Over half (52%) of those surveyed said they didn't like their body. And public nudity? Only 48% said that topless women on the beach don't bother them.

Having said that, 95% of the same sample group of 1000 adult women of all ages have no problem being naked in front of their sexual partner, but 67% don't like getting undressed in changing rooms at the gym or spa, and 63% would rather not be seen naked by their friends.

Nudity on billboards bothers 37% of the women. When asked to define "naked", 44% said that the woman had to be totally without any clothes on to be considered nude, and 33% said that a woman wearing makeup, but no clothes, is not totally naked.

Full of paradoxes, 45% of the French women said they would feel better if there were less female nudity in public, but 49% of them consider nudity to be "natural" and 41% feel that naked women are beautiful.

Laetitia Casta is seen as the perfect embodiment of the (nude) feminine form by 45% of the women, while Kate Moss was preferred by 6% of them.

Surprisingly, the women who were most disturbed by public nudity were in the 18-24 age bracket, while those who were least disturbed were in the 50-64 age bracket (who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s).

My favorite stat: 36% of the women felt that in order to make feminine nudity (particularly in advertising) more "fair", that there should be more male nudity instead of less female nudity.

That means for just $20 you get a Naughty Paris Guide (retails at $39), signed by the author. And even more fabulous, these ten copies have been stamped with the gold medal award sticker from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

They make great summer travel gifts!

Bisous from (naughty) New York,
Heather

Naughty Paris book signing at BookExpo America 2009.

Jamie Cat Callan, French Women Don't Sleep Alone

Ellen Williams, Historic Restaurants of Paris, Impressionists’ Paris, and Picasso’s Paris

Jill Jonnes, Eiffel’s Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count

There will also be free drawings to win the following books:

Chic Shopping Paris by Rebecca Perry Magniant

The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz

Paris: Wish You Were Here! edited by Christopher Measom

The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication and Glamour by Joan DeJean

The event is free, with special $8 Kir Royals and live jazz beginning at 8pm. Come join us!

Flûte Gramercy
40 East 20th Street, New York City
Tel 212-529-7870
www.flutebar.com

Heather will be accepting the award at a gala event during BookExpo America 2009 in New York (May 28-31).

For Americans and Canadians, you can ask for the Naughty Paris Guide at your local bookstore, or order it directly from the publisher on this site for just $20, the lowest price guaranteed (even lower than Amazon.com). Makes an original Mother's Day gift!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the official UK launch party of the Naughty Paris Guide on Sunday afternoon at the sexy Bordello boutique in London's Shoreditch district.

Harrod's beauty reporter Bianca Pal stopped by to write about the event for her own blog, Fashion Slant, and London fashion consultant Rachel Gold write about it in her blog, Wardrobe Junkies.

If you didn't make it to the party, there are a handful of books signed by Heather available at Bordello...while supplies last!

The beautiful and talented Lady Flo is back for her second Oooh La La Soirée inspired by pom-pom girls and Grease. There will be burlesque dancers, pin-ups, playboys, a costume contest (dress code: cheerleader, American jock, 1950s collegiate, etc), dance classes, live DJs and many, many sexy surprises. At the Mécanique Ondulatoire (8 passage Thiéré, 11th) on April 3 from 8pm, entry €5.