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107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
Arty Dandy
1 rue de Furstemberg
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.43.54.00.36
An impossibly chic gallery boutique that mixes fashion with art books, housewares, jewelry, small leather goods, sunglasses, perfumes and fine art. As in a gallery, the inventory changes constantly—clothing according to season and everything else according to whatever owner Axel Teinturier finds interesting and clever: eye-catching ornaments for the home, plush designer rugs, classic merino sweaters for men and ostrich-leather handbags for women.
Atelier du Bracelet Parisien
28 pl du Marché Saint Honoré
Paris 75001
01.42.86.13.70
A small shop specialized in watchbands and small leather goods in a large range of skins, styles and colors, both ready-to-wear and custom-made.
Avril Gau
17 rue des Quatres Vents
Paris 6th
Métro: Odéon
01.43.29.49.04
If you’ve worn shoes by Robert Clergerie, Chanel, Charles Jourdan or Stéphane Kélian in the last 20 years, chances are you’ve worn Avril Gau's handiwork. Her new boutique in Saint Germain des Prés is the first dedicated to her own label of shoes, bags and gloves, and it’s earning rave reviews from Parisian fashion mavens. Her sleek pumps, sandals and ballerina flats in top-quality leather, reptile and lambskin are a welcome departure from currently ubiquitous platform stilettos.
Centre Commercial
2 rue de Marseille
Paris 10th
01.42.02.26.08
Near the Canal Saint Martin, a shop dedicated to fair trade, the organic and the environmentally friendly, with Danish fishermen's sweaters, Aveyronnais shepherd's leather bags, Veja sneakers made from ecological cotton and Amazonian rubber from Brazil. It's all bobo chic, contemporary and timeless.
Christian Lacroix
2 place Saint Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.46.33.48.95
The former couturier is back with a new boutique in Paris, where a small but opulent collection of accessories and housewares is displayed in a minimalist decor: colorful totes and silk scarves, Jackie O-style sunglasses and over-the-top necklaces, throw pillows, carafe-and-goblet sets and scented candles. No plans for a women's clothing label yet, but a raffish menswear line occupies a corner of the shop. 1/2013
Corto Moltedo
146-148 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal
Paris 1st
01.40.20.03.16
Corto Moltedo, the trendy flagship store showcasing the luxury bag line launched by American-Italian designer Gabrielecorto Moltedo, is the latest haven of Palais Royal hip. Moltedo describes his aesthetic as "pop-luxe" chic, combining the best of ancestral Italian craftsmanship (his parents were owners of Bottega Veneta) with exotic skins, sumptuous leathers and vibrant colors. More reasonably priced travel accessories include funky laptop cases shaped like giant cassette tapes.
Dalia and Rose
9 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
Paris 75001
01.40.20.49.58
Former fashion model Clélia Moretton champions "ethical luxury" at her bijou concept store Dalia and Rose, where she showcases glamorous Aquaverde jeans, silver talisman jewelry from Niger and luxurious alpaca accessories for both sexes by the Bolivian fair-trade brand Andes Made.
Et Puis C'est Tout
72 rue des Martyrs
Paris 75018
01.40.23.94.02
A great collection of 1950s-1970s furniture, barware, lamps and hundreds of key chains, mostly brand-specific, logo-emblazoned and iconic models.
Flavie Furst
16 rue de la Sourdière
Paris 75001
01.2.60.06.01
A charming shop run by husband-and-wife team Flavie and Ronald Furst—she does the delicate jewelry, he does the flamboyant handbags.
Georges & Co.
90 rue du Bac
Paris 7th
Métro: Rue du Bac
09.81.32.33.74
The lustrous shop on the boutique-lined rue du Bac is devoted to the highest-quality contemporary materials manufactured in France and Europe for correspondence, diary-keeping, calligraphy, announcements, invitations and anything else that involves writing by hand. There’s an “ink bar” with refillable bottles in a rainbow of colors, a section for deluxe leather goods—notebooks, diaries, agendas, address books—and a tempting array of pens, elegant paper and envelopes in various weights and colors.
Hermès
16 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.53.63.02.19
This "pop-up" boutique éphémère is stocked with all the usual Hermès goodies-silk scarves, cult handbags, equestrian chic and men's and women's ready-to-wear.
Hermès
17 rue de Sèvres
Paris 6th
Métro:Sèvres-Babylone
01.42.22.80.83
The brand's first concept store is housed in a renovated Art Deco swimming pool on the Left Bank. Home decor occupies one-third of the space, including new ventures into wallpaper, furnishing fabrics and silk carpets. There's also a bookshop and tea salon.
Hod
104 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
09.53.15.83.34
Hod is a kind of jewelry collective that offers handpicked pieces from fashion-savvy designers covering all the fashion bases. The current rage for delicate styles to mix and match is well represented, with necklaces, bracelets and rings dangling semiprecious stones, pearls or diamonds. The boutique’s own line—called Doh—includes stylish diamond rings gently priced at $300 to $600. Other offerings include scarves, bags and belts.
Jamin Puech
68 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
01.48.87.84.87
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the bobo—bourgeois bohemian—fashion set. The designers’ fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with meticulous detailing and decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. They’re fun, colorful and practical.
Jamin Puech
26 rue Cambon
Paris 1st
01.40.20.40.28
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the bobo—bourgeois bohemian—fashion set. The designers’ fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with meticulous detailing and decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. They’re fun, colorful and practical.
Jamin Puech
43 rue Madame
Paris 6th
01.45.48.14.85
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the bobo—bourgeois bohemian—fashion set. The designers’ fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with meticulous detailing and decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. They’re fun, colorful and practical.
Jamin Puech
61 rue d’Hauteville
Paris 10th
01.40.22.08.32
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the fashion set. The fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. Several shops in Paris (check our listings) including this inventory boutique for bargain-hunters.
Jérôme Drefuss
1 rue Jacob
Paris 6th
Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
11 rue de l'Echaudé
Paris 75006
Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
01.43.54.70.93
French luxury handbags never go out of style, but for women who prefer a more individual statement, the bags here are fabulous, clever, versatile and durable. Dreyfuss knows what features women want in a bag, and his best-seller, the Billy, has expandable sides, a zip pocket for cell phones, inside compartments and two sets of straps to be worn in any possible configuration. The collection also includes wallets, sunglasses, leggings and cropped jackets in soft stretch leather. Also at 11 rue de l’Echaudé, 6th, 01.56.24.46.75.
La Bagagerie
41 rue du Four
Paris 75006
01.45.48.86.48
A trendy fashion leader in handbags and luggage since it was first launched by designer Jean Marlaix in 1954, now run by his son Frédéric Marlaix.
Lancel
127 ave des Champs Elysées
Paris 75008
01.56.89.15.70
The flagship store for the venerable French leather goods company known for its luggage and handbags, including a great-looking line named for French actress Isabelle Adjani.
Les Crapoussines
39 rue Brochant
Paris 17th
01.58.60.21.20
In the trendy Canal Saint Martin district, a shop where owner Anne Beaurain makes gorgeous hats, handbags, scarves and jewelry. This is the place for finding superb gifts, or for just spoiling yourself. Closed Sun-Mon.
Longchamp
404 rue Saint Honoré
Paris 75001
01.43.16.00.16
Handsome handbags, luggage and other luxury leather goods and accessories, including a top-selling canvas tote imprinted “Ceci est un IT BAG”.
Louis Quatorze
106 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
Métro: Saint-Sébastien-Froissart
01.42.72.94.43
This lovely boutique showcases the label’s flawlessly crafted, high-quality handbags, understated but clearly a cut above the mainstream. Though the company was founded in 1908, it was recently revitalized in 2009 with a new team of designers noted for their taste, discretion and allure. Their handbags are timeless, and probably going to last as long as you do, or longer. The boutique also carries small leather goods and an evolving selection of artisan jewelry.
Maison Fabre
Palais Royal, 128-129 galerie de Valois
Paris 75001
01.42.60.75.88
The first Paris boutique of the family-run glove company founded in 1924, with a rainbow array of some 180 models all hand-crafted in the traditional glove-making town of Millau, in the Aveyron département of south-central France.
Mary Beyer
32-33 Galerie Montpensier
Palais Royal
Paris 1st
09.65.26.40.47
Former fashion model Maryvonne Moreau Beyer—Mary Beyer to those in the know—specializes in custom-made women's gloves produced in Millau's historic Lavabre Cadet ateliers. Ring for admittance to her gallery-boutique where fantastical creations in chinchilla, crocodile, python, mink and other fancy skins are adorned with pearls, sequins, feathers and embroidery.
Michael Kors
279 rue Saint-Honoré
Paris 1st
Métro: Madeleine/Concorde
01.70.36.44.40
The opening of Michael Kors's first store in Paris coincided with his 30th anniversary in the business. His glittering boutique on the rue Saint Honoré is already a hit—an impressive showcase for the all-American Kors blend of classic lines and forthright glamour. The first floor houses bags, shoes and accessories, along with the more affordable “everyday” line; stars from the latest runway collection are upstairs, with prices starting at around €1,000. A welcoming staff makes shopping here a pleasure.
Montblanc
7 rue de la Paix
Paris 75002
01.58.62.48.52
Montblanc has branched out beyond diamond-encrusted fountain pens in recent years and made its mark with exclusive watches, luxe leather accessories and haute joaillerie.
Moynat
348 rue Saint Honoré
Paris 1st
Métro: Tuileries
01.47.03.83.90
Luxury behemoth LVMH acquired the venerable luggage company Moynat last year with the intention of revamping the once-iconic travel trunk-maker founded in 1849. The new designer has incorporated some of the original flourishes, from the subtle curves of the women’s handbags to elegant brass T-locks on men’s briefcases and false bottoms for hiding sensitive documents. Prices are commensurate with the high quality: totes start at about $900, custom luggage can easily exceed $20,000.
n15 Concept Store
15 pl du Marché Saint Honoré
Paris 1st
01.42.86.92.76
This new concept store mixes outstanding vintage couture with the latest in prêt-à-porter and accessories, in a stunning two-story, sleekly modern boutique. Pristine vintage pieces from Yves St. Laurent, Gucci, Chanel and others blend with new separates from Paris-based designers such as Martin Grant and Lucien Pellat-Finet. Accessories include shoes, bags and jewelry.
Périgot
16 blvd des Capucines
Paris 75009
01.53.40.98.90
Really useful home equipment, from feather dusters to shopping carts, and great foldup, ecologically friendly shopping bags to tuck into purse or pocket and unfold when needed.
Philippe Roucou
30 rue de Charonne
Paris 11th
Métro: Ledru-Rollin
01.43.38.81.16
A minimalist boutique on the trendy rue de Charonne offering some of the most delectable handbags in Paris. Roucou, who’s been designing high-end bags since the early 1990s, has a spot-on aesthetic that combines style, innovation and just the right amount of sex appeal. His seasonal collections are cut from rare, handpicked skins and range from jewel-like evening bags to sturdy python satchels. The boutique also carries wallets, men’s leather goods and exceptional Polaroid-printed silk scarves.
Ra
14 rue de la Corderie
Paris 3rd
Métro: Temple
01.42.74.04.07
A fabulous concept boutique Paris’s Haut Marais where clothes are displayed on a curtained mini-stage, jewelry is in a stylized coffin and the mannequins seem ready to speak, as if right off a Jean Cocteau movie set. Some of the shop’s limited-edition pieces are closest in spirit to theatrical costumes, but there are plenty of outstanding everyday pieces, along with some fairly wacky headgear, handmade leather goods, a small vintage collection and a bookstore.
Renaud Pellegrino
42 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.84.12.45
Known for exquisite clutch bags.
Serge Amoruso
13 rue Abel
Paris 75012
01.43.45.14.10 By appointment
Former Hermès designer and craftsman Serge Amoruso custom-makes handbags, suitcases, briefcases, wallets, watchbands and other luxury leather goods in rare and exotic skins and colors.
Spree
16 rue de La Vieuville
Paris 75018
01.42.23.41.40
A terrific inventory of big-name designers—Isabel Marant, Comme des Garçons and Tsumori Chisate—alongside labels you've never heard of. There's also a selection of accessories, jewelry, modern furniture and lighting; original artwork by local artists completes the gallery atmosphere.
Yves Saint Laurent
6 pl Saint-Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.43.29.43.00
The main womenswear store of the company founded by the late designer, known for the fashion revolution that put women into pants suits and sexy smoking jackets.
Zadig & Voltaire
20 rue de Turenne, 40 blvd Haussmann, both in 4th
1 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
01.42.71.81.12; 01.45.48.39.37; 01.53.16.17.57
Super-casual and cool, androgenous looks for men and women, along with cashmere and knitwear, accessories and childrenswear.
Books & Music
107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
Artazart
83 quai de Valmy
Paris 75010
01.40.40.24.00
Hypercool bookstore for magazines and coffee-table books devoted to fashion, art, photography, calligraphy and interior design.
Arty Dandy
1 rue de Furstemberg
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.43.54.00.36
An impossibly chic gallery boutique that mixes fashion with art books, housewares, jewelry, small leather goods, sunglasses, perfumes and fine art. As in a gallery, the inventory changes constantly—clothing according to season and everything else according to whatever owner Axel Teinturier finds interesting and clever: eye-catching ornaments for the home, plush designer rugs, classic merino sweaters for men and ostrich-leather handbags for women.
Assouline
35 rue Bonaparte
Paris 75006
01.43.29.23.20
A lovely bookshop decorated like a private apartment, with polished parquet floors and comfy sofas for browsers, run by the Paris publisher of photography, art, fashion and design books, some of them beautiful coffee-table tomes wrapped in silk or packaged in Goyard trunks. The gift selection includes cashmere throws and scented candles, including one with the aroma of leather bindings and bookshelves.
Bastien de Almeida
46 rue La Condamine
Paris 17th
01.42.93.54.70
In Paris's Batignolles trendy district, a shop carrying stunning American vintage fashion as well as specialized books and DVDs. It even offers sewing classes. Closed Sun-Mon.
Black Block
Palais de Tokyo
13 ave Président Wilson
Paris 16th
Métro: Iéna
01.47.23.37.04
The boutique in the Palais de Tokyo's contemporary art showcase is stocked with merchandise as edgy and subversive as the museum's exhibits: ultra-hip tee shirts, jewelry, bags, watches, CDs, limited-edition artworks and exuberantly colored sex toys.
Galignani
224 rue de Rivoli
Paris 75001
01.42.60.76.07
The city’s oldest English-language bookstore, founded in 1802, offering books in French and English on a wide range of subjects, as well as a extensive selection of art books and magazines.
La Belle Hortense
31 rue Vieille-du-Temple
Paris 75004
01.48.04.71.60
An unusual bookstore-and-bar selling paperback and hardback books, literary magazines and reasonably priced wines, to be taken home or sipped on the spot in earnest discussion with the philosophically-minded regulars.
Philippe Le Libraire
32 rue des Vinaigriers
Paris 75010
01.40.38.11.39
A tiny, cozy bookshop packed floor-to-ceiling with comics, mangas, illustrated novels, books by independent publishers and hard-to-find music CDs.
Village Voice
6 rue Princesse
Paris 75006
01.46.33.36.47
A small, warm and colorful bookshop independently owned by the devoted Odile Hellier, packed with enticing English-language titles; regular author events and book signings, too.
W.H. Smith
248 rue de Rivoli
Paris 75001
01.44.77.88.99
A wide selection of books in English as well as international newspapers and magazines. Great travel section.
Childrenswear & Toys
107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
A.P.C.
112 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd
38 rue Madame, 8th
5 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.42.39.84.46; 01.42.22.12.77; 01.42.78.18.02
Cool and casual unisex fashion for young hipsters—dark denims, cords, tee shirts, knits—an international label launched in 1988 by French designer Jean Touitou.
Agnès b.
2-4, 6, & 19 rue du Jour, 1st
6 & 10-12 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
13 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.44.39.02.60; 01.45.08.56.56; 01.42.06.66.58
A quintessential Parisian fashion brand for men, women and children, including accessories and leather goods.
Antoine & Lili
95 quai de Valmy; 87 rue de Seine; 17 rue du Jour
Paris 75010
01.40.37.58.14; 01.56.24.35.81; 01.40.13.08.22
One of the first fashion hot spots along the Canal Saint Martin: three adjacent stores with crayon-colored facades—hot pink for womenswear, canary yellow for kitsch home decor, lime green for kids’ clothes, toys and gifts. Now branched out into Saint Germain des Prés and the old Les Halles areas.
Au Nain Bleu
5 blvd Malesherbes
Paris 75008
01.42.65.20.00
A new location for the city’s most famous toyshop, with a vast selection of playthings deluxe.
Baby Dior
28 ave Montaigne
Paris 75008
01.49.52.04.50
Fashion for infants and children doesn’t get much more luxurious than this.
Bonpoint
6 rue de Tournon
Paris 75006
01.40.51.98.20
Beautiful and expensive childrenswear, accessories and fragrances in the huge flagship shop of this international label launched in Paris in 1975 by Marie-France and Bernard Cohen. Installed in a 17th-century private mansion surrounding a courtyard garden, the shop includes a life-sized log cabin playhouse and a chic café-restaurant downstairs.
Bonton
5 blvd des Filles du Calvaire
Paris 75003
01.42.72.34.69.
Three immense floors packed with fashion, furniture, interior accessories, toys, books, candy and cupcakes galore. Designer Valérie Mazerat has indulged her inner child to the max here, adding a cozy candy store-cum-café, a retro-style barber shop, a photo machine and cinema corner.
IKKS
114 ave de Champs Elysées
Paris 75008
01.53.76.21.51
The flagship shop for IKKS (the pronunciation of the letter X in French)—first launched in 1987 as a junior line, IKKS now has 230 outlets worldwide for its cool and casual urban attire for men, women, boys and girls.
La Maison du Cerf Volant
7 rue de Prague
Paris 75012
01.44.68.03.86
Kites in every form and color, from butterflies and birds of paradise to octopi with long trailing tentacle tails.
Le Marchand d'Etoiles
3 rue Chomel
Paris 75007
01.42.84.42.02
The Star Merchant is the French equivalent of the Sandman, and the shop specializes in children’s nightwear—velour pajamas, angel-winged nightgowns, gold-dotted and star-studded boxer shorts.
Little VIP
1 rue Saint Simon
Paris 75007
01.42.22.05.04
Childrenswear from a range of trendy labels including Kids Case and Bill Tornade.
Loft Design By...
20 rue Yvonne Le Tac
Paris 75018
01.42.51.39.10
Sophisticated ladies, urban dandies and their cool kids will find top quality, wearable clothes in chic but classic styles at an affordable price here.
L’Ours du Marais
18 rue Pavée
Paris 75004
01.42.77.60.43
A shop entirely devoted to teddy bears, dressed up in every conceivable fashion, including full Napoleon regalia.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
Nature et Découvertes
Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli
Paris 75001
Interactive calendars, magnetic puzzles, inflatable globes and build-your-own catamaran sets should help you keep the children occupied!
Notsobig
38 rue Tiquetonne
Paris 75002
01.42.33.34.26
A kiddie concept store carrying furniture, mobiles and teddy bears.
Ovale
200 blvd Saint Germain
Paris 75007
01.53.63.31.11
Ultra-upmarket children’s clothing, mostly in subdued shades of ivory and beige, along with solid-silver rattles and gold jewelry for tiny tots. Well known for giant plush polar bears in the window displays.
Petit Bateau
116 ave des Champs-Elysées
Paris 75008
(and other locations, see website)
01.40.74.02.03
Simple, classic and reasonably priced children’s clothing.
Repetto
22 rue de la Paix
Paris 75002
01.44.71.83.20
A dancewear line created in 1947 by Rose Repetto, mother of French dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, now branched out into children’s clothing and women’s street shoes, including the famous ballerina flats originally designed for Brigitte Bardot.
Victoria Christmas
41 galerie Vivienne
Paris 75002
01.43.72.83.96
Babywear in organically-grown Japanese cotton and all-natural dyes, and hypoallergenic infant cologne.
Wowo
11 rue de Marseille
Paris 75010
01.53.40.84.80
Quirky, retro-style clothes for kids and infants by American-born, long-time Parisienne Elisabeth Relin. Great bold graphic tee shirts with motifs ranging from snapping crocodiles to electric guitars.
Zadig & Voltaire
20 rue de Turenne, 40 blvd Haussmann, both in 4th
1 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
01.42.71.81.12; 01.45.48.39.37; 01.53.16.17.57
Super-casual and cool, androgenous looks for men and women, along with cashmere and knitwear, accessories and childrenswear.
Zara
374 rue Saint Honoré, 1st; 45 rue de Rennes, 6th; 44 ave des Champs-Elysées, 8th
01.55.35.15.70; 01.44.39.03.50; 01.56.59.97.10
Just a few of many Paris outlets of the Spanish chain, offering young and trendy fashion at bargain prices—for women only at the Saint Honoré address, men and women at Rennes and the Champs-Elysées, which also has childrenswear.
Concept Stores
Alter Mundi
9 rue de Rivoli; 25 rue Beaurepaire; 41 rue du Chemin Vert; 135 rue Ordener
01.44.59.81.66; 01.42.00.15.73; 01.40.21.08.91; 01.42.51.43.17
A chain of fair-trade boutiques promoting ecologically friendly fashion, beauty products, home decor, ethnic jewelry, accessories and design items, from computer cases made from recycled posters and seatbelts to tagua-nut jewelry and Colombian black earthenware ceramics.
Colette
213 rue Saint Honoré
Paris 75001
01.55.35.33.90
The first concept boutique in Paris, still cooler-than-thou, offering an eclectic selection of books, jewelry, trinkets, gadgets, cosmetics, scented candles, designer accessories and clothing for men and women.
Dalia and Rose
9 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
Paris 75001
01.40.20.49.58
Former fashion model Clélia Moretton champions "ethical luxury" at her bijou concept store Dalia and Rose, where she showcases glamorous Aquaverde jeans, silver talisman jewelry from Niger and luxurious alpaca accessories for both sexes by the Bolivian fair-trade brand Andes Made.
FrenchTrotters
128 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
01.44.61.00.14
This beautiful new store in the upper Marais is for devotees of timeless French chic, with a handpicked collection of exclusively French fashion brands—menswear, womenswear and a superb housewares collection. There are also books and hard-to-find European cosmetics brands.
L'Eclaireur
40 rue de Sévigné
Paris 75003
01.48.87.10.22.
Armand and Martine Hadida's "concept store" mixes high fashion with design, art and contemporary furniture by such hot names as Philippe Starck and the team of Garouste and Bonetti. "This is not just a shop, it's an experience," boasts Arne Quinze, the store's avant-garde designer, who, among other things, embedded the walls with 147 video screens projecting subliminal black-and-white images. The clothes include select pieces from Lanvin, Balmain, Dries Van Noten and Junya Watanabe, alongside collector items from China and other exotic corners of the world.
Le Prince Jardinier
Palais Royal, 117-121 galerie de Valois
Paris 75001
01.42.60.37.13
Elegant garden furniture, gardening equipment, home decor and outdoor ready-to-wear from the brand founded by Louis Albert de Broglie.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
n15 Concept Store
15 pl du Marché Saint Honoré
Paris 1st
01.42.86.92.76
This new concept store mixes outstanding vintage couture with the latest in prêt-à-porter and accessories, in a stunning two-story, sleekly modern boutique. Pristine vintage pieces from Yves St. Laurent, Gucci, Chanel and others blend with new separates from Paris-based designers such as Martin Grant and Lucien Pellat-Finet. Accessories include shoes, bags and jewelry.
Department Stores
BHV
52 rue de Rivoli
Paris 75004
01.42.74.90.00
The Bazaar de l'Hôtel de Ville carries fashion, books, electronic goods and home furnishings, but it’s best known as a do-it-yourself and home decorating paradise. BHV Homme, nearby at 36 rue de la Verrerie offers four floors devoted to men’s fashion and accessories; and BHV La Cave, at 13 rue des Archives, is a wine lover’s warehouse.
Franck et Fils
80 rue de Passy
Paris 75016
01.44.14.38.00
A department store with a concept store feel, specializing in the symbiosis of fashion and art.
Galeries Lafayette
40 blvd Haussmann
Paris 75009
01.42.82.34.56
Galeries Lafayette spreads through three buildings on Boulevard Haussmann: The main Coupole building is the store’s fashion central, with affordable designs alongside upscale goods—and free fashion shows every Friday afternoon—as well as an enormous children’s concept store. Home decor is in Lafayette Maison and menswear in Lafayette Homme.
Le Bon Marché
24 rue de Sèvres
Paris 75007
01.44.39.80.00
Founded in 1852, it’s the oldest of the major department stores, and the only one on the Left Bank, now owned by luxury goods group LVMH and catering to an upmarket crowd, with cutting-edge designer labels and custom-made suits for men.
Printemps
64 blvd Haussmann
Paris 75009
01.42.82.50.00
With three buildings—Mode, Beauté/Maison and Homme—Printemps offers 27 floors of high-end fashion and home decor, including an entire floor of luxury accessories and a huge selection of beauty products and rare perfumes. As well as a 10 percent discount for individual foreign shoppers (register at the Welcome Service, ground floor, Mode building), Printemps also offers a unique concierge service, at a fee for French clients but free for foreign passport holders. Almost anything within reason can be arranged, from a chauffeured car to visit Versailles to a table at a top restaurant or tickets to the Paris Opéra.
Florists
Comme une Fleur/La Galerie Végétale
29 rue des Vinaigriers
Paris 75010
01.40.37.07.16
A vast loft-like space that is both a florist shop and an art gallery, filled with climbing plants and changing exhibits of art with vegetal themes.
Homo Inventit Paradisium
8 rue Saint-Roch
Paris 1st
Métro: Tuileries
01.42.61.13.08
HIP—for Homo Inventit Paradisium, or Man Invents Paradise—is a sleek new art, design, jewelry and garden concept store with a fusion restaurant near the Tuileries Gardens. It stocks exclusive limited editions and unique glass pieces by Czech architect and designer Borek Sipek, along with Alessi and Driade kitchen utensils, Mark Brazier-Jones furniture, contemporary sculpture, avant-garde jewelry and rare orchids.
Food & Wine
A la Mère de Famille
35 rue du Faubourg Montmartre
Paris 75009
01.47.70.83.69
The city's oldest candy shop has been in the same lovely chandelier-lit boutique since 1761. The shop's vintage feel, coupled with a modern mission, give an irresistible flavor to their chocolates, caramels, marshmallows and more.
Alléosse
13 rue Poncelet
Paris 75017
01.46.22.50.45
One of the city’s prettiest cheese shops, this family-owned operation on a busy market street, with separate aging cellars, offers a wide selection and a helpful staff.
Caviar Kaspa
17 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75008
01.42.65.66.21
Rival of another caviar boutique in Place de la Madeleine, Café Prunier.
Chajin
24 rue Pasquier
Paris 75008
01.53.30.05.24
A Japanese tea salon and boutique run by Carol and Xavier Negiar, who spent many years in Japan mastering the art of preparing green teas. The shop also stocks traditional bowls, cups and whisks, and offers Saturday tea ceremony classes.
Chocolaterie Jacques Genin
133 rue de Turenne
Paris 75003
01.45.77.29.01
The city’s newest temple to chocolate, an elegant, two-level shop in the Marais, filled with such delights as Szechuan pepper ganache, éclairs au chocolat and mango-passionfruit caramels. There’s also a tea salon and upstairs glass-walled workshop where you can watch the chocolatiers in action.
Comptoir de la Gastronomie
34 rue Montmartre
Paris 75001
01.42.33.31.32
A 19th-century épicerie with an Art Deco decor offering delicacies from truffles, foie gras and moutarde aux cèpes to Calvados, Armagnac and Champagne. Also serves a fine gourmet lunch.
Crèmerie Quatrehomme
62 rue de Sèvres
Paris 75007
01.47.34.33.45
Marie and Alain Quatrehomme stock about 200 perfectly-ripened cheeses in their bright and busy Left Bank shop, where the staff is particularly friendly and helpful.
Fauchon
24/26 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75008
01.70.39.38.00
Elevates food shopping to couture level — as witnessed by the gorgeous pink packaging that rivals the fashion boutiques of Avenue Montaigne. Chocolates, truffles, foie gras, escargots de Bourgogne-it's all here, along with éclairs glazed with the image of Mona Lisa and honey harvested from Jean Paucton's beehives on the roof of the Opéra Garnier.
Hédiard
21 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75008
01.43.12.88.88
Introduced Parisians to the joys of exotic fruits in the 1850s and Hédiard jams, marmalades and pâtes de fruit are still bestsellers today, lined up with an enticing array of oils and spices and a fantastic wine cellar.
Henri Le Roux
1 rue de Bourbon-le-Château
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.82.28.49.80
Henri Le Roux, whose original shop is in Quiberon in Brittany, is the originator of the caramel au beurre salé (salted butter caramel), a flavor that has captivated French pastry- and candy-makers. He also won the title of Best Chocolatier in France in 2003. His first Paris shop carries all things chocolate, along with caramels in many flavors, pâtes de fruits, and a tasting bar with espresso and hot chocolate.
Huilerie Artisanale J. Leblanc
6 rue Jacob
Paris 75006
01.46.34.61.55
The Paris shop of a family-run oil mill in southern Burgundy, which has been producing intensely aromatic flavoring oils since 1878. Favorites of many chefs, the oils include hazelnut, walnut, pistachio, pecan, almond, pine nut and grape seed as well as the more familiar olive, sunflower, sesame, peanut and corn and other oils.
Jean-Paul Hévin
23 bis ave de La Motte Picquet
Paris 7th
Métro: Ecole Militaire
01.45.51.77.48
Maître chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin has been wowing Parisian chocophiles since he opened his first shop on the Avenue de La Motte Picquet in 1988. Since then he's added two others, one on the rue Vavin in the 6th and another on the rue Saint Honoré. At all of them you’ll find some of the city's finest chocolate—Hévin is a fanatic for the quality of his ingredients—transformed into some of the most imaginative shapes in town.
Jean-Paul Hévin
3 rue Vavin
Paris 6th
Métro: Vavin
01.43.54.09.85
Maître chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin has been wowing Parisian chocophiles since he opened his first shop on the Avenue de La Motte Picquet in 1988. Since then he's added two others, one on the rue Vavin in the 6th and another on the rue Saint Honoré. At all of them you’ll find some of the city's finest chocolate—Hévin is a fanatic for the quality of his ingredients—transformed into some of the most imaginative shapes in town.
Jean-Paul Hévin
231 rue Saint Honoré
Paris 1st
Métro: Concorde/Tuileries
01.55.35.35.96
Jean-Paul Hévin has been wowing chocophiles since he opened his first shop on the Ave de La Motte Picquet in 1988. Since then he's added two others, and at all of them you’ll find some of the city's finest chocolate—Hévin is a fanatic for the quality of his ingredients—transformed into some of the most imaginative shapes in town. The upper level of the rue Saint Honoré shop is a bar à chocolat, serving unusual chocolate treats at different times of day, including a chocolate cocktail.
Jugetsudo By Maruyama Nori
95 rue de Seine
Paris 75006
01.46.33.94.90
A small Japanese tea salon and boutique beautifully designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and run by the 150-year-old Tokyo firm Maruyama Nori, with a long counter for sipping tea with pastries, a selection of teas, traditional teapots and porcelain cups, and bamboo everywhere. Saturday tea ceremonies downstairs.
L'Echoppe
47 rue des Martyrs
Paris 9th
Métro: Saint-Georges/Pigalle
01.42.81.49.53
A gourmet boutique on the chic rue des Martyrs that will assemble just the right beautifully wrapped gustatory gift for any special occasion. Owner Sabine de Soyres, a dedicated gourmande, has scoured France to find the best regional delicacies in four categories: wines and champagnes, flowers, gourmet groceries, and sweets and chocolate. Each of the 50 or so wines available in the store hover around the €10 mark, but Soyres caters to any budget.
La Chambre aux Confitures
9 rue des Martyrs
Paris 9th
Métro: Notre Dame de Lorette, Saint Georges
01.71.73.43.77
Following a lifelong passion, Lise Bienaimé devotes herself full-time to creating an amazing of seasonal preserves: “winter citrus” includes four types of orange marmalade, with a delectable variation lightly perfumed with fleur d’oranger. Summer fruit flavors include raspberry and rose, red or black cherry, gariguette strawberry, hazelnut and melon and five kinds of apricot. The fruit content is very high, with only enough sugar to preserve freshness. And everything in the store can be sampled.
La Grande Epicerie
24 rue de Sèvres
Paris 75007
01.44.39.81.01
Paris’s answer to the famous food halls of Harrod’s in London, in the annex of Le Bon Marché department store, a vast space filled with splendid victuals from all over the world, along with fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and a bakery.
La Maison des Trois Thés
1 rue Saint Médard
Paris 75005
01.43.36.93.84
A chic architect-designed boutique and tea shop run by Chinese tea master Madame Yu Hui Tseng. Very expensive, often rare teas for the tasting.
Le Bonbon au Palais
19 rue Monge
Paris 5th
Métro: Cardinal Lemoine
01.78.56.15.72
Rainbow-hued candies, some 200 varieties from all over France, glisten like gemstones in apothecary jars in this dream of a boutique. Other Gallic treasures include light, fluffy guimauve, the square-cut French version of marshmallow; alcohol-filled chocolates covered in marzipan; lollipops in such flavors as blueberry, pineapple, quince and black cherry; and candied flower petals and herbs, including whole roses, violets, vervain, mint and lilac.
Le Thé des Ecrivains
16 rue des Minimes
Paris 75003
01.40.29.46.25
A tea emporium with beautifully packaged teas designed to be sipped while reading certain authors—Tea of the American Authors combines flavors of orange and bergamot with lime, Tea of the Chinese Philosophers is a blend of green and black teas spiked with poppy and lotus.
Maison de la Prasline Mazet
37 rue des Archives
Paris 4th
Métro: Rambuteau
01.44.05.18.08
In 1903, a young confectioner named Léon Mazet bought the recipe for the French praline, a confection created in 1636 made with roasted almonds caramelized in sugar, and started up his own shop in Montargis—Maison de la Prasline Mazet. He later opened a shop in Paris that closed in 2010. Now Mazet is back with a charming new boutique, using the pink, gold and citron tins that date to the shop’s beginnings. Freshly-made pralines and chocolates, along with many other delicious sweets.
Maison de la Truffe
19 Place de la Madeleine
Paris 75008
01.42.65.53.22
Has a superb tasting menu that offers tuber-based delicacies such as scallop carpaccio with Brumale truffles, and a shop for gourmet gifts including truffle-infused Armagnac.
Mariage Frères
30 rue du Bourg-Tibourg; 13 rue des Grands-Augustins, 4th
01.42.72.28.11; 01.40.51.82.50
Purveyors of fine teas for more than 150 years, offering some 500 different teas along with teapots, tableware and accessories, in their elegant, colonial-style tea salon/shops.
Marie-Anne Cantin
12 rue du Champ de Mars
Paris 75007
01.45.50.43.94
Madame Cantin supplies many restaurants from her lovely fromagerie near the Eiffel Tower, where cheeses are aged in several caves below the shop. Try the creamy Roquefort.
Meert
16 rue Elzévir
Paris 3rd
Métro: Chemin Vert
01.49.96.56.90
The most beautiful confiserie-pâtisserie in Paris, and the first Paris offshoot of the exquisite Meert pâtisserie and tea salon in Lille, founded in 1761. Meert’s fame centers on its unique version of the gaufre, a delicate waffle native to the old region of Flanders, treasured for its sublime cream center perfumed with Madagascar vanilla. The boutique also carries chocolates and jams and, on Saturdays only, delicious pastries.
Michel Chaudun
149 rue de l’Université
Paris 75007
01.47.53.74.40
A wonderful chocolate shop filled with traditional filled chocolates and trompe l’oeil creations including chocolate gargoyles. Specialties are the dark pastilles filled with crunchy bits of cocoa bean and the melt-in-your-mouth pavés, little cubes of cocoa-dusted ganache.
Pâtisserie des Rêves
93 rue du Bac
Paris 75007
01.42.84.00.82
Philippe Conticini, the chef of the most buzzed-about pastry shop in town, claims to be on a mission to "reach people's souls through their taste buds."
Patrick Roger
108 blvd Saint Germain, 6th; 91 rue de Rennes, 6th; and others
01.43.29.38.42; 01.45.44.66.13
One of the city’s newest chocolate stars, Roger is an artist who sculpts eye-popping seasonal window displays. His silky, intensely flavorful chocolates come in a huge variety, but his palet d’or, a square of dark ganache enveloped in a thin coating garnished with gold leaf, is a masterpiece.
Petrossian
18 blvd de La Tour Maubourg
Paris 75007
01.44.11.32.22
The chic caviar restaurant and emporium carries not only beluga, ossetra, sevruga or Alverta Royal caviars, but also czar-cut salmon, king crab and even vodka chocolate pearls.
Pierre Hermé
72 rue Bonaparte, 6th; 185 rue de Vaugirard, 15th
01.43.54.47.77; 01.47.83.89.96.
A pâtissier with a passion for chocolate, Hermé creates pastries with incredible flavor combinations—like passionfruit macarons with milk chocolate filling—as well as amazing filled chocolates including the Makassar, a frothy mousse of salted, buttery caramel coated in dark chocolate. His “collections” vary with the seasons.
Spring
52 rue de l'Arbre Sec
Paris 75001
01.58.62.44.30
A niche boutique near the Louvre opened by American chef Daniel Rose of Spring, selling top-quality foodstuffs—charcuterie, cheeses, oils, mustards, honey—and a great selection of wines.
Fragrance & Cosmetics
Amin Kader
1 rue de la Paix
Paris 75002
01. 42.61.33.25
With a splendid Italian Renaissance fantasy decor, the only shop in town carrying the cult beauty products of the famed Florentine pharmacy Santa Maria Novella.
Balenciaga
10 ave George V
Paris 75008
If Nicolas Ghesquière's shining reputation for women's fashion weren't enough, the fashion house partnered with star Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2010 for the creation and marketing of their first new scent in over ten years.
Bobbi Brown
1 bis rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Paris 75004
01.53.01.81.03
American cosmetics star Brown has just opened her first boutique in Paris, on the main shopping street in the Marais.
By Terry
36 galerie Véro-Dodat
Paris 75001
01.44.76.00.76
Cosmetics and perfume by Terry de Gunzberg, former makeup director at Yves Saint Laurent.
Cinquième Sens
18 rue Monttessuy
Paris 75007
01.47.53.79.16
Custom-made perfumes can be created in this perfumers’ workshop formerly reserved only for professionals.
Cire Trudon
78 rue de Seine
Paris 75006
01.43.26.46.50
A venerable candle-making business that dates to 1643, formerly an official supplier to the French court, now updated by trendy entrepreneur Ramdane Touhami, with 12 new scented candles that have fashionistas flocking.
Comptoir de l’Homme
5-7 rue de Tournon
Paris 75006
01.78.94.04.50
Cosmetics, fragrances, grooming and skin care products for men.
Dior
30 ave Montaigne
Paris 75008
This household name of fashion, accessories, fragrances and beauty has been a staple in high fashion since Christian Dior's "New Look" surfaced at the designer's first fashion show as an independent designer in 1947.
Diptyque
34 blvd Saint Germain
Paris 75005
01.43.26.45.27
Famous for scented candles in more than 50 fragrances—expensive but exceptional.
Estéban
49 rue de Rennes, 6th
01.45.49.09.39
A wonderful little shop with some of the most delicious scented items in Paris: home fragrances, scented candles, incense, bath products and perfume. The poudre pour aspirateur is a powder that transforms your vacuum cleaner into an ingenious fragrance diffuser.
Fragonard
39 blvd des Capucines, 2nd; 196 blvd St Germain, 7th; 51 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 4th, and others
01. 42.60.37.14; 01.42.84.12.12; 01.44.78.01.32
The famed perfume house based in Grasse, in Provence, has a handful of Paris shops offering not just dozens of fragrances, scented candles, cosmetics and soaps, but also great gifts, exquisite embroidered linens, jewelry and accessories. There’s a perfume museum at the Capucines address.
Francis Kurkdjian
9 rue du Mont Thabor
Paris 75001
01.42.60.07.07.
The parfumerie of the man who created the "scent of money" for French artist Sophie Calle, and in the summers of 2007 and 2008 he filled the fountains at the Château de Versailles with the fragrance of strawberries, melon and pears. Also offers scented bubble bath for kids and scented, monogrammed leather wristbands.
Frédéric Malle
37 rue de Grenelle, 7th; 21 rue du Mont Thabor, 1st; 140 ave Victor Hugo, 16th
01.42.22.76.40; 01.42.22.77.22; 01.45.05.39.02
Three shops offering a selection of 17 special edition perfumes created by 9 renowned “noses”. Customers can test a whiff of the fragrances vaporized in tall glass cylinders, or a unique olfactory machine at the Victor Hugo address.
Guerlain
68 ave des Champs-Elysées
Paris 75008
01.45.62.52.57
The beautiful original shop of the classic perfume and cosmetics house, opened in 1914 and renovated several years ago, with an upstairs hallway entirely covered in gold mosaic and a crystalline perfume fountain for refilling your flacons. There’s also an excellent beauty institute.
Jovoy
4 rue de Castiglione
Paris 1st
Métro: Tuileries, Concorde
01.40.20.06.19
Jovoy is dedicated to rare, exclusive and limited-edition fragrances made in small quantities by artisanal perfumers with a very selective distribution. Carrying some 60 small producers, Jovoy is possibly the largest independent purveyor in the world. Along with the perfumes of Maison Jovoy, founded in Paris in 1923 by Blanche Arvoy, the shop carries other vintage brands, contemporary labels, beautifully packaged home fragrances and scented candles.
L’Artisan Parfumeur
2 rue de l’Amiral-Coligny
Paris 75001
01.44.88.27.50
Founded in Paris in 1976, an independent perfumer whose fragrances are now sold worldwide. Good small gift items too.
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier
5 Rue des Capucines
Paris 75001
01.45.44.61.57
The independent shop launched by perfumer Jean-François Laporte (who founded L’Artisan Parfumeur), reviving the 17th-century association of perfumes and gloves, now run by his former apprentice Jean-Paul Millet Lage. Wide selection of unusual fragrances for both men and women, and gloves.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
Pasquale Bruni
2 Place Vendôme
Paris 75001
01.42.96.02.62
Luxury jewelry and accessories by Italian designer Eugenia Bruni, and a jewelry-inspired cosmetic line in partnership with By Terry makeup guru Terry de Gunzberg.
Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
Palais Royal, 142 galerie de Valois
25 rue de Valois
Paris 75001
01.49.27.09.09
Intoxicating fragrances and luxury cosmetics by master perfumer Serge Lutens, in an enchanting Palais Royal boutique.
Gifts & Souvenirs
107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
Anna Joliet
9 rue de Beaujolais, Palais Royal
Paris 75001
01.49.27.98.60
A quaint little shop selling delightful, old-fashioned wind-up music boxes.
Black Block
Palais de Tokyo
13 ave Président Wilson
Paris 16th
Métro: Iéna
01.47.23.37.04
The boutique in the Palais de Tokyo's contemporary art showcase is stocked with merchandise as edgy and subversive as the museum's exhibits: ultra-hip tee shirts, jewelry, bags, watches, CDs, limited-edition artworks and exuberantly colored sex toys.
Boutique de l’Assemblée Nationale
7 rue Aristide Briand
Paris 75007
01.40.63.00.33
The charming bookstore and gift shop of the French National Assembly (the House of Representatives), with stationery, office accessories, leather goods, tableware and games, all stamped with the Assembly logo.
Café de Flore Boutique
172 Boulevard St. Germain
Paris 75006
01.45.44.33.09
The souvenir and gift shop of the famed literary café of Saint Germain des Prés, offering its logo tableware, linens and even bistrot tables and chairs.
Chalcographie du Louvre
Librairie-Boutiques of the Musée du Louvre
Carrousel du Louvre
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.40.20.59.35
Some 13,000 prints from the Louvre's collection, printed on museum-quality paper. The most popular prints—botanical prints, maps of pre-and post-Haussmannian Paris, engravings of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt, prints from the historic galleries of Versailles—are already in stock; others can be printed to order.
La Chaise Longue
20 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Paris 75003
01.48.04.36.37
A chain of shops carrying an eclectic mix of humorous home deco items, quirky tablewear, toys, gadgets and gifts, with six other locations in Paris and others scattered throughout France.
RATP / Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
Métro station Chatelet-Les-Halles (in the RER transfer hall, 1st
The boutique of the RATP, which runs the Paris Métro and bus lines, with moderately-priced, really fun gifts and souvenirs including tableware, toys, Métro-ticket bath towels and umbrellas printed with the Métro map.
Hair Salons
Michel Brosseau
36 rue de Courcelles, 8th
01.43.59.80.40
A stylish, comfortable and welcoming hair salon with English-speaking staff. The specialty here is the dry cut, and Brosseau, who trained in London with Vidal Sassoon, sculpts hair, working with volume and proportion to create the perfect cut for every head. Women's cuts from €98, men's €45.
Home Decor & Design
107 Rivoli
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 75001
01.42.60.64.94
The excellent boutique and bookshop of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, with reproductions of museum pieces and contemporary home decor, tableware and design objects of every kind.
107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
Antoine & Lili
95 quai de Valmy; 87 rue de Seine; 17 rue du Jour
Paris 75010
01.40.37.58.14; 01.56.24.35.81; 01.40.13.08.22
One of the first fashion hot spots along the Canal Saint Martin: three adjacent stores with crayon-colored facades—hot pink for womenswear, canary yellow for kitsch home decor, lime green for kids’ clothes, toys and gifts. Now branched out into Saint Germain des Prés and the old Les Halles areas.
Artgato
5 ave du Docteur Arnold Netter
Paris 75012
01.44.73.93.13
Specialized in the art of le gateau, with kitchen accessories for professional and amateur dessert and pastry chefs, including silicone Eiffel Tower cake molds.
Arty Dandy
1 rue de Furstemberg
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.43.54.00.36
An impossibly chic gallery boutique that mixes fashion with art books, housewares, jewelry, small leather goods, sunglasses, perfumes and fine art. As in a gallery, the inventory changes constantly—clothing according to season and everything else according to whatever owner Axel Teinturier finds interesting and clever: eye-catching ornaments for the home, plush designer rugs, classic merino sweaters for men and ostrich-leather handbags for women.
Bernardaud
11 rue Royale
Paris 75008
01.47.42.82.66
The flagship store of Bernardaud, a family firm that has been producing Limoges porcelain for more than a century—classic tableware, vases, light fixtures, gifts and jewelry, along with new collections by innovative young designers.
Bonton
5 blvd des Filles du Calvaire
Paris 75003
01.42.72.34.69.
Three immense floors packed with fashion, furniture, interior accessories, toys, books, candy and cupcakes galore. Designer Valérie Mazerat has indulged her inner child to the max here, adding a cozy candy store-cum-café, a retro-style barber shop, a photo machine and cinema corner.
Chalcographie du Louvre
Librairie-Boutiques of the Musée du Louvre
Carrousel du Louvre
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.40.20.59.35
Some 13,000 prints from the Louvre's collection, printed on museum-quality paper. The most popular prints—botanical prints, maps of pre-and post-Haussmannian Paris, engravings of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt, prints from the historic galleries of Versailles—are already in stock; others can be printed to order.
Christian Lacroix
2 place Saint Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.46.33.48.95
The former couturier is back with a new boutique in Paris, where a small but opulent collection of accessories and housewares is displayed in a minimalist decor: colorful totes and silk scarves, Jackie O-style sunglasses and over-the-top necklaces, throw pillows, carafe-and-goblet sets and scented candles. No plans for a women's clothing label yet, but a raffish menswear line occupies a corner of the shop. 1/2013
Christofle
9 rue Royale
Paris 75008
01.55.27.99.00
The renowned luxury silversmith, founded in 1830, offers a full range of tableware, decorative objects and jewelry, including collections by top designers including Gio Ponti, Martin Szekely, Ora Ito and Mathieu Lehanneur.
Dehillerin
18 rue Coquillière
Paris 75001
01.42.36.53.13
The professional kitchen and culinary equipment store par excellence. It’s well worth a visit even if you’ve no intention to buy.
Ekobo
4 rue Herold
Paris 75001
01.45.08.47.43
The boutique and showroom of a French company founded in 2003, offering hand-made and ecologically friendly home decor and accessories, mostly in bamboo and bright colors.
Et Puis C'est Tout
72 rue des Martyrs
Paris 75018
01.40.23.94.02
A great collection of 1950s-1970s furniture, barware, lamps and hundreds of key chains, mostly brand-specific, logo-emblazoned and iconic models.
Forge de Laguiole
29 rue Boissy d'Anglas, 8th
01.40.06.09.75
Home of the humble shepherd's folding knife that has become a coveted and trendy accoutrement. Laguiole—pronounced la-yole—is the name of a small town in the Aveyron region of central France, and a generic name for a folding knife made in the vicinity. Whether the blade is stainless steel or high carbon, and the handle in horn, wood, ivory or the aluminum chosen by designer Philippe Starck for one luxury model, the knife made by Forges de Laguiole is a collector's dream.
Gien
18 rue de l'Arcade
Paris 75008
01.42.66.52.32
Brightly-colored faïence tableware produced in the town of Gien, in the Loiret, in central France, with dozens of traditional and contemporary patterns and motifs including Parisian scenes and Monet’s gardens at Giverny.
Gillery
97 rue des Martyrs
Paris 75018
01.42.54.75.97
Forty years of experience in the acquisition and restoration of precious antique frames, mirrors, and especially antique barometers has cinched Gillery's reputation.
Habitat
8 rue du Pont Neuf, 1st; 30 blvd des Capucines, 9th; 10 pl de la République, 11th; 42 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 12th; 11 rue de l’Arrivée (Montparnasse, 15th; 35 ave de Wagram, 17th
Central tel. 08.26.10.72.07
Paris outlets of the low-cost, high-design furniture and home decor chain founded by Terence Conran in London in 1964 and now owned by IKEA.
Haviland
6 rue Royale
Paris 75008
01.40.06.91.08
Founded in Limoges in 1842 by the American David Haviland, still a leader in fine porcelain tablewear and accessories in dozens of different patterns and styles, along with crystal, silverware and gifts.
Hermès
17 rue de Sèvres
Paris 6th
Métro:Sèvres-Babylone
01.42.22.80.83
The brand's first concept store is housed in a renovated Art Deco swimming pool on the Left Bank. Home decor occupies one-third of the space, including new ventures into wallpaper, furnishing fabrics and silk carpets. There's also a bookshop and tea salon.
HOME Autour du Monde
8 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Paris 75003
01.42.77.06.08
Furniture, lamps, bed and table linens, fabrics and interior accessories by international designers.
Homo Inventit Paradisium
8 rue Saint-Roch
Paris 1st
Métro: Tuileries
01.42.61.13.08
HIP—for Homo Inventit Paradisium, or Man Invents Paradise—is a sleek new art, design, jewelry and garden concept store with a fusion restaurant near the Tuileries Gardens. It stocks exclusive limited editions and unique glass pieces by Czech architect and designer Borek Sipek, along with Alessi and Driade kitchen utensils, Mark Brazier-Jones furniture, contemporary sculpture, avant-garde jewelry and rare orchids.
Jean-François Lesage
207 Rue Saint Honoré
Paris 75001
01.58.62.41.36.
Lesage's elegant Left Bank boutique offers exquisite pillows, throws, cushions, curtains and other fabulous home accessories all hand-embroidered by his team in Madras. Highlights have included sumptuous velvet cushions emblazoned with beetles, dragonflies and Napoleonic bees; satin throws beaded with dew-encrusted spider webs; and curtains shimmering with intricately-stitched patterns of metallic wire that resemble reflections on the surface of a lake.
L'Eclaireur
40 rue de Sévigné
Paris 75003
01.48.87.10.22.
Armand and Martine Hadida's "concept store" mixes high fashion with design, art and contemporary furniture by such hot names as Philippe Starck and the team of Garouste and Bonetti. "This is not just a shop, it's an experience," boasts Arne Quinze, the store's avant-garde designer, who, among other things, embedded the walls with 147 video screens projecting subliminal black-and-white images. The clothes include select pieces from Lanvin, Balmain, Dries Van Noten and Junya Watanabe, alongside collector items from China and other exotic corners of the world.
L'Objet Qui Parle
86 rue des Martyrs
Paris 75018
06.09.67.05.30
A wide array of finds, including gilt mirrors of all shapes and sizes, 19th-century religious icons, old school maps, antique apothecary jars, crystal-decked sconces, 1940s vintage plates from the Paris Grand Hotel, a stuffed swan, boar or crow, and a whole lot more. Don't be afraid to bargain here!
La Bonne Accroche
30 rue de Turbigo
Paris 75003
01.42.77.64.65 By appointment
A niche boutique specialized in velvet and satin clothes hangers and other luxury wardrobe accessories.
La Bovida
36 rue Montmartre
Paris 75001
01.42.36.09.99
An upmarket home kitchenware boutique with three floors devoted to wine, baking and general food preparation: designer toasters, state-of-the-art food processors, tart molds, kitchen knives, pepper grinders and gadgets galore.
La Chaise Longue
20 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Paris 75003
01.48.04.36.37
A chain of shops carrying an eclectic mix of humorous home deco items, quirky tablewear, toys, gadgets and gifts, with six other locations in Paris and others scattered throughout France.
La Maison Baccarat
11 pl des Etats-Unis
Paris 16th
Métro: Boissière
01.40.22.11.22
Housed in a splendid mansion along with the small Baccarat museum and a gorgeous restaurant, the shop displays contemporary crystal by top-name designers: stemware, vases, candelabras, jewelry, chandeliers and even furniture.
La Vaissellerie
92 rue St Antoine, 4th; 85 rue de Rennes, 6th; 80 blvd Haussmann, 8th
01.45.22.32.47; 01.42.22.61.49; 01.45.22.32.47
Simple and practical porcelain and faïence tableware, cooking utensils and other kitchenwares.
Le Petit Atelier de Paris
31 rue de Montmorency
Paris 3rd
Métro: Rambuteau
01.44.54.91.40
Ceramic artists Jae-Hyun Cheong and Stéphane Froger opened this shop in 2005, devoted to useful and beautiful porcelain for the home, created on the spot. All in white—some with their hallmark tiny gold stars—their plates, platters, bowls and egg cups are versatile enough for daily use and also function as accent pieces. Rounded wooden containers handmade in the Jura by a company that makes artisanal cheese boxes make very French gift boxes (€2–€6). Closed mid–Feb to mid–Mar.
Lieu Commun
5 rue des Filles du Calvaire
Paris 75003
01.44.54.08.30
A trendy boutique showcasing furnishings and objects by leading French designer Matali Crasset, along with sport shoes by Veja and cutting-edge music CDs.
Marina Life
34 rue Saint Dominique
Paris 7th
Métro: Ecole Militaire
01.45.55.83.15
Owner Marina de Charette has scoured France and her native Italy to find artisans making contemporary versions of age-old luxuries: made-to-measure sheets, velvet bedcovers, chunky knit blankets in softest wool, table linens, colorful rugs, silk or linen lampshades, unique furnishings and small decorative items with a very Parisian flair.
Nearly everything can be personalized in a range of colors, fabrics and designs. All items are one-of-a-kind or limited series, and can be shipped anywhere in the world.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
Mora
13 rue Montmartre
Paris 75001
01.45.08.19.24
A specialist cookware store where amateur bakers can shop alongside professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers for crêpe pans, chopping boards, cake and chocolate molds, and silicone baking pans in many shapes and sizes.
Périgot
16 blvd des Capucines
Paris 75009
01.53.40.98.90
Really useful home equipment, from feather dusters to shopping carts, and great foldup, ecologically friendly shopping bags to tuck into purse or pocket and unfold when needed.
Pierre Frey
2 bis rue de Furstenberg
Paris 75006
01.46.33.73.00
A fine fabric and wallpaper company founded in 1935, now expanded to include furniture, tableware, lamps, linens, cushions and scented candles. Along with their own exceptional Frey fabrics and wallpapers, the company now also owns distinguished fabric brands Boussac and Braquenié.
Robopolis
107 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.44.78.01.18
The city’s leading high-tech robot and cyborg specialist—kitchen equipment, household cleaners, lawn mowers and scads of toys, including a life-size Star Wars R2D2 that’s a working media center.
Spree
16 rue de La Vieuville
Paris 75018
01.42.23.41.40
A terrific inventory of big-name designers—Isabel Marant, Comme des Garçons and Tsumori Chisate—alongside labels you've never heard of. There's also a selection of accessories, jewelry, modern furniture and lighting; original artwork by local artists completes the gallery atmosphere.
Talents Etoile
22 and 26 ave Niel
75017 Paris
22 ave Niel: 01.48.88.06.58; 26 ave Niel: 01.4.40.22.80
Two of the three boutiques run by Les Ateliers d'Art de France, a federation of some 2,800 artists and crafts workers founded in 1868, now a co-owner of the major trade fair Maison & Objet, held twice a year in Paris. The shops display and sell members' wares—home decor, furniture and jewelry—all of which are one-of-a-kind or limited edition designs.
Talents Opéra
1 bis rue Scribe
Paris 75009
01.40.17.98.38
One of three boutiques run by Les Ateliers d'Art de France, a federation of some 2,800 artists and crafts workers founded in 1868, now a co-owner of the major trade fair Maison & Objet, held twice a year in Paris. The shops display and sell members' wares—home decor, furniture and jewelry—all of which are one-of-a-kind or limited edition designs.
Jewelry & Watches
107Rivoli - Les Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli
Paris 1st
Métro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre
01.42.60.64.94
Books, jewelry, fashion accessories, toys, tableware and art objects selected for their craftsmanship and relevance to contemporary design and decoration. One of the city's top museum shop, it also includes an excellent selection of books on art and design.
Black Block
Palais de Tokyo
13 ave Président Wilson
Paris 16th
Métro: Iéna
01.47.23.37.04
The boutique in the Palais de Tokyo's contemporary art showcase is stocked with merchandise as edgy and subversive as the museum's exhibits: ultra-hip tee shirts, jewelry, bags, watches, CDs, limited-edition artworks and exuberantly colored sex toys.
Breguet
6 Place Vendôme
Paris 75001
01.47.03.65.00
A luxury watchmaker founded in 1775, whose clients over the years have included Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Queen Victoria and Winston Churchill.
Christian Lacroix
2 place Saint Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.46.33.48.95
The former couturier is back with a new boutique in Paris, where a small but opulent collection of accessories and housewares is displayed in a minimalist decor: colorful totes and silk scarves, Jackie O-style sunglasses and over-the-top necklaces, throw pillows, carafe-and-goblet sets and scented candles. No plans for a women's clothing label yet, but a raffish menswear line occupies a corner of the shop. 1/2013
Dalia and Rose
9 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
Paris 75001
01.40.20.49.58
Former fashion model Clélia Moretton champions "ethical luxury" at her bijou concept store Dalia and Rose, where she showcases glamorous Aquaverde jeans, silver talisman jewelry from Niger and luxurious alpaca accessories for both sexes by the Bolivian fair-trade brand Andes Made.
Flavie Furst
16 rue de la Sourdière
Paris 75001
01.2.60.06.01
A charming shop run by husband-and-wife team Flavie and Ronald Furst—she does the delicate jewelry, he does the flamboyant handbags.
Hod
104 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
09.53.15.83.34
Hod is a kind of jewelry collective that offers handpicked pieces from fashion-savvy designers covering all the fashion bases. The current rage for delicate styles to mix and match is well represented, with necklaces, bracelets and rings dangling semiprecious stones, pearls or diamonds. The boutique’s own line—called Doh—includes stylish diamond rings gently priced at $300 to $600. Other offerings include scarves, bags and belts.
Homo Inventit Paradisium
8 rue Saint-Roch
Paris 1st
Métro: Tuileries
01.42.61.13.08
HIP—for Homo Inventit Paradisium, or Man Invents Paradise—is a sleek new art, design, jewelry and garden concept store with a fusion restaurant near the Tuileries Gardens. It stocks exclusive limited editions and unique glass pieces by Czech architect and designer Borek Sipek, along with Alessi and Driade kitchen utensils, Mark Brazier-Jones furniture, contemporary sculpture, avant-garde jewelry and rare orchids.
Junco
10 rue de Poitou
Paris 3rd
01.44.78.08.48
Jewelry designer Junco Yamada has worked out of this tiny boutique/atelier since 2003, creating some of the most imaginative and beguiling jewelry in town. One piece might feature a dramatic semiprecious gem topped by a tiny daisy, another a complex Victorian mélange of delicate chains and trinkets, reminiscent of vintage commemorative jewelry She creates two collections a year. The shop’s hours are unusual: Tue-Fri, 2-5:30 pm, Sat 11:30 am-5:30 pm.
Lalique
11 rue Royale
Paris 75008
01.53.05.12.81
World-famous crystal maker, featuring Art Nouveau-style jewelry along with crystal vases, decorative figurines and lavish chandeliers.
Médecine Douce
10 rue de Marseille
Paris 75010
01.48.03.57.28
The boutique-workshop of young avant-garde jewelry designer Marie Montaud, whose delicate work often incorporates leather, suede, feathers, shells and resins.
Montblanc
7 rue de la Paix
Paris 75002
01.58.62.48.52
Montblanc has branched out beyond diamond-encrusted fountain pens in recent years and made its mark with exclusive watches, luxe leather accessories and haute joaillerie.
Naïla de Monbrison
6 rue de Bourgogne
Paris 75007
01.47.05.11.15
A Paris pioneer in one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry designed by contemporary artists including Taher Chemirik, Chelo Sastre, Gilles Jonemann and Giorgio Vigna, Naïla de Monbrison also offers a selection of both new and antique Asian, African and Indonesian pieces.
Pasquale Bruni
2 Place Vendôme
Paris 75001
01.42.96.02.62
Luxury jewelry and accessories by Italian designer Eugenia Bruni, and a jewelry-inspired cosmetic line in partnership with By Terry makeup guru Terry de Gunzberg.
Talents Etoile
22 and 26 ave Niel
75017 Paris
22 ave Niel: 01.48.88.06.58; 26 ave Niel: 01.4.40.22.80
Two of the three boutiques run by Les Ateliers d'Art de France, a federation of some 2,800 artists and crafts workers founded in 1868, now a co-owner of the major trade fair Maison & Objet, held twice a year in Paris. The shops display and sell members' wares—home decor, furniture and jewelry—all of which are one-of-a-kind or limited edition designs.
Talents Opéra
1 bis rue Scribe
Paris 75009
01.40.17.98.38
One of three boutiques run by Les Ateliers d'Art de France, a federation of some 2,800 artists and crafts workers founded in 1868, now a co-owner of the major trade fair Maison & Objet, held twice a year in Paris. The shops display and sell members' wares—home decor, furniture and jewelry—all of which are one-of-a-kind or limited edition designs.
Van Cleef & Arpels
22-24 Place Vendôme
Paris 75001
01.53.45.35.50
The famed jewelry shop opened in 1906, after Estelle Arpels, daughter of a dealer in precious stones, married Alfred Van Cleef, scion of a family of stonecutters.
Vanessa Tugendhaft
1 rue de l'Abbaye
Paris 6th
01.46.34.35.57
A young Belgian jewelry designer who has earned worldwide fame by making the lofty diamond affordable for everyone. Her identity bracelet sets a tiny, full-cut diamond in silver or white gold on a durable nylon string, starting at about $225. Other designs include the vintage-inspired Garçonne collection, averaging $250=$650 and topping out at $2,500. 1/2013
Lingerie
Carine Gilson
18 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.43.26.46.71
Luxurious couture lingerie.
Eres
2 rue Tronchet, 8th; 40 ave Montaigne, 8th; 4 bis rue du Cherche Midi, 6th
01.47.42.28.82; 01.47.23.07.26; 01.45.44.95.54
Ultra-chic women’s swimwear and lingerie, including mix-and-match bikinis with tops and bottoms in different sizes. If you’re in the market for a sexy swimsuit, this is the place to start.
Odile de Changy
6 rue du Pont aux Choux
Paris 3rd
01.42.78.86.25
Changy opened her tiny lingerie boutique-atelier in 2009, after honing her skills with Erès and Givenchy. The lingerie is handmade in luxurious French lace and featherweight silks. Each collection has only a few models: corsets, bras, teddies, hipsters and alluring full panties. The palette is soft and romantic: mauve, violet, dove gray, pale rose, inspired by vintage underthings. Open 2-7 pm Tues-Sat. 1/2013
Men's Fashion
A.P.C.
112 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd
38 rue Madame, 8th
5 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.42.39.84.46; 01.42.22.12.77; 01.42.78.18.02
Cool and casual unisex fashion for young hipsters—dark denims, cords, tee shirts, knits—an international label launched in 1988 by French designer Jean Touitou.
Agnès b.
2-4, 6, & 19 rue du Jour, 1st
6 & 10-12 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
13 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.44.39.02.60; 01.45.08.56.56; 01.42.06.66.58
A quintessential Parisian fashion brand for men, women and children, including accessories and leather goods.
Arnys
14 rue de Sèvres
Paris 75007
01.45.48.76.99
Luxury fashion for men, opened in 1933—custom-made suits, ready-to-wear, a full range of accessories, shoes and the brand’s own cologne. Famous for the casual, band-collared Forestière jacket and limited-edition silk ties.
Arty Dandy
1 rue de Furstemberg
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.43.54.00.36
An impossibly chic gallery boutique that mixes fashion with art books, housewares, jewelry, small leather goods, sunglasses, perfumes and fine art. As in a gallery, the inventory changes constantly—clothing according to season and everything else according to whatever owner Axel Teinturier finds interesting and clever: eye-catching ornaments for the home, plush designer rugs, classic merino sweaters for men and ostrich-leather handbags for women.
Centre Commercial
2 rue de Marseille
Paris 10th
01.42.02.26.08
Near the Canal Saint Martin, a shop dedicated to fair trade, the organic and the environmentally friendly, with Danish fishermen's sweaters, Aveyronnais shepherd's leather bags, Veja sneakers made from ecological cotton and Amazonian rubber from Brazil. It's all bobo chic, contemporary and timeless.
Charvet
28 Place Vendôme
Paris 75001
01.42.60.30.75
A legendary custom shirtmaker whose clients have included Marcel Proust, Charles de Gaulle and John F. Kennedy.
Christian Lacroix
2 place Saint Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.46.33.48.95
The former couturier is back with a new boutique in Paris, where a small but opulent collection of accessories and housewares is displayed in a minimalist decor: colorful totes and silk scarves, Jackie O-style sunglasses and over-the-top necklaces, throw pillows, carafe-and-goblet sets and scented candles. No plans for a women's clothing label yet, but a raffish menswear line occupies a corner of the shop. 1/2013
Coton Doux
37 rue de Turenne, 3rd; 24 rue de la Verrerie, 4th; 68 rue Mazarine, 4th
01.40.27.03.33; 01.44.54.09.29; 01.43.29.28.82
Men’s cotton shirts, boxer shorts and pajamas at very reasonable prices.
Dalia and Rose
9 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
Paris 75001
01.40.20.49.58
Former fashion model Clélia Moretton champions "ethical luxury" at her bijou concept store Dalia and Rose, where she showcases glamorous Aquaverde jeans, silver talisman jewelry from Niger and luxurious alpaca accessories for both sexes by the Bolivian fair-trade brand Andes Made.
Damir Doma
54 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
Paris 8th
01.45.27.09.30
Damir Doma’s new Paris boutique—his only dedicated shop—echoes the Croatian-born German designer's lush, raffiné clothes. The fluid volumes and supple fabrics that seemed surprising in his men's collection are perfect for his women’s line. Soft and unconstrained yet rigorously constructed, the clothes have an intrinsic elegance without being fussy. A small selection of shoes and bags, and a lesser-priced line, Silent, round out the collection.
Dior
30 ave Montaigne
Paris 75008
This household name of fashion, accessories, fragrances and beauty has been a staple in high fashion since Christian Dior's "New Look" surfaced at the designer's first fashion show as an independent designer in 1947.
FrenchTrotters
128 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
01.44.61.00.14
This beautiful new store in the upper Marais is for devotees of timeless French chic, with a handpicked collection of exclusively French fashion brands—menswear, womenswear and a superb housewares collection. There are also books and hard-to-find European cosmetics brands.
Hermès
16 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.53.63.02.19
This "pop-up" boutique éphémère is stocked with all the usual Hermès goodies-silk scarves, cult handbags, equestrian chic and men's and women's ready-to-wear.
Hollington
9 rue Racine
Paris 6th
01.43.25.54.79
Designer Patric Hollington, an Irishman in Paris, bucks the trends in favor of his own appealing mix of classic and modern menswear. His garments are comfortable, versatile and distinctive; they also stand the test of time, both in terms of style and quality. A bonus for Americans, the clothes come in ample sizes for larger and/or taller men. The shop also carries hats, scarves, Aran Isle sweaters, cashmere socks, leather gloves and bags, and all-weather overcoats.
IKKS
114 ave de Champs Elysées
Paris 75008
01.53.76.21.51
The flagship shop for IKKS (the pronunciation of the letter X in French)—first launched in 1987 as a junior line, IKKS now has 230 outlets worldwide for its cool and casual urban attire for men, women, boys and girls.
Jean-Baptiste Rautureau
24 rue de Grenelle, 7th
01.45.49.95.83
Male dandies looking to make a louder fashion statement head here for wilder styles such as python loafers and cowboy boots emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes.
Loft Design By...
20 rue Yvonne Le Tac
Paris 75018
01.42.51.39.10
Sophisticated ladies, urban dandies and their cool kids will find top quality, wearable clothes in chic but classic styles at an affordable price here.
Madelios
23 blvd de la Madeleine, 1st
01.53.45.00.00
A slightly conservative multi-brand shop for menswear and accessories.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
Michael Tapia
8 rue de Picardie, 3rd
01.42.71.08.75 By appointment only
Cool but classic menswear from California-born designer Tapia, inspired by sharply dressed jazz icons John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
Paul Smith
22-24 blvd Raspail, 7th; 3 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 8th
01.53.63.05.74; 01.42.68.27.10
Quirky British designer Paul Smith offers men’s clothing and shoes on the Boulevard Raspail, and fashion for both men and women on the Faubourg Saint Honoré.
Sergio Rossi
22 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.84.07.24
Offers a range of classic men's brogues and tasseled leather moccasins complete with elegant wallets and travel bags to match.
Shoji Yohji
4 rue Cambon
Paris 75001
01.40.20.00.71
Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto’s huge, three-story Paris flagship store—the decor is white-cube minimalist but the shop offers his full range of ready-to-wear and accessories for men and women.
Thomsen Shirts
98 rue de Turenne
Paris 75003
01.42.71.54.15.
Alix Thomsen joined forces with Parisian nightclub impresario Lionel Bensemoun and Franck Cohen (who launched American Apparel in France) to designing the trio's own shirts, creating a collection of affordable and versatile precision-cut chemises. Both the women's and men's collections revolve around an assortment of checks, casual denims and Liberty prints.
Uniqlo
17 rue Scribe
Paris 75009
01.58.18.30.55
Think military-style coats, soft cashmere knits and precision-cut white shirts at utopian prices.
Zadig & Voltaire
20 rue de Turenne, 40 blvd Haussmann, both in 4th
1 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
01.42.71.81.12; 01.45.48.39.37; 01.53.16.17.57
Super-casual and cool, androgenous looks for men and women, along with cashmere and knitwear, accessories and childrenswear.
Zara
374 rue Saint Honoré, 1st; 45 rue de Rennes, 6th; 44 ave des Champs-Elysées, 8th
01.55.35.15.70; 01.44.39.03.50; 01.56.59.97.10
Just a few of many Paris outlets of the Spanish chain, offering young and trendy fashion at bargain prices—for women only at the Saint Honoré address, men and women at Rennes and the Champs-Elysées, which also has childrenswear.
Shoes
Aigle
33 ave des Champs Elysées
Paris 8th
01.45.63.97.57
Aigle’s new bar à bottes (boot bar) is the French company’s largest boutique to date, offering its full line of rubber boots. The 100 or so rainbow-hued models on display represent Aigle’s history as Europe’s leading rubber boot-maker—its boots have been handmade in France since 1853. The company's once humble utilitarian boot is now a high-fashion accessory, and each season brings a new limited-edition model, like French designer agnès b.’s jaunty striped bottine for spring.
Avril Gau
17 rue des Quatres Vents
Paris 6th
Métro: Odéon
01.43.29.49.04
If you’ve worn shoes by Robert Clergerie, Chanel, Charles Jourdan or Stéphane Kélian in the last 20 years, chances are you’ve worn Avril Gau's handiwork. Her new boutique in Saint Germain des Prés is the first dedicated to her own label of shoes, bags and gloves, and it’s earning rave reviews from Parisian fashion mavens. Her sleek pumps, sandals and ballerina flats in top-quality leather, reptile and lambskin are a welcome departure from currently ubiquitous platform stilettos.
Berluti
171 blvd Saint Germain, 6th; 26 rue Marbeuf, 8th
01.42.22.04.10; 01.53.93.97.97
The finest in men’s shoes, both custom-made and ready-to-wear, designed by fourth-generation shoemaker extraordinaire Olga Berluti. The custom shoes are all hand-made in Berluti’s Paris workshop, and the boutiques also carry handsome leather bags and accessories.
Bruno Frisoni
34 rue de Grenelle, 7th
01.42.84.12.30
Frisoni presents his fantasy creations as objets d'art in the shop windows and works like a couturier, adorning his ultra-glamorous-and ultra-expensive-shoes with plumes, crystals, ribbons and hand-sewn pearls.
Christian Louboutin
38/40 rue de Grenelle
Paris 7th
01.42.22.33.07
The flamboyant Parisian shoemaker, credited with bringing the stiletto back into fashion, has created red carpet footwear for celebrities including Catherine Deneuve, Princess Caroline, Angelina Jolie and Madonna.
Corthay
1 rue Volney, 2nd
01.42.61.08.89
Custom-made and ready-to-wear men’s shoes designed by Corthay, a former designer for Berluti.
Iris
28 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.22.89.81
Boasts the best multi-brand selection in town, with hot-off-the-runway heels by designers including John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Véronique Branquinho and maverick Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf.
Jean-Baptiste Rautureau
24 rue de Grenelle, 7th
01.45.49.95.83
Male dandies looking to make a louder fashion statement head here for wilder styles such as python loafers and cowboy boots emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes.
L.K. Bennett
31 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.22.20.80
This quintessential London brand strikes a perfect balance between footwear that's bang-on-trend, like low-cut ankle boots, yet sensible enough to wear to the office, like ballerina pumps in patent leather.
Michael Kors
279 rue Saint-Honoré
Paris 1st
Métro: Madeleine/Concorde
01.70.36.44.40
The opening of Michael Kors's first store in Paris coincided with his 30th anniversary in the business. His glittering boutique on the rue Saint Honoré is already a hit—an impressive showcase for the all-American Kors blend of classic lines and forthright glamour. The first floor houses bags, shoes and accessories, along with the more affordable “everyday” line; stars from the latest runway collection are upstairs, with prices starting at around €1,000. A welcoming staff makes shopping here a pleasure.
Pierre Hardy
Palais Royal, 156 galerie de Valois, (15 rue de Valois), 1st
01.42.60.59.75
At arty shop with a neon-tube wall, where designer Hardy offers his vertiginous heels, limited-edition sneakers and other shoes and bags for men and women.
Repetto
22 rue de la Paix
Paris 75002
01.44.71.83.20
A dancewear line created in 1947 by Rose Repetto, mother of French dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, now branched out into children’s clothing and women’s street shoes, including the famous ballerina flats originally designed for Brigitte Bardot.
Repetto
22 rue de la Paix
Paris 2nd
Métro: Opéra
01.44.71.83.12
In 1956 Bridget Bardot visited the Repetto workshop to ask the famed makers of ballet slippers to make her a pair of shoes as comfortable as those she wore as a ballerina at the Paris Conservatory, and the Repetto ballet flat was born. Now, at the original boutique on rue de la Paix, Repetto offers a custom-made service for this beloved shoe. 250 color choices for the leather uppers and 100 for the grosgrain border and bow. Shoes take three weeks to make, cost €280 a pair, can be shipped anywhere in the world.
See by Chloé Shoes
54/56 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 8th
01.44.94.33.00
Shoes from Chloé’s junior line See by Chloé: ballerinas, platform heels, suede moccasins and funky “jelly” shoes for the beach—young and fun, at grownup prices.
Sergio Rossi
22 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.84.07.24
Offers a range of classic men's brogues and tasseled leather moccasins complete with elegant wallets and travel bags to match.
Stationery
Calligrane
4-6 rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
Paris 75004
01.48.04.71.60
Three adjoining small shops in the Marais district, devoted to paper, pens and writing of all sorts—stationery and craftsmanship deluxe.
Georges & Co.
90 rue du Bac
Paris 7th
Métro: Rue du Bac
09.81.32.33.74
The lustrous shop on the boutique-lined rue du Bac is devoted to the highest-quality contemporary materials manufactured in France and Europe for correspondence, diary-keeping, calligraphy, announcements, invitations and anything else that involves writing by hand. There’s an “ink bar” with refillable bottles in a rainbow of colors, a section for deluxe leather goods—notebooks, diaries, agendas, address books—and a tempting array of pens, elegant paper and envelopes in various weights and colors.
Le Carré d’Encre
13 bis rue des Mathurins
Paris 75009
The place for glamorous writing! For spring/summer 2010, customers can snap up limited-edition Lanvin goodies designed by Lanvin artistic director Alber Elbaz himself for La Poste including special stamps, notebooks, pencils and stylish glass-dome paperweights.
Women’s Fashion
A.P.C.
112 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd
38 rue Madame, 8th
5 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.42.39.84.46; 01.42.22.12.77; 01.42.78.18.02
Cool and casual unisex fashion for young hipsters—dark denims, cords, tee shirts, knits—an international label launched in 1988 by French designer Jean Touitou.
Abou d’Abi Bazar
125 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd; 15 rue Soufflot, 5th
01.42.71.13.26; 01.42.77.96.98
A hip multi-brand shop offering a selection of womenswear and accessories from such labels as Isabelle Marant, Antik Batik, Stella Forest, Iro, Seven and Les Bijoux de Sophie.
Agnès b.
2-4, 6, & 19 rue du Jour, 1st
6 & 10-12 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
13 rue de Marseille, 10th
01.44.39.02.60; 01.45.08.56.56; 01.42.06.66.58
A quintessential Parisian fashion brand for men, women and children, including accessories and leather goods.
Antik Batik
18 rue de Turenne, 4th; 113 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd; 26 rue Saint Sulpice, 6th
01.44.78.02.00; 01.48.87.39.46; 01.44.07.68.53
Fashionistas love the chic bohemian looks, brilliant colors and exotic ethnic touches designed by Italian-born Parisienne Gabriella Cortese, whose shops also offer jewelry, shoes, accessories and childrenswear.
Antoine & Lili
95 quai de Valmy; 87 rue de Seine; 17 rue du Jour
Paris 75010
01.40.37.58.14; 01.56.24.35.81; 01.40.13.08.22
One of the first fashion hot spots along the Canal Saint Martin: three adjacent stores with crayon-colored facades—hot pink for womenswear, canary yellow for kitsch home decor, lime green for kids’ clothes, toys and gifts. Now branched out into Saint Germain des Prés and the old Les Halles areas.
Arty Dandy
1 rue de Furstemberg
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon
01.43.54.00.36
An impossibly chic gallery boutique that mixes fashion with art books, housewares, jewelry, small leather goods, sunglasses, perfumes and fine art. As in a gallery, the inventory changes constantly—clothing according to season and everything else according to whatever owner Axel Teinturier finds interesting and clever: eye-catching ornaments for the home, plush designer rugs, classic merino sweaters for men and ostrich-leather handbags for women.
Balenciaga
10 ave George V
Paris 75008
If Nicolas Ghesquière's shining reputation for women's fashion weren't enough, the fashion house partnered with star Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2010 for the creation and marketing of their first new scent in over ten years.
Bastien de Almeida
46 rue La Condamine
Paris 17th
01.42.93.54.70
In Paris's Batignolles trendy district, a shop carrying stunning American vintage fashion as well as specialized books and DVDs. It even offers sewing classes. Closed Sun-Mon.
Bruno Frisoni
34 rue de Grenelle, 7th
01.42.84.12.30
Frisoni presents his fantasy creations as objets d'art in the shop windows and works like a couturier, adorning his ultra-glamorous-and ultra-expensive-shoes with plumes, crystals, ribbons and hand-sewn pearls.
Cadolle Couture
255 rue Saint Honoré
Paris 75001
01.42.60.94.94 By appointment only
A venerable shop long known for made-to-measure lingerie and corsets. There’s also a ready-to-wear boutique nearby at 4 rue Cambon, 01.42.60.94.22.
Carven
34 rue Saint-Sulpice
Paris 6th
Métro: Mabillon/Saint-Sulpice
01.43.54.78.72
The venerable fashion house Carven, best known for the perfume Ma Griffe, has opened its first womenswear boutique, on Paris’s Left Bank near Saint Sulpice. Founded in 1945, the Carven label had dropped off the fashion map until its revival in 2009 with artistic director Guillaume Henry at the helm. Henry injects the line with a vibrant sex appeal that’s smart, wearable and distinctly feminine, and with couture-quality craftsmanship, the clothes are astonishingly well priced.
Catherine Malandrino
10 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75006
01.42.22.26.95
Cutting-edge womenswear channeling Manhattan energy and Paris style.
Centre Commercial
2 rue de Marseille
Paris 10th
01.42.02.26.08
Near the Canal Saint Martin, a shop dedicated to fair trade, the organic and the environmentally friendly, with Danish fishermen's sweaters, Aveyronnais shepherd's leather bags, Veja sneakers made from ecological cotton and Amazonian rubber from Brazil. It's all bobo chic, contemporary and timeless.
Chanel
31 rue Cambon
Paris 1st
Métro: Concorde
01.42.86.26.00
The famous flagship Chanel couture house and boutique, with its mirrored staircase wall. Ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics. A lavish new boutique on the Avenue Montaigne that opened in 2012 is inspired by Coco Chanel's rue Cambon apartment. 51 ave Montaigne, 8th. 01.44.50.73.00.
Comme des Garcons
31 rue Debelleyme, 3rd; 17 rue La Vieuville, 18th
01.42.72.15.12; 01.53.41.66.19
Mini boutiques where Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo offers tee shirts, knitwear, leather good and perfumes from her Comme des Garcons label.
Dalia and Rose
9 rue du Marché Saint-Honoré
Paris 75001
01.40.20.49.58
Former fashion model Clélia Moretton champions "ethical luxury" at her bijou concept store Dalia and Rose, where she showcases glamorous Aquaverde jeans, silver talisman jewelry from Niger and luxurious alpaca accessories for both sexes by the Bolivian fair-trade brand Andes Made.
Damir Doma
54 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
Paris 8th
01.45.27.09.30
Damir Doma’s new Paris boutique—his only dedicated shop—echoes the Croatian-born German designer's lush, raffiné clothes. The fluid volumes and supple fabrics that seemed surprising in his men's collection are perfect for his women’s line. Soft and unconstrained yet rigorously constructed, the clothes have an intrinsic elegance without being fussy. A small selection of shoes and bags, and a lesser-priced line, Silent, round out the collection.
Didier Ludot
Palais Royal, 125 galerie de Valois
Paris 75001
01.40.15.01.04
The best source in town for top-quality designer-label vintage fashion.
Dior
30 ave Montaigne
Paris 75008
This household name of fashion, accessories, fragrances and beauty has been a staple in high fashion since Christian Dior's "New Look" surfaced at the designer's first fashion show as an independent designer in 1947.
Dries Van Noten
7 quai Malaquais
Paris 75006
01.44.27.00.40
In a splendid 17th-century building on the quay of the Left Bank, the Belgian designer’s elegant boutique is fitted out like the drawing rooms of an aristocratic apartment, with antique and modern design furniture and ornate Japanese cabinets. It all looks as expensive as the clothes.
Dupleks
83 quai de Valmy
Paris 75010
01.42.06.15.08
A multi-brand womenswear shop with an ethnic and ecological bent, carrying such cutting-edge French and international labels as Veja, the British-Peruvian Ciel and rising American star Anna Cohen.
Eres
2 rue Tronchet, 8th; 40 ave Montaigne, 8th; 4 bis rue du Cherche Midi, 6th
01.47.42.28.82; 01.47.23.07.26; 01.45.44.95.54
Ultra-chic women’s swimwear and lingerie, including mix-and-match bikinis with tops and bottoms in different sizes. If you’re in the market for a sexy swimsuit, this is the place to start.
FrenchTrotters
128 rue Vieille du Temple
Paris 3rd
01.44.61.00.14
This beautiful new store in the upper Marais is for devotees of timeless French chic, with a handpicked collection of exclusively French fashion brands—menswear, womenswear and a superb housewares collection. There are also books and hard-to-find European cosmetics brands.
Hermès
16 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.53.63.02.19
This "pop-up" boutique éphémère is stocked with all the usual Hermès goodies-silk scarves, cult handbags, equestrian chic and men's and women's ready-to-wear.
Hermès
17 rue de Sèvres
Paris 6th
Métro:Sèvres-Babylone
01.42.22.80.83
The brand's first concept store is housed in a renovated Art Deco swimming pool on the Left Bank. Home decor occupies one-third of the space, including new ventures into wallpaper, furnishing fabrics and silk carpets. There's also a bookshop and tea salon.
IKKS
114 ave de Champs Elysées
Paris 75008
01.53.76.21.51
The flagship shop for IKKS (the pronunciation of the letter X in French)—first launched in 1987 as a junior line, IKKS now has 230 outlets worldwide for its cool and casual urban attire for men, women, boys and girls.
Iris
28 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.22.89.81
Boasts the best multi-brand selection in town, with hot-off-the-runway heels by designers including John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Véronique Branquinho and maverick Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf.
Kookaï
70 rue Saint Antoine, 4th; 3 rue des Canettes, 6th; 21 ave des Ternes, 17th
01.42.78.10.63; 01.43.29.88.58; 01.45.72.53.41
A chain of small boutiques all over town, offering young, colorful takes on cool street fashion at reasonable prices.
L'Eclaireur
8 rue Boissy d'Anglas, 8th; 10 rue Herold, 1st; 3 ter rue des Rosiers, 4th; 12 rue Malher, 4th
01.53.43.03.70; 01.40.41.09.89; 01.48.87.10.22; 01.44.54.22.11
A small chain of multi-brand fashion emporiums carrying labels as Ann Demeulemeester, Martin Margiela, Dries van Noten, Carol Christian Poell, Paul Harden, Gustavo Lins, Carpe Diem, Junya Watanabe and Comme des Garçons.
L'Eclaireur
40 rue de Sévigné
Paris 75003
01.48.87.10.22.
Armand and Martine Hadida's "concept store" mixes high fashion with design, art and contemporary furniture by such hot names as Philippe Starck and the team of Garouste and Bonetti. "This is not just a shop, it's an experience," boasts Arne Quinze, the store's avant-garde designer, who, among other things, embedded the walls with 147 video screens projecting subliminal black-and-white images. The clothes include select pieces from Lanvin, Balmain, Dries Van Noten and Junya Watanabe, alongside collector items from China and other exotic corners of the world.
L.K. Bennett
31 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.22.20.80
This quintessential London brand strikes a perfect balance between footwear that's bang-on-trend, like low-cut ankle boots, yet sensible enough to wear to the office, like ballerina pumps in patent leather.
La Petite Robe Noire
Palais Royal, 125 galerie de Valois
Paris 75001
01.40.15.01.04
Renowned purveyor of vintage couture in his main shop nearby, Didier Ludot here offers his own line of retro-look Little Black Dresses and accessories.
Lacoste
53 rue de Passy
Paris 16th
Métro: Passy, La Muette
01.45.27.49.32
Lacoste has launched its first boutique exclusively for women in Paris’s tony 16th arrondissement. The gleaming contemporary shop opened just in time to show off the Spring/Summer 2012 collection by Lacoste’s new creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista. Baptista’s first collection combines plenty of sex appeal in the form of deeply slit long skirts and filmy tops, but there’s still plenty of sporty fun: the latest version of the classic tennis shirt colors the iconic crocodile in the flags of 16 different nations.
Le Comptoir des Cotonniers
17 rue de la Paix, 2nd; 33 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 4th; 47 rue de Rennes, 6th; 31 rue Tronchet, 8th
01.47.03.32.06; 01.42.76.95.33; 01.42.22.58.53; 01.42.65.17.97
A chain of boutiques—more than 25 in Paris—with simple, stylish fashion at reasonable prices, aimed at both mothers and daughters.
Le Dépôt-Vente de Buci
4 rue Bourbon Le Château
Paris 75006
01.46.34.28.28
One of the best of the city’s many consignment shops, offering second-hand and vintage fashion.
Les 3 Marches de Catherine B
1 rue Guisarde
Paris 75006
01.43.54.74.18
Vintage clothing and accessories for men and women, including such couture labels as Hermès, Chanel and Vuitton.
Loft Design By...
20 rue Yvonne Le Tac
Paris 75018
01.42.51.39.10
Sophisticated ladies, urban dandies and their cool kids will find top quality, wearable clothes in chic but classic styles at an affordable price here.
Maje
24 rue Saint Sulpice
Paris 75006
01.43.26.06.88
Trendy Parisian womenswear brand catering to the world's femmes fatales of fashion.
Merci
111 blvd Beaumarchais
Paris 75003
01.42.77.00.33
A four-story boutique complex in the upper Marais that includes a florist shop, used bookstore, designer and vintage clothing for men, women and children, accessories, kitchenware, design furniture and flea market finds—and a restaurant. Designers including Stella McCartney and Paul Smith offer customized versions of items from their collections at more accessible prices, and profits go to a charity for disadvantaged children.
Michael Kors
279 rue Saint-Honoré
Paris 1st
Métro: Madeleine/Concorde
01.70.36.44.40
The opening of Michael Kors's first store in Paris coincided with his 30th anniversary in the business. His glittering boutique on the rue Saint Honoré is already a hit—an impressive showcase for the all-American Kors blend of classic lines and forthright glamour. The first floor houses bags, shoes and accessories, along with the more affordable “everyday” line; stars from the latest runway collection are upstairs, with prices starting at around €1,000. A welcoming staff makes shopping here a pleasure.
Montaigne Market
57 ave Montaigne
Paris 8th
Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt
01.42.56.58.58
The first shop in Paris to bring the revived concept of multi-brand boutiques to the haute couture lineup on the Avenue Montaigne, offering a hot and hip selection of womenswear from trendy jeans to Miu Miu, Proenza Schouler, Marc Jacobs and Behnaz Sarafpour.
n15 Concept Store
15 pl du Marché Saint Honoré
Paris 1st
01.42.86.92.76
This new concept store mixes outstanding vintage couture with the latest in prêt-à-porter and accessories, in a stunning two-story, sleekly modern boutique. Pristine vintage pieces from Yves St. Laurent, Gucci, Chanel and others blend with new separates from Paris-based designers such as Martin Grant and Lucien Pellat-Finet. Accessories include shoes, bags and jewelry.
Paul & Joe
2 ave Montaigne
Paris 75008
01.47.20.57.50
Slightly more upscale and pricier womenswear, handbags, shoes, lingerie, scented candles and cosmetics from designer Sophie Albou, whose casual collections for men, women and children, launched in 1995 and named for her two sons, are now found worldwide.
Paul Smith
22-24 blvd Raspail, 7th; 3 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 8th
01.53.63.05.74; 01.42.68.27.10
Quirky British designer Paul Smith offers men’s clothing and shoes on the Boulevard Raspail, and fashion for both men and women on the Faubourg Saint Honoré.
Paule Ka
223 rue Saint Honoré, 1st; 20 rue Mahler, 4th; 192 blvd Saint Germain, 7th; 45 rue François 1er, 8th
01.40.29.03.06; 01.40.29.96.03; 01.45.44.92.60; 01.47.20.76.10
Elegant women’s fashion by Franco-Brazilian designer Serge Cajfinger, who says his muses are Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jackie Onassis. Socialist politician Ségolène Royal is one of his many loyal customers.
Princesse Tam-Tam
4 rue du Marché Saint Honoré, 1st; 20 rue Saint Antoine, 4th; 52 blvd Saint Michel, 6th; 53 rue Bonaparte, 6th; 70 rue Saint Dominique, 7th; 25-27 rue Tronchet, 8th
01.42.86.52.46; 01.42.77.27.38; 01.40.51.72.99; 01.43.29.01.91; 01.40.62.72.35; 01.40.17.07.41
A large chain of small shops offering cute lingerie and trend-setting bikinis for the young, small-busted and slim-hipped.
Quidam de Revel
24-26 rue de Poitou
Paris 75003
01.42.71.37.07
Vintage fashions, including great 1960s finds from Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin.
Ra
14 rue de la Corderie
Paris 3rd
Métro: Temple
01.42.74.04.07
A fabulous concept boutique Paris’s Haut Marais where clothes are displayed on a curtained mini-stage, jewelry is in a stylized coffin and the mannequins seem ready to speak, as if right off a Jean Cocteau movie set. Some of the shop’s limited-edition pieces are closest in spirit to theatrical costumes, but there are plenty of outstanding everyday pieces, along with some fairly wacky headgear, handmade leather goods, a small vintage collection and a bookstore.
Réciproque
95 rue de la Pompe
Paris 75016
01.47.04.30.28
One of the best of the city’s consignment shops, offering vintage and second-hand women’s designer fashion.
Renaud Pellegrino
42 rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
01.42.84.12.45
Known for exquisite clutch bags.
Shoji Yohji
4 rue Cambon
Paris 75001
01.40.20.00.71
Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto’s huge, three-story Paris flagship store—the decor is white-cube minimalist but the shop offers his full range of ready-to-wear and accessories for men and women.
Sonia Rykiel
175 blvd Saint Germain, 6th
01.49.54.60.60
The big flagship store of the grande dame of Paris ready-to-wear, with the label’s full range of womenswear, accessories and perfumes.
Spree
16 rue de La Vieuville
Paris 75018
01.42.23.41.40
A terrific inventory of big-name designers—Isabel Marant, Comme des Garçons and Tsumori Chisate—alongside labels you've never heard of. There's also a selection of accessories, jewelry, modern furniture and lighting; original artwork by local artists completes the gallery atmosphere.
Stella Cadente
93 quai de Valmy
Paris 75010
01.42.09.27.00
Whimsical, ultra-feminine fashion—often accented with beading, sequins, feathers or rhinestones—by Ukrainian-born designer Stanislassia Klein, along with great accessories and vintage-style lingerie.
Stella McCartney
114-121 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal
Paris 1st
01.47.03.03.80
British designer Stella McCartney opened her first Paris store in the Palais Royal in 2008. Conceived according to the same environmentally friendly principles that influence her collections, it boasts an interior that mixes Japanese ash, bronze-veined marble and ceramic tiles she designed herself. Highlights of the collection include sexy lace tops, cork-soled wedges and gorgeous silk draped dresses.
Sztark Vintage
4 bis rue d’Uzès
Paris 75002
01.42.36.87.97
High-quality second-hand womenswear, from sundresses to fur coats, selected by eagle-eyed vintage specialist Delphine Sztarkman.
Thierry Mugler
49 ave de l’Opéra
Paris 75001
01.53.05.25.87
The Mugler brand’s Paris boutique, with perfumes and cosmetics, accessories and ready-to-wear now designed by Rosemary Rodriguez.
Thomsen Shirts
98 rue de Turenne
Paris 75003
01.42.71.54.15.
Alix Thomsen joined forces with Parisian nightclub impresario Lionel Bensemoun and Franck Cohen (who launched American Apparel in France) to designing the trio's own shirts, creating a collection of affordable and versatile precision-cut chemises. Both the women's and men's collections revolve around an assortment of checks, casual denims and Liberty prints.
Uniqlo
17 rue Scribe
Paris 75009
01.58.18.30.55
Think military-style coats, soft cashmere knits and precision-cut white shirts at utopian prices.
Vanessa Bruno
100 rue Vieille du Temple, 3rd; at Le Printemps, 9th
01.42.77.19.41
Elegant, ultra-wearable womenswear by the quintessentially Parisian designer Vanessa Bruno, including sassy little dresses, pleat-and-drape pants, flattering tops and great slouchy leather bags.
Yves Saint Laurent
6 pl Saint-Sulpice
Paris 6th
01.43.29.43.00
The main womenswear store of the company founded by the late designer, known for the fashion revolution that put women into pants suits and sexy smoking jackets.
Zadig & Voltaire
20 rue de Turenne, 40 blvd Haussmann, both in 4th
1 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th
01.42.71.81.12; 01.45.48.39.37; 01.53.16.17.57
Super-casual and cool, androgenous looks for men and women, along with cashmere and knitwear, accessories and childrenswear.
Zara
374 rue Saint Honoré, 1st; 45 rue de Rennes, 6th; 44 ave des Champs-Elysées, 8th
01.55.35.15.70; 01.44.39.03.50; 01.56.59.97.10
Just a few of many Paris outlets of the Spanish chain, offering young and trendy fashion at bargain prices—for women only at the Saint Honoré address, men and women at Rennes and the Champs-Elysées, which also has childrenswear.