jour".
"It's the belle epoque, it's gorgeous to look at but, underneath, these people are savages.
Inside it's a belle époque paradise of velvet sofas and stags' heads, where dashing waiters, dressed like dandies, fuss over elegant plates.
Part of what made people uncomfortable was Belle's physical presentation.
This is Belle's usual look.
With the dutch fashion duo viktor & rolf in charge of a 30-foot evergreen, it's jingle belles all the way.
Whether it's Lifetime's "Glamour Belles," truTV's "Lizard Lick Towing" or CMT's "Sweet Home Alabama," series purporting to show a slice of Southern life are huge, and getting bigger: more than a dozen new programs have been introduced so far this year, while others have been renewed for second or even third seasons.
I saw the shows, but I thought it was like belle peinture, Paris 1959, and belle peinture was meant as a putdown.
It's funny because Belle and Sebastian's fans are very fickle, but in general, they're not always that excited about the non-Stuart [Murdoch] songs.
