Paris: Favorite Post-Shopping Café
Love at first bite at the Triadou Café Photos by Theadora Brack
By Theadora Brack
Guys and dolls, I have a new favorite post-shopping hotspot in Paris. So hold the dresses! And grab a pencil.
Good to the last drop
The scoop
Located in between Gare Saint-Lazare and Printemps Homme, I stumbled upon the historic Triadou during a recent shopping spree with my sister. (more…)
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Paris: One Stop Kitsch Shopping at the Brocantes
Les Voyages de Pinocchio at Place de la Nation
Brocante at the Pont Alexandre III
By Theadora Brack
Jiminy Cricket! I cannot tell a lie. Kitsch always meets swanky at the brocantes (antique/junk sales) and vide-greniers (neighborhood-wide yard sales) in Paris. And that’s the truth.
Peppered throughout the city, I never fail to find beaucoup baubles, gems and retro cherishes. If buying hundreds of funky plastic key chains is wrong, I don’t want to be right! (more…)
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Paris: A Treasure Trove at the Porte de Vanves Flea Market
Meet a few au courant Trendsters at Porte de Vanves Photos by Theadora Brack
Aye Matey!
By Theadora Brack
Today I’ve decided to wear my tour guide hat, and fashion a special excursion for our retro-loving trendsters. Boasting about recent vintage scores never gets old, so let’s sail to the Porte de Vanves flea market.
Off to the puces
Once you’ve arrived, take a deep breath. Keep your head. Throughout the flea market, you’ll find scads and gads of vintage clothes, along with perfume bottles, belts, bags, hats, hat boxes, jewelry, sunglasses, and shoes. Also, watch out for haute couture labels. (more…)
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Paris: Popping by the Gérard Mulot Pâtisserie
FEELING THE SUGAR RUSH AT GÉRARD MULOT PÂTISSERIE
Dreamy vitrines at Gérard Mulot
By Theadora Brack in Paris
Calling all sweet tooth fanatics! It’s high time for another macaron jaunt. Today let’s trek it on over to the Gérard Mulot Pâtisserie. Head’s up! Bold and Beautiful is how Chef Mulot rolls.
Six Degrees
Here’s a fun tidbit. I have my friend Sandrine to thank for introducing me to the pâtisserie. Sandrine, by the way, taught Kirsten Dunst how to play the harp for the title role in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” film. Yes, it is a small world! (more…)
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Paris: Vintage Garb in the Marais
The FREE’P’STAR shop by the flash of a neon light! Photos by Theadora Brack
By Theadora Brack
Brassaï, All Stars and retro active duds
Grab your vinyl candy-colored purse and lipstick! Today we’re going on vintage clothing shopping spree in Paris. Window-shoppers of the world, unite! Are you with me?
Throughout the City of Deee-Lite, you’ll find deep pockets of “friperies” (second-hand clothing shops) and “depôts-ventes” (consignment shops). Possessing a mad, mad penchant for amassing the garb of yesteryear but on a budget, I currently have three favorite stomping grounds in Paris: Abbesses, the Porte de Vanves flea market and the Marais.
Today let’s stroll on over to one of my favorite shops in the Marais. (more…)
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Paris: Haute Shot of the Week
Ba-da-da da-da-da-da. All is groovy. Photo by Theadora Brack
Photo by Theadora Brack
Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da. All is groovy.
Macaron by Boulangerie Alexine, 35 rue des Abbesses, Paris
Trekking to Paris? Here’s a tip:
Le mur des je t’aime (“I love you” wall in the square behind the Hector Guimard entrance to Métro Abbesses.)
Abbesses, Paris
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Paris: Ballet Slipper Hunting
Come and meet those dancing feet on rue de la Paix
Dance away the winter blues
By Theadora Brack in Paris
Hold on to your hat! “Les Soldes d’hiver 2012″(big winter sales) in Paris will kick off on Wednesday, January 11th, and last through Tuesday, February 14th. Pining for a pair of discounted Repetto ballet shoes? Well then, it’s high time to shine, and make a plan of transaction.
Here are a few suggestions and addresses, so crank up your printers! (more…)
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Paris: Cool Kitsch Rules at Paris Fleas
All Kitshy at Porte de Vanves Photos by Theadora Brack
Bargain shopper with a cause
By Theadora Brack in Paris
Hello, Kitty, goodbye heart! My recently acquired plaster cat was found in a large wooden crate at the Porte de Vanves Flea Market in Paris.
Cost? Two euros. Hypnotic experience? Priceless.
History in the taking
Thank the notorious “rag and bone men” (today’s “dumpster divers”) for getting the flea market party started in the late 19th century. At today’s Paris flea markets and brocantes, you’re likely to find anything from kitschy trinkets to classic French antiques.
Collection? Eclectic. Range? Giant! (more…)
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Paris: O Caption! My Caption! Contest
Karl Lagerfeld’s “Noël, Rêves d’Evasion” at Printemps
By Theadora Brack
Calling all wits! This post is for you. Today we’re launching our weekly O Caption! My Caption! Contest here at People, Places and Bling!
Give us your best caption for the photograph above. Simply leave them in the comments box below. We’ll showcase our favorites in the PPB! photo gallery. Get silly. Give us your awe! Yes, Team Bling is all for puns, and puns for all. (more…)
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