Shopping - Paris e-guide: The Travel Guide with its Own Website - page 73

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16 F2

Christian Tortu designer blooms
6 carrefour de l'Odéon, 6ème • 01 43 26 02 56
Open 10-8 Mon-Sat
One of Paris's hottest floral designers, Tortu popular-
ized purely seasonal arrangements utilizing fruits,
grasses, flowers and twigs. He even created a chic,
all-green bouquet way back in the showy 80s. His
compact boutique now enjoys iconic status and
people drop by just to see his arresting window

15 C1

Deyrolle animal, vegetable and mineral
46 rue du Bac, 7ème • 01 42 22 30 07
www.princejardinier.fr Open 10-7 Mon-Sat (closed 1-2pm Mon)
In 1995, Prince Louis-Albert de Broglie traded banking for horticulture
and opened his first Paris store (Le Prince Jardinier), selling tomato
chutneys and preserves made at his Loire Valley château, plus garden-
ing tools and clothes, soaps and seeds. At Deyrolle - Paris's most
famous taxidermist, now also owned by the Prince - all of this is for
sale, as well as stuffed animals and mounted butterflies for your walls.

15 D2

Shadé big on style
63 rue des Sts-Pères, 6ème • 01 45 49 30 37
Open 11-7:30 Mon-Sat
Shadé is proof that size really doesn't matter. Despite
its miniscule proportions, this shop packs quite a
sartorial punch. Once inside - no easy task if there
are more than four people already browsing - you'll
be amazed at the array. Time passes quickly when
you're picking through such items as fetching, heart-
shaped silk bags with beaded appliqués and
shimmery tassels, or handmade velvet pouches
embroidered with silk flowers, many by imaginative
Brazilian designer Roberta. But this place is not just
about bags; with feathery hats, scarves, bustiers,
frou-frou skirts, Joe jeans and Converse sneakers also
on sale, women can pick up an entire outfit. Add an
umbrella with a flouncy frill, some jewellery - a
bracelet brimming with charms, a metallic heart on a
leather band or a sparkly choker - and voilà , you're
ready for any distraction that Paris has to offer.