The French have an approach to wellbeing that often seems at odds with America’s. An example is this December 2025 French Vogue [IG] fashion story that focuses not on supplements or gentle exercise.

Rather, the French are always game to add lingerie and jewelry to a wellness feature. Model Rosalieke Fuchs is lensed by Maxime La [IG].

The 2026 question is whether the reason why French women continue to prioritize lingerie and jewelry in their curated shopping experiences have changed. Some AOC readers might use the descriptor ‘evolved’.

Global Axis of Wellbeing Research: America, China and France

AOC is taking a look at France through a specific window of time in 2026, one confined to the last decade.

Is France becoming more like America? Does the reverse reality exist and America is becoming more like France? Or are our lifestyles running on parallel roads, and not much has changed in our national approaches to living well?

What happens when we add China to the Mix?

France Gets A New ‘First Family’

Apple News grabbed my heart in a ‘little bit sad’ way today. If I sought a second passport, it would also be French.

George and Amal Clooney and their 8-year-old twins are now French citizens. Clooney said he sought France for his family to escape Hollywood culture, paparazzi attention and to give his children a more normal upbringing.

That ‘normal upbringing’ includes living at Domaine Le Canadel, a 425-acre estate in Provence with a pool, tennis court, an olive grove and a 25-acre vineyard. Sorry, George. It’s more than a farm.

Of course AOC understands why the Clooney family has sought refuge in France and for multiple reasons.

Anne’s new ‘Axis of Wellbeing Research’ would always include a nation so deeply embedded in American history and also in my own life and personal values as France.

Add the topic of LVMH businesses and the rest of luxury fashion world, one can only say that AOC had better love France.

She does. Body, Heart and Soul.

Happy New Year to all. ~ Anne