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11am-7.30pm Mon-Sat;
Odéon)
Should you have an upcoming masquerade ball, this wonderful old space selling theatrical
garb - shirts in medieval, Revolution and belle époque styles, capes, top hats and Venetian
masks - is the place to come to look the part.
CONCEPT STORE
HERMÈS
10.30am-7pm Mon-Sat;
Sèvres-
Babylone)
A stunning art-deco swimming pool now houses luxury label Hermès' inaugural concept
store. Retaining its original mosaic tiles and iron balustrades and adding enormous timber
pod-like 'huts', the vast, tiered space showcases new directions in home furnishings includ-
ing fabrics and wallpaper, as well as classic lines including its signature scarves. There's
also an appropriately chic cafe, Le Plongeoir.
ANTIQUES, HOMEWARES
DEYROLLE
10am-1pm & 2-7pm Mon, 10am-7pm
Tue-Sat; Rue du Bac)
Overrun with creatures including lions, tigers, zebras and storks, taxidermist Deyrolle
opened in 1831. In addition to stuffed animals (for rent and sale), it stocks minerals, shells,
corals and crustaceans, stand-mounted ostrich eggs and pedagogical storyboards. There are
also rare and unusual seeds (including many old types of tomato), gardening tools and ac-
cessories.
ACCESSORIES
ALEXANDRA SOJFER
10am-7pm Mon-Sat;
Rue du Bac)
Become Parisian chic with a frivolous, frilly, fantastical or frightfully fashionable
parapluie
(umbrella), parasol or walking cane handcrafted by Alexandra Sojfer at this St-Germain
boutique, in the trade since 1834.
FOOD
BARTHÉLÉMY
8.30am-1pm & 3.30-7.15pm Tue-Thu, 8.30am-7pm Fri
& Sat; Rue du Bac)
You'll be tempted to whip out your camera at this jewel box of an old-fashioned
fromagerie
,
with its marble cupboards, beautiful blue-tiled floors, sheep figurines and, of course, the in-
