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French Flamboyance

Michelle Opperman’s love affair with France, its architecture and culture, began when she visited Europe for the first time. As an 11-year-old from South Africa via California, whose French ancestry was evident in her surname, La Roux, she felt what she describes as an ‘incredible connection’ to the country when she passed through France on a family holiday to visit relatives in Germany.

Over the years Michelle, an interiors

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