Twice a year during fashion week, Didier Ludot, the most renowned vintage clothing shop in Paris, devotes the shop windows to an up and coming young designer. This season he chose the handsome and gifted Alexis Mabille, who showed off his talent with fantasy clothes, which included a shocking pink marabou, mini-dress flecked with sequins and an evening coat made of 650 rose-colored organza silk bows.


Ludot has built an impressive empire devoted to vintage couture and top ready to wear. Stunning and chic clothes by fashion greats like Yves Saint Laurent, Madame Grés, Chanel, Balenciaga, Dior, and Lanvin grace the windows of his four storefronts in the classy Palais Royal. One swoons at the gorgeous gowns, smart tailored suits, and dramatic entrance-making coats that hark back to the days when some women only wore Paris couture and came here twice a year just to buy their clothes.

Shoe and bag freaks will have a field day in the accessories only shop, as they salivate over the Hermes Kelly bags, Roger Vivier crocodile pumps, and Chanel jewelry.


Ludot has expanded his vision of vintage by designing a line of black cocktail dresses called- what else- The Little Black Dress, which are inspired by the great but always-hard-to-find black dinner dresses of yesteryear. You can accessorize them with a spray of Ludot perfume and the new jewelry collection.

Please excuse the glare and the reflections in the photos. I photographed them at 3 different times of the day and couldn’t avoid it. Suggestions about how to better photograph store windows would be greatly appreciated.

Didier Ludot
20-24 galerie de Montpensier
Palais Royal, 75001
Tel. 01.42. 96.06.56
Open Mon.- Sat. 10:30AM to 7PM

The Little Black Dress
125 galerie de Valois
Palais Royal 75001
Open Mon. –Sat. 11AM to 7PM
Tel. 01.40.15.01.04

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Comments

[Girl and the City]

Love Didier Ludot! Love Alexis Mabille! Could there ever be a better combo?! :-)

xox Girl and the City

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[pandora]

I read posts often, even on this side, and I think it is great!