It's widely accepted that French women have it going on when it comes to style. There's a reason we can't stop pinning Parisian street-style snaps or gushing over the glory days when Coco Chanel reigned from 31 Rue Cambon. Taste is just in their DNA. The question is, how do us mere mortals achieve the same level of chic?

To get the 411, we sat down with French photographer, illustrator and blogger Garance Dor . Dor recently partnered with Club Monaco to launch her first book, "Love Style Life," a lighthearted, beautifully designed lifestyle guide filtered through her experience working with French and American fashion . Despite its glamorous subject matter, the book is extremely down to earth. We all think of French style as being out of reach (and friggin' expensive), but Dor prefers to keep it accessible. Amazing, right?

To burst the misconceptions about what it means to be stylish (hint: it has nothing to do with cash), Dor shared with us her thoughts on what really makes French women - and all women, for that matter - so effortlessly elegant.