Two books that we like
Paris, the Second Time Around
Dining, bar-hopping, culture, and shopping: where the Parisians like to go!
The first time around, you hit the Sacré-Cœur, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and the Louvre, but we bet you missed the Fondation Cartier, the Cité de la Musique, and the Institut du Monde Arabe. You learned that a “croque-monsieur” is just a glorified grilled-cheese sandwich, and now you’re ready for a REAL French meal.
This time around, you want to sample the night life and to dress with as much style as a real Parisian… This guide is your key to getting the most out of the city, as if you actually lived here. You’ll never again be mistaken for a mere tourist!
The Must-Have Guide!
Paris Chic & Trendy is a savvy guide that describes 54 of the best boutiques, designers’ studios, and vintage stores in the French capital. Some are small studio-shops run by up-and-coming designers, featuring only their own work (and maybe that of a few creative friends).
Other stores showcase a sophisticated edit of pieces from seasoned designers who supply French fashionistas with “must-have” items every season (think Jamin Puech handbags, Agnes B. striped t-shirts, Repetto ballet flats. )
The pages of this pocket-sized guide are overflowing with colorful photos of each shop and their merchandise: jewelry, lingerie, shoes, handbags, separates, dresses. Sweater sets, stilettos, and boots; trench coats and LBDs. It’s all in Paris Chic & Trendy, the “go-to” guide to find the most stylish shops in the most stylish city in the world.
Paris Chic & Trendy: Designers’ Studios, Hip Boutiques, Vintage Shops
The perfect guide to the Paris of your dreams
Taschen´s Paris book combines all of Angelika Taschen’s recommendations for Paris hotels, shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars into one volume, ensuring visitors a wealth of ideas and a guarantee that their Parisian sojourn will never have a dull moment.
From the ultra-hot Colette fashion concept store to Tom Ford’s secret hideaway to Hemingway’s favorite brasserie, all of the best insider tips are gathered together between these covers so that when you hop out from under yours, you’ll have plenty of exciting things on your agenda.
>> Buy the book – TASCHEN’s Paris
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Book we like
Stylist Pia Bijkerk has discovered more than 50 shops in Paris that embody the spirit of fait main and where you’ll find the most original and creative clothing, jewelry, handbags, ceramics, home furnishings, and decorative objects in Paris. Some are shops owned by professional chineurs, people who have an eye for the unique, who hunt out objects sought after by decorators, designers, and stylists. They often rework these pieces if they feel they can add to its original beauty without covering up its origins but rather enhancing it.
Pia also includes boutique/ateliers where a designer has a shop and studio together, showcasing the most original and creative new objects in Paris, from handmade clothing, ceramics, handbags, hand knit baby clothes and toys, hats, jewelry. One boutique offers with a highly edited selection of estate clothing allongside an exclusive line of vintage-inspired new clothing; another features furniture and home décor by young European designers; another showcases paper and stationery made by French craftsmen.
Also included are shops providing exclusive French supplies if you want to make your own fait main objects: fabric, vintage silk ribbon, yarn, handmade buttons, flowers in feathers and silk, and more.
>> Paris: Made by Hand: 50 Shops Where Decorators and Stylists Source the Chic & Unique
