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Only in Paris
Paris is one of the world's best shopping destinations for cutting edge fashion as well as tiny, one-of-a-kind stores. Where else can you find an entire shop devoted to selling 36 varieties of honey, or tiny, jewel-like chocolates? iTravel iShop showcases some of the best of what Paris has to offer.
Colette
Colette is the original Parisian concept store. Under one roof, customers can browse through the latest designer clothes, makeup and accessories as well as sip cocktails, see an art exhibit and purchase design books. Named for the French writer, the store carries clothing from Hussein Chalayan and Lucien Pellat-Finet, Bumble + Bumble hair products, and innovative wallpaper. On any given day, you're as likely to see writer Plum Sykes reading from Bergdorf Blondes, as well as a film by the Neistat brothers.
Colette
213, Rue
Saint-Honoré
Paris
Phone: +33 1 55 35 33 90
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Perhaps more than any other store, Chanel is synonymous with Paris. The flagship store is suitably chic, offering valet parking. Staff scurries around discreetly, offering shoppers tiny cups of espresso and mineral water. Inside, the interior is sleek and streamlined, with only the minimal amount of clothing displayed (stock is stored behind sliding wooden partitions). The rue Cambon location is for haute couture and pret-a-porter, and next door is also the former townhouse of Coco Chanel.
Chanel
31 Rue Cambon
Paris
Phone:
+33 1 42 86 28 00
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Goyard
Goyard makes some of the most expensive and exquisite luggage on the market. In business for over 150 years, Goyard has made luggage for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and various 19th century maharaja. At its Parisian location, everything from wallets, tote bags and steamer trunks is available, and the displays include luggage once owned by the Duchess of Windsor.
Goyard
233, Rue Saint Honore
Paris
Phone: +33 1 42 60 57 04
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Looking for a new
fragrance? Forget about department store clerks attacking you
with perfume. At Editions de Parfums, which opened in 2000,
Frédéric Malle has created a sleek, streamlined space which
showcases just 14 scents from nine perfumers. The shop, which was
designed by Andrée Puttman, is lined with bookshelves and dotted
with leather chairs and black and white portraits of the
perfumers. Customers enter six glass enclosed pods to sample the
scents in a virgin environment, and the finished perfume is
wrapped in red tissue paper and packaged in a black box.
Editions de Parfums
Frédéric Malle
37 Rue de Grenelle
Paris
Phone: +33 1 42 22 77 22
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Cassegrain
Cassegrain has been creating beautiful stationery since 1919.
The tiny store offers engraved personal
correspondence notes, wedding invitations and business cards. The
more affordable options are the leather goods and desk
accessories.
Cassegrain
422, Rue Saint Honoré
Paris
Phone: + 33 1 42 60 20
08
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Charvet
Charvet is perhaps the only shirt maker in the world that offers 400 different shades of white. Charvet shirts rival the best of British tailoring, and famous clients include John F. Kennedy, the Duke of Windsor and Charles De Galle. The ground floor level sells ready to wear pajamas, robes, bowties and pocket squares with the perfect amount of stiffness. The third floor is where custom made shirts are whipped up, and the small room is crowded with bolts of every imagineable type of cloth, from sea-island and Egyptian cotton to silks, linens, denim and gabardine. Bespoke shirts take four weeks to complete and measurements are kept on file for life.
Charvet
28 Place Vendôme
Paris
Phone: +33 1 42 60 30 70
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Fauchon is a food lover's paradise.
Think of it as the Fortnum and Mason of Paris or the original
Dean & Deluca. This legendary gourmet shop, established in
1886, is where Parisians stock up on fois gras, cheese, pastry
and fruit. Everything is beautifully packaged, and you'll be hard
pressed to leave the store without opening your wallet. The gift
baskets make an ideal gift for foodies.
Fauchon
28 Place de la Madeleine
Paris
Phone: +33 1 47 42 60 11
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Every woman needs a little black
dress (or two) in her closet. In the category of “Why didn't
anyone think of this before?” is the tiny shop La Petite Robe
Noire, located in an arcade just off the Grand Palais. The shop,
owned by Didier Ludot, features new and vintage black dresses
from Valentino, Dior and Balenciaga, perfect for anyone having an
Audrey Hepburn moment. If you have time, spend an afternoon
browsing through the other shops in the arcade, which also
include a Shiseido perfume store.
La Petite Robe Noire
125, Galerie de Valois
Jardin du Palais Royal
Paris
Phone: + 33 1 40 15 01 04
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Parisians take their
macaroons very seriously, and top pâtissiers
regularly battle to see who makes the best
confections. Our favorite is Pierre Herme, a fourth
generation pâtissier who whips
up macaroons in traditional flavors such as chocolate and
vanilla, as well as more exotic combinations, including
passion-fruit chocolate and green tea and milk. For those with a
seriously sweet tooth, there are also chocolates and cakes for
sale. And best of all, his shop is open on Sundays.
Pierre Hermé
72, rue Bonaparte
Paris
Phone: +33 1 43 54 47
77
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Sabbia Rosa
Madonna, Catherine Deneuve, Claudia Schiffer and Isabelle Adjani have all been spotted snapping up lingerie at this little jewel box of a store. The interiors look like a boudoir, and customers can pick up everything from mules and slips to bras and underwear, in every imagineable color.
Sabbia
Rosa
73 rue des
Saints-Pères
Paris
Phone: +33 1 45 48 88 37
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This Left bank bookstore, in the shadow of Notre Dame, is a Parisian institution. The shop is owned and run by the eccentric 91-year old George Whitman, who claims to be a descendant of the American poet Walt Whitman. In the 1950s, Shakespeare and Company is where writers Sylvia Beech, Henry Miller, Anäis Nin, and Lawrence Durrell hung out. The sloped and creaking floors are crammed with books, as well as the odd cat and cot bed””Whitman will let backpackers spend the night for free in exchange for working in the shop, or writing their autobiography.
Shakespeare and Company
37 rue de la Bûcherie
Paris
Phone: +33 1 43 25 40 93
