Secrètes de Paris - shopping

My Favorite Vintage Book Store

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:10:00 +0100

If you've ever wandered all the way down to the end of the Galerie Vivienne, one of the beautifully-restored covered passages in the 2nd arrondissement, you would have seen the Librairie Jousseaume. I love this book store. I've never been inside. I don't dare. I might actually have enough cash on me to buy every single thing in the window if I was brave enough to ask the price. Last week when I went by they had a collection of kitsch cookbooks, including a few English ones like "Clémentine in the Kitchen" from 1943, and an original "I Hate to Cook Book" from the 1970s series.

In the other window was a collection of neighborhood guides to Paris, 18 small books "pour connaitre Paris" with titles like "St-Germain-des-Prés et La Coupole", "Le Paris Classique", "Comment Paris s'est Formé", and "Vieux Hotels du Marais" most certainly written before the Marais district was rescued from its slum conditions in the late 1960s! I was recently looking at a Paris guide book written in the 1980s and didn't recognize 75% of the restaurants and hotels listed. Just goes to show that as much as the city seems to stagnate in "museum" mode, it really is constantly changing.

Le Shop Closed for Works

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:35:00 +0100

The popular streetwear concept store Le Shop (Rue Argout, 2nd) is closed for "travaux". According to the sign, it will reopen as a co-branded "IKKS - Le Shop" store. Judging from a quick peek in the doorway, don't hold your breath. In the meantime, pick up clubbing flyers at Kiliwatch on Rue Tiquetonne, around the corner.

Paris Shopping Blog

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:30:00 +0100

Speaking of shopping in Paris, if you're a real addict and need to get the latest dirt, head to the Chic Shopping in Paris blog. It's written by the Chic Shopping tour company, so you just know they'll be up to speed on all of the latest shopping gossip in Paris.

L'Eclaireur Boutique Moves

noreply@blogspirit.com () — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:25:00 +0100

The cutting edge fashion boutique Eclaireur closed its location under the arcades of the Palais Royal and moved to 8 Rue Boissy d'Anglas (8th, near Place de la Madeleine). You can also visit their "industrial loft" style stores in the Marais (3 Rue des Rosiers and 12 Rue Mahler) for the latest must-have fashions (like the latest Prada, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, or that cool Chloé bag with the padlock).