Simply You - Carla Coulson
As I have been blabbing on all week about fashion I thought I would leave you with some Parisian addresses for the fashion addict.
I live in the Marais so when I cross town to check out the beautiful and chic Le Bon Marche its like taking a holiday!! Le Bon Marche has gathered the best in fashion and if you are on a flying visit to Paris you can find everything you need here under the one glamorous roof!!
A must visit (but its currently closed for renovations) is the Musee Galliera, Paris's fashion museum. With over 100,000 examples of fashion and an incredible archive of fashion pics the fashionista within will be in heaven. The location is perfect to totter across for lunch on your Manolo's to the extremely groovy Palais Tokyo.
There are a couple of can't-live-without streets in Paris for the fashionista. Rue de Grenelle, just a shimmy away from Le Bon Marche and is home to the chic boutiques of Christian Louboutin, YSL, Frederic Malle and Prada. I go to feel glamorous!
Between the glam Place Vendome and the Jardin des Tuileries is another must visit street, the rue St Honore. The fashionista's head for Collette and her water bar as a starting point but up and down this street you will find Miu Miu, Paul Smith, Lanvin, Givenchy and french luggage stars Goyard.
When I want to turn the fashion clock back I go to Didier Ludot in the Palais Royale. Didier has gathered the biggest and best labels in vintage couture. So good they will make your eyes water!!
At the end of the day when your shoppers back is killing you and you want to fling your Louboutins into a corner, stop! There is just one last address before the day ends. Fashionistas look even cooler slumped into the velvet chairs and with the low, low lighting and an aperitif in hand at Hotel Costes. Be careful here one risks a case of tennis neck from people watching!
Carla's Paris for Fashion Addicts
24, rue des Sevres
75007
10, avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie
Paris 16e
Rue de Grenelle
Paris 75007
Rue St. Honore
Paris 75001
24 Galerie Montpensier
Jardin du Palais Royal 75001
239, rue St Honore
75001
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ReplyDeleteLe Bon Marche is one of my favourite stores in Paris. But last year I went to Didier Ludot and was very disappointed. Yes, they had the big name designer pieces but the ones I saw were looking quite sad and shabby, very clearly had seen better days - and yet were still really really expensive. Perhaps I was there on an off day? Or do they keep their good things hidden away for when the fashionistas and people like Rachel Zoe come to visit?