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Shopping in Paris
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May 14, 2008
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La Cachemirerie Paris
Edit ThisLA CACHEMIRERIE Paris offers fashionable basics for men and women in 100% pure cashmere and cashmere blends. Only available at LA CACHEMIRERIE Boutique in the atmospheric Saint-Germain-des-Prés quartier in Paris. Prices from €90 to €210.
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| tel: | 0033145486380 |
| url: | www.lacachemirerie.com |
| address: | 2 rue du Sabot 75007 |
| email: | virginie@lacachemirerie.com |
Matieres a reflexion
Edit ThisMatieres a reflexion
Matières à réflexion is a great shop in the Haut Marais area where the designer hand make bags from vintage leather jackets - for Women and Men. You can also bring in your OWN leather jacket and get your bag done from that old jacket of yours !
Select your bag or have it made-to-measure !
Also : a selection of French clothing (Karine Jean, Vanina Escoubet /Please Don't, Eple & Melk, Charlotte Sometime, Elsa Esturgie) and jewellery (Adeline Cacheux, Eva Gozlan, La Tonkinoise, Van Rycke, Moonstruck, Trois Petits Points, Marine de more..
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| tel: | +33 (0)1 42 72 16 31 |
| url: | www.matieresareflexion.com |
| address: | 19 rue de Poitou - 75003 Paris |
Chanel
Edit ThisYou say Paris, you say Chanel. From Coco to Gabrielle, Chanel is one of the oldest maison de couture businesses. They added perfumes to their clothing lines in 1921 and recently started doing watches and jewelry as well. Across the street from Cartier.
Everything you say is true but the most important thing to say is that Chanel is the essence and the charme of Paris. No matter if time passes by, if it summer or spring,you´ll always have Chanel there waiting for you with its new collections, its roots... Chanel is Paris's soul. When "flannering" more..
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| address: | César Cortinas 1910-Montevideo, Uruguay |
| tel: | 005982-6001702 |
| email: | gloriaboxer@gmail.com |
| zipcode: | 11500 |
Bijoux Blues
Edit ThisBijoux Blues
This charming jewelry shop in the heart of the Marais features unique pieces hand made in Paris. Materials frequently used include semi-precious stones, fully cut Bohemian and French crystals, glass, pearls, corals and silver. Extraordinary colorful pieces full of fantasy and originality.
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| accessibility: | metro St. Paul |
| tel: | 01 48 04 00 64 |
| url: | www.bijouxblues.com |
| address: | 30 rue St. Paul |
| email: | contact@bijouxblues.com |
Au printemps
Edit ThisWhat a building! This is your place to be when you are on a shopping spree.
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| address: | 64, boulevard Haussmann, 8th Arrondissement |
Galeries Lafayette
Edit ThisPractically across the street from Printemps. Lafayette has a beautiful glass and steel dome, and an Art Nouveau staircase built in 1912 by the architect Cahnautin. The store - all 10 stories of it - is classified as an historic monument. The Galeries is open from 9:30 to 19:00 from Monday to Saturday and until 21:00 on Thursdays.
The website at www.galerieslafayette.fr has a virtual model that can help you with your choices. Most of it is in French though.
The mall features over 75.000 brand names. They present a wide selection of cosmetics, skin care products and more..
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| url: | www.galerieslafayette.fr |
Samaritaine
Edit ThisThis is the way all malls should be. A classical building with great views from the roof terrace cafe. And sure, plenty of things you would want to buy.
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| address: | 19 Rue de la Monnaie , 1st Arrondissement (Near Pont-Neuf) |
Isabel Marant
Edit ThisAdorable clothes and accessories sold by incompetent, rude and utterly unhelpful staff in Saint Germain. If you have to buy the clothes, go to Le Bon Marche where sales assistants are more intelligent.
| type: | Speciality shops |
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Born Bad and Born Bad Exotica
Edit ThisBorn Bad and Born Bad Exotica are the music stores to visit to find rare, underground, and experimental music of all kinds. Born Bad is located at 17 rue Keller (01-49-23-98-05) and Born Bad Exotica is located at 11 rue St-Sabin (also 01-49-23-98-05).
| type: | Music |
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| tel: | 01-49-23-98-05 |
| address: | 17 rue Keller |
Chocolaterie Castelanne
Edit ThisChocolate master and confectioner in Paris's eight arrondissement : chocolate factory with character by a Parisian chocolate master (Madeleine neighborhood) offers its products made in his worshop in Brittany. You will find, its profucts with flower of salt (caramel, chocolate, biscuit, ...), a selection of sweet smoothing & streaming chocolates. A wonderful Eiffel Tower in black chocolate ans eating monuments as well as chocolate spread with chocolate and praline and do not forget caramel, a real delight. Jams and fruit paste lead us near to the ocean thanks to this more..
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| tel: | 00 33 240 355 255 |
| url: | www.castelanne.com |
| address: | 17 rue Vignon 75008 PAris |
| email: | info@castelanne.com |
Cartier
Edit ThisLooking for jewels? This is where you want you could afford to buy them. Serving all royalty since the Czar in the 19-th century. There are seven Cartier shops in Paris, including one onthe airport and one in the Galerie Lafayette, but the real one is one the Place Vendôme, at number 7 and 23.
The website of Cartier is full of Flash animations and it takes ages to load. The address is www.cartier.fr
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| address: | Place Vendôme |
Saint Ouen Flea Market
Edit ThisThe Saint Ouen Flea Market at the Porte de Clignancourt draws a crowd of about 70.000 Parisiens every weekend. For this reason alone, you may consider going there. There is also a good flea market in Montreuil.
The Flea market is actually the biggest in the world with over 2000 salesmen selling their stuff. Very nice atmosphere and easy to reach from the center using the Metro. Open on weekends and mondays!
| type: | Markets |
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| email: | anujprabhakar@yahoo.com |
Le Bon Marche
Edit ThisBalenciaga, Chloe, Jean Paul Gaultier, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent, and Dries van Noten are just of the few of the designer labels you will find at this chic department store frequented by sophisticated Parisians and fashionable celebrities. Founded in 1852, Le Bon Marche is conveniently located at 24 rue de Sevres, St-Germain-des-Pres, 01-44-39-80-00, www.lebonmarche.fr.
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| tel: | 01-44-39-80-00 |
| url: | www.lebonmarche.fr |
| address: | 24 rue de Sevres, St-Germain-des-Pres |
Flea market at Vanves
Edit ThisThe Flea market at Vanves keeps its original charm and originality. A veritable Ali-Baba cave, a large selection of goods awaits on the sidewalks of the avenues of Marc Sangnier and Georges Lafenestre in the fourteenth arrondissement. You can hunt like a « pro » on Saturday morning or bring the family on Sunday morning. There are four hundred merchants most of whom are « afficionados » of their merchandise and some are strongly individualistic personalities, being o mixture of specialists and some with a wide range of knowledge, all of whom offer you interesting merchandise more..
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| accessibility: | Yes |
| tel: | 06 88 64 82 77 |
| url: | www.pucesdevanves.typepad.com |
| address: | av g Marc Sangnier 75014 |
| email: | pucesdevanves@free.fr |
Au bon Marche
Edit ThisBon Marché means cheap in French, but the shop is far from cheap. It is a great place to shops, though. It is the oldest department store in Paris, dating from 1852.
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| address: | Rue de Sevres |
Frederic Delliaux, l'Atelier
Edit ThisA small new boutique in the Marais which sells mainly leather clothing, very well tailored. Also has accessories and other clothing made by other designers.
| type: | Art Galleries |
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| address: | 4, rue du roi de sicile, Paris 75004 |
| tel: | +33 1 40 29 03 53 |
| email: | contact@fredericdelliaux.com |
Le Marais
Edit ThisNo other quarter is as energetic on a Sunday afternoon as Le Marais. This eclectic shopping quarter and lively shopping scene is home to designers such as Azzedine Alaia and unique shops and boutiques such as The Red Wheelbarrow bookstore (www.theredwheelbarrow.com) and Jamin Puech (www.jamin-puech.com). This exclusive designer also has stores in New York, London, and Milan. Le Marais stretches across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements (on the Rive Droite or Right Bank of the Seine).
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| address: | 3rd and 4th arrondissements |
Tati
Edit ThisIf you like shopping and do not have enough money to visit Cartier or Chanel, Tati is where the French go. There is a real big Tati in Barbes but there are several others all in Paris. You can find them at La Republique, Temple and Opera among others. They are open form 10:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and from 9:15 to 19:00 on saturdays.
| type: | Shopping centers and malls |
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| address: | 17 norse rd |
| tel: | 07947942178 |
| email: | dashalub@hotmail.co.uk |
Les Halles
Edit ThisAlmost always overcrowded, with lots of young people just hanging about, les Halles doesn't make very good shopping. A lot of stores are closed down and what is open is mostly cheap stuff.
Built in the place where the markets were held in earlier days, the shopping mall of Les Halles has an ideal location right in the center of Paris, between the Louvre and the Notre Dame. In Les Halles you can find almost anything. There is a huge bookstore, called FNAC. There are several places to have lunch, there is an indoor swimming pool, there are loads of clothings more..
| type: | Antiques |
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| address: | city centre |
Shine
Edit ThisA former pharmacy dating from the late 19th century is now home to a sleek boutique named Shine featuring designs by Marc by Marc Jacob, Cheap Monday, True Religion, Preen, See by Chloe, and more. Rockers, trendy types, and sophisticated Parisians alike flock to Shine to, well, shine. Shine is located at 15 rue de Poitou, +33 (0)1 48 05 80 10.
| type: | Speciality shops |
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| tel: | +33 (0)1 48 05 80 10 |
| address: | 15 rue de Poitou |
