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The New Paris Dispatch

So, Parisians love to exercise now

A conversation about what's behind the fitness boom with fashion journalist and professor Mélody Thomas

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Apr 28, 2026
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I’ve written at length about how Paris dining and café culture have evolved and how radically Hidalgo has transformed the city’s very infrastructure. But there’s something else I’ve wanted to unpack here: fitness culture.

Two people run along a street.
Photo by Dmitrii E. on Unsplash

When I arrived in 2006, public displays of physical exertion were maligned, as was wearing anything r…

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✍Journaliste mode et culture basée à Paris. 👩🏾‍🏫 Fashion Criticism à la Parsons Paris 📚La Mode Est Politique aux éditions Les Insolentes (2022)
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