Kris Van Assche, the newly appointed creative director at Dior Homme, has designed a garden tableau, complete with canvas stools and blankets for a picnic, in front of Le Grand Epicerie at Bon Marché. The setting is lovely, filled with peonies, camellias, jasmine, lavender, and hydrangeas. Tall twig trellises give the display height and a low wall of thick branches encloses the space. The special designed 5 course menu for 18 euros includes an hibiscus biscuit, flower salad, and a flower flavored macaroon.
Tea for Two
I was about to partake in the festivities, but the thought of sprawling myself horizontally on a tea towel on the sidewalk covered by a thin layer of grass and having hundreds of pedestrians ogling me eating a fussy lunch, was not my idea of a good time. Imagine have a sidewalk picnic on a Saturday afternoon in front of Macy’s Herald Square. I’d rather not.
In a much publicized fashion drama earlier this year, Kris Van Assche replaced Hedi Slimane, the longtime reigning king of Dior Homme.
Operation Fleurs sur La Ville with Kris van Assche
Until June 16
La Grande Epicerie at Bon Marché
38 rue de Sevres,75007
Metro: Sevres-Babylone, Lines 10 & 12
Would you eat lunch lying down on that?
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour
includes many of the places I have written about including small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
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