Luxury shops

Acne’s Rive Gauche store is dominated by untreated aluminium, illuminating the walls with reflections from the industrial strip lighting and the colours of the collections on offer. Floors are made of contrasting pink and grey carpet, and terrazzo.
Address: 1 Quai Voltaire 75007 Paris, France
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 11am–7pm
Phone: + 33 1 42 60 51 88
Access: Metro Saint-Sébastien - Froissart

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Housed in an 18th-century mansion on a quiet street within Paris’s ‘Golden Triangle’, the new shop is both supremely elegant and artfully minimal, with furnishings by the likes of Marc Newson, Pierre Paulin and Charlotte Perriand. Downstairs, there are undulating red banquettes for trying on shoes, which provide a nice splash of colour. The two upstairs floors boast a uniform whiteness which highlights Alaïa’s exquisitely-crafted clothes, all in black, white and luscious saturated colour.

Address: 5 rue de Marignan, 75008 Paris
Phone: +33 (0)1 7672 9111

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Parisian fashion label Chanel has recently renovated one of its popular stores in Paris.

The refurbished avenue Montaigne boutique is devoted to the label’s extensive line of fashion accessories.

Visitors can discover iconic Chanel handbags, costume jewellery and an array of seasonal shoes and accessories.

Located next to the label’s dedicated fine jewellery boutique and opposite the ready-to-wear store, the new shop enhances Chanel’s standing within the famous ‘golden triangle’ in the heart of Paris.

Address: Chanel, 42, avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
Phone: +33 1 40 70 82 00
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 10am - 7pm

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In December 2012, Louis Vuitton opened a unique store, Cabinet d'Ecriture, for one year time frame. The store is a celebration of the art of written correspondence. I had the fortune of visiting the store, based on the recommendation of Brigitte Courson, of an elegant pen store in Paris, Plume & Bille.

Address: 6 Place Saint-Germain des Prés 75006 Paris
Phone: 01 45 49 62 32
Opening hours: Open Monday to Saturday: 10am - 7pm

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The new store features an airy design with bronze, stone, velvet and leather interiors. It’s two stories and 650 square meteres in size of Fendi Ready-to-Wear, Furs, Handbags, Jewellery, Shoes and more. 

Address: 22 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 49 52 84 52
Access: 10am - 7:30pm

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If there is one jeweller that impeccably encapsulates Parisian style, it has to be Cartier.

The Paris-based fine jewellery company, founded in 1847, has just opened its ninth Paris boutique on the exclusive boulevard des Capucines.

Positioned close to two of the city’s major landmarks, the Opéra de Paris and the Madeleine, the 450-square-metre store was designed by architect Bruno Moinard, who frequently works with Cartier.

The two-storey boutique offers high jewellery, accessories, watches and bridal collections.Before you get too distracted by the delights inside, be sure to take time to admire the building’s impressive façade, which is decked with gilt bronze decorative railings, dramatic window displays and rare Italian portoro marble.
Address: 12 boulevard des Capucines - 75009 Paris
Phone: 01 44 51 46 01
Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 8am - 8pm

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The couture house that began in the 1920s with Jeanne Lanvin has been reinvented by the talented and indefatigable Albert Elbaz. In October 2007 he unveiled this, the revamped showroom that set new aesthetic standards for luxury fashion retailing. Lanvin has an exhibition room devoted to her in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and this apartment-boutique comes close, incorporating original furniture from the Lanvin archive that has been restored. All this would be nothing, of course, if the clothes themselves were not exquisite.

Address: 22 rue du Fbg St-Honoré 8th Paris
Phone: 01 44 71 33 33
Opening hours: 10.30am-7pm daily

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The dutch fashion brand duo Viktor & Rolf opened up their first flagship location in Paris. The store is located on the famous Rue Saint-Honoré in the first Arrondissement of the french capital. The interior features neoclassical elements such as arched niches along the walls and a colonnade of arches running over the staircase that are held in grey felt like the rest of the space. The minimalist design helps to underline the brands ready-to-wear clothing, as well as, leather goods, accessories and the Viktor & Rolf fragrance line.

Address: 370 Rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris
Phone: +33 1 73 77 51 55
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday: 10:30am – 7pm

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