Boutiques, Shopping & Fashion

We aren’t shopaholics on France Revisited but we do have an eye for beauty, trends and novelty, we do occasionally run into designers, craftsmen and -women and shop owners, and we enjoy sharing tidbits about shopping and fashion through the ages as we explore boutiques, shopping and fashion in Paris and Paris region.

Paris Haute Couture for the Birds

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Is haute couture for the birds? Absolutely, says fashion follower Corinne LaBalme, who joined the flock at Paris Fashion Week to report on the Spring/Summer 2013 collections. With stylists pushing the envelope, haute couture has always functioned as the canary in the fashion mineshaft.

Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, Goes Christmas Shoe Shopping in Paris

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Our favorite fetish photographer Va-nu-pieds, The Barefoot Photographer, went out Christmas shoe shopping in Paris and came up empty soled.

Luxury Silversmith Maintains Tradition of French Savoir-Faire in the Northern Marais

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The formerly workaday neighborhood of the northern Marais has been increasingly gentrified over the past 15 years, but something that hasn’t changed is the discreet presence of one of France’s few remaining creators of luxury silverware, tableware and decorative accessory: Lapparra.

Plumbing in Paris: the Marble Bathtub of the Marquise de Païva

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Nicolas Beboutoff's odd shop for old and antique porcelain and metal plumbing furnishings holds the supposed bathtub of the Marquise de Paiva.

Looking for Lorraine in Paris and Finding Alsace along the Way

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Trains from Paris's East Station head into the Lorraine and Alsace regions of France, but products from those regions are found in and by the station.

Departure of signs and numbers from the heart of Paris

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My favorite little shop in Paris, one of the last living vestiges of the historical belly of Paris that was the Les Halles Quarter, closed at the end of July 2009. It had been a long time coming--rather, going. It isn’t easy making a living selling...

At the Flea Market: Leyla’s Antique Textiles

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An encounter with Leyha Ahi, seller of antique textiles in Marché Dauphine at the Saint Ouen Flea Markets on the edge of Paris, Porte de Clignancourt.

Fancy Tiles and the King’s Virginity

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Olivier Mangnez’s showroom Villa Paris presents old-fashion, artisan-made tiles of terracotta, stone, and enamel, including collections of delft, azulejos, marble marquetry, mosaics and others, made à l’ancienne in the countries where the individual styles originated or where bygone traditions of production are maintained.

Tumbleweed: Playthings for the Whimsical Shopper

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Meet Lynn Rovida, the joyful American owner of Tumbleweed, a playful Paris shop with a whimsical selection of handcrafted toys, finely cut puzzles, inlaid puzzle boxes and animated sculptures.

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