Fashion Friday

 Spring may seem far away but Paris boutiques are gearing up even as winter sales are still going strong.

 

 Soldes d'Hiver 2025

Ends Tuesday February 4

 

Floral Friday

 

A full head of flowers reflected in a mirror at a Marais hat shop.

 

Museum Monday

 

A bride stands before the largest painting in the Louvre, Les Noces de Cana, The Wedding at Cana, by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588).

 

Fabriqué en France Friday

Made In France - Fabriqué en France:

A unique exhibition traces the history of textiles in France with a remarkable collection of fabrics, from the modest to the luxurious. 

  Archives Nationales - Hotel de Soubise

60 rue des Francs Bourgeois 75003

 

 Ends January 27, 2025

 

Tower Tuesday

 

 

Playful display of Eiffel Towers decorate the windows of Le Bon Marché (Rive Gauche) department store.

 

 

 

Mocha Monday

 A warming café crème on a gray September morning.

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Today begins PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

Ends October 1, 2024 

 

Some of the best people spotting cafés:

 

Café de Flore

 

Café Les Deux Magots

 

La Perle

 

Café Marly

 

Café de l'Esplenade

 

L'Avenue

 

 

 

 

Fashion Friday

 

A dress in a window on a Paris back street.

 

Throwback Thursday

 

 

From recent Iris Van Herpen exhibition at Musée des Arts Décoratifs.

 

 

Excess baggage

A gigantic Louis Vuitton suitcase covers the main LVMH store on the Champs-Élysées.

 

House of Van Herpen

 

 

This extraordinary Dutch fashion designer has been hailed as a "visionary" whose "creations merge pioneering techniques and luxurious materials, often evoking a sense of avant-garde wonder."
 
 IRIS VAN HERPEN - Sculpting the Senses

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli 75001

 
Ends April 28, 2024

 

 

Tail feather Tuesday

 

 

A man decked out for the day in his finest plumes.

 

Matching colors

This woman's colors perfectly match the surroundings.

 

Café calm

 

Paris cafés are more than a place to sit down to enjoy a coffee. They are a way of life and a part of what makes this city so special.

 

 

Fashion Friday

 

 

  

New: stunning spaces devoted entirely to quality vintage clothing

 

Printemps Department Store

 7th Floor

64 Boulevard Haussmann 75009

Fashion Friday

 Spring fashion collections bursting with color fill Paris windows and stores. 

 

Thank you Thursday

 
This concept space showcasing fashion, arts de table and interior design, has a très agréable coffee shop-tea room and downstairs, a restaurant.

 

MERCI

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 75003 

 

Sumptuous Saturday

Her designs were eccentric, uniquely glamorous. Think Mae West, Salvador Dalí, Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli

 Musée des Arts Décoratifs
 107 rue de Rivoli 75001

Ends January 22, 2023

 

 

 

More Dior

 

 

The Christian Dior exhibition is a must-see during Paris Fashion Week.

 

La Galerie Dior

 

 

Fashion weak

 

 

Starting today until Tuesday October 4 fashionistas from all over the world will be all over the city.

Paris Fashion Week

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- Tomorrow: glimpses from the Christian Dior retrospective -

Dior days

 

The Dior Exhibition, a mustn't-miss during upcoming Fashion Week.

La Galerie Dior