C'est la vie... n'est-ce pas ?

Late 1880s Paris street scene, evening gaslight illuminating wet cobblestones on Boulevard de Clichy. A woman in a corseted dress with bustle silhouette stands beneath a green-painted gas lamp, her gloved hand resting on the iron post. Behind her, the Moulin Rouge windmill is visible in the distance with its red lights beginning to glow. Absinthe posters on nearby walls. Horse-drawn omnibus passes in soft focus background. Fog rolling from the Seine mixes with chimney smoke. She wears a feathered hat tilted at a knowing angle, shawl draped over one shoulder. The dress is burgundy silk with jet beadwork, cut to suggest without revealing. Her expression is direct, appraising, unashamed. Parisian architecture with wrought-iron balconies rises on both sides. Impressionist lighting, cinematic composition, period-accurate details.