Issue No. 13

Full on glamour and Bobo treats
This is Paris. Pretty much everywhere you
go fits the bill! From the rue du Fauborg-st-
Honore, one of the oldest shopping streets
in the city to the Champs-Elysées, the
Oxford street of Paris, to tiny side streets
and exquisite Belle Epoque covered
shopping galleries, like Gallerie Vivienne
(2nd Arr, near the Louvre).
Try Lubin for lovely perfumes and you can
tell the person you give the gift to that it
came from the store were Josephine
Bonaparte shopped for her seductive
scents.
At Buly 1803 you’ll find fabulous soaps,
candles, luxury hair brushes, creams and
even scented matches with real wow factor
wrapping. Or how about an adorable
umbrella, you’ll find them in shops and
department stores and Paris has a
reputation for beautiful parapluies (did you
know that the folding umbrella was
invented in France?).
For a spot of bohemian chic, head to the
Pigalle area, not the rather seedy bit but
So-Pi as the locals call it, south Pigalle. It’s
an upcoming area for shopping with a
village-vibe, bobo (bohemian bourgeois)
spirit and vintage boutiques to suit the
most discerning shopper. It's also home to
one of the best sweet shops in France (see
next page).
Above: Gallerie Vivienne
sheer luxury; below
Ladurée for macarons!
The popular rue des Martyrs links the 9th
arrondissement and Montmartre and is
packed with vintage and traditional shops
and cafés. This half mile long street has
old-fashioned charm and a long history. It’s
here that Saint Denis, the first bishop of
Paris, was decapitated under the Roman
Empire. Legend says he picked up his head
to travel the length of this famous street,
dying a few kilometres north of where the
Basilica of Saint-Denis was later founded
and inspiring the name Montmartre.
Credit: Lynn Healy Brunneau