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17 C1
Abou d'Abi Bazar
affordable fashion
10 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 3ème • 01 42 77 96 98
Open 2-7:15 Mon, 10:30-7 Tue-Sat, 2-7 Sun
Savvy shoppers pop in here regularly to pick up the
season's must-have pieces. These include reasonably
priced jeans, dresses and accessories from designers
such as Vanessa Bruno, Stella Forest and Isabel
Marant. Mixing and matching is a breeze, too, as the
clothes on display are organized by colour.
17 C1
La Chaise Longue
Marais institution
20 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 3ème • 01 48 04 36 37
Open 11-7 Mon-Sat, 2-7 Sun
This tiny, two-storey home-decor boutique has become
synonymous with design inventiveness and cheerful
kitsch. Specializing in cheap and quirky accessories
for bathrooms and kitchens - such as cocktail shakers,
retro fans and miniature kitten-shaped frying-pans -
LCL is the perfect hunting ground for novelty presents.
Galerie Simone
designers' creative lab
124 rue Vieille du Temple, 3ème • 01 42 74 21 28
Open noon-7 Tue-Sat
The city's coolest boutique for fashion, furniture, jewel-
lery and accessories, Galerie Simone showcases one-
offs and limited editions by some of the edgiest new
designers in Paris. Check out Michel Morellini's draped
leather dresses, conceptual silver jewellery by Georges
Tsak and origami-inspired handbags by Sanja.
11 C4
French Chain Stores
Several international high-street stores are actually
of French origin: the young of body and heart
make a beeline for branches of
Morgan
,
Etam
and
Kookaï
(which now has a capsule up-market
collection, Creative Lab). Basic, fashion-conscious
footwear can be snapped up at
André
(which also
regularly invites guest designers), while
Princesse
Tam Tam
is good for bikinis and underwear (though
bra sizes often stop at a B-cup). On the beauty
front,
Sephora
is hard to beat, but
Yves Rocher
is also worth checking out for all-natural bath
and beauty products.
Monoprix
supermarkets are
great one-stop shops for (slightly older) fashion,
bags, beauty products and home accessories.
For further details,
see pp221-2
.
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