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The Paris Traveler

Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category

July 16th, 2008

Window Shopping

As I go along my merry way through the land of the Internet, I come across all sorts of crazy and/or unnecessary things that would be fun to have or just fun to know that they exist.

I am fairly certain that no one would actually use this anymore, but it would be so fun to […]

By Kim -- 1 comment

July 1st, 2008

Paris in New York: Enrique Muthuan

 Actually, we are starting with Argentina in New York.  This is Enrique Muthuan, a native Argentinian which explains his wonderful accent, now living in New York.  I met him at the corner of Green and Wooster in Soho which sounds a bit bad but really was all quite good.  Enrique was just setting up a […]

By Kim -- 8 comments

June 19th, 2008

Le Prince Jardinier

Previously, I have mentioned Palais Royal, my most favorite spot in Paris, along with Concorde, the Tuileries, Jardin du Luxembourg…..maybe I should just go with, all of PARIS is my favorite spot!  I don’t think anyone who knows me would argue with that.
Now that I got that off my chest, back to Palais Royal…and Le Prince […]

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June 11th, 2008

Longchamp Handbags: Can You Have Too Many?

 You might not want to try this in your own home unless four women are in it that all have a weakness for handbags.  This would be the Poulin women’s very own collection of Longchamp bags that we have gathered over the years in numerous cities, as well as countries, throughout Europe.  Our Longchamp lust started about […]

By Kim -- 1 comment

June 3rd, 2008

Roger Vivier

For some reason I am stuck on the topic of shoes….yesterdays were fun and fanciful.  Todays are equally fun and fanciful but you can actually wear them!
 
 Roger Vivier, an innovative shoe designer influencing heel and toe shapes on women’s shoes has been a fixture in the fashion world for years.  While working for Christian Dior […]

By Kim -- 2 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Bon Marché and Michel Tcherevkoff

 
 Le Bon Marché, considered the world’s first department store, offering “the good market” or “the good deal” was founded in 1838 by Aristide Boucicaut.  It is touted as the first “space” dedicated specifically to shopping and was the first to incorporate iron work (thanks to Gustave Eiffel) to create an open space while using less […]

By Kim -- 3 comments

April 20th, 2008

Sunday Shopping

I am being a total nudge this week-end (my word for lazy) and have been an absolute mouse-potato–just searching the web and shopping as I go along.  Thought I would share some of my fun finds.                                  

 I hear you […]

By Kim -- 0 comments

April 17th, 2008

Pink Eggs Are Expensive

This is very weird.  Have you ever been on line looking for something and you get caught up with something else on the page, a link, that takes you to another page, and another and before you know it you are 20 clicks away from where you started,  finding yourself on a Swiss lighting website […]

By Kim -- 1 comment

April 16th, 2008

List Worthiness: Galerie Vivienne

Yesterday I posted the Top 20 To Do List in the City of Lights according to Miriele Gilianio, author of French Women For All Seasons and Why French Women Don’t Get Fat.  I have personally taken advantage of all the sites she has proposed and I think it is only fair to give you some additional […]

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March 26th, 2008

Boutiques de Musees

The museums of Paris have what I would consider some of the best shopping around.  Their gift shops are filled with amazing goodies–reproduction jewelry from their collections, scarves, books dedicated to specific exhibits and even the tried and true Mona Lisa mouse pad.  Even their cheesy attempts at consumerism come out looking not so bad! For […]

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