Okay, the windows at Lanvin are not your traditional Christmas windows by any stretch of the imagination. Instead of cutesy dancing bears and marionettes gaily prancing, there are dogs wearing top hats, spectacles, and bow ties and bald headed mannequins spattered in white paint. Nonetheless, I think they are the cats meow and the dog's bark.
Lanvin -Men
15 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 8th arr.
Lanvin- Women
22 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 8th arr.
Metro: Concorde
Eye Prefer Paris Photos for Sale
I am happy to announce the sale of prints of my Eye Prefer Paris Photos. I am offering 17 of my most popular and iconic images for sale including my courtyards, doors, architectural details, statues, and monuments. They will make great holiday gifts for all your Francophile friends, relatives, and colleagues but don't forget to buy some for yourself.
Click here to see photos and for full details including sizes, prices, and shipping. Here is a sample of some of the photos.
New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotteís professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
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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 such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
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I've enjoyed all your Christmas windows posts...I think Galleries Lafayette was my favorites. But these windows are tres sophisticated...very grown-up. I love them and they'll work for New Year's too!
Posted by: Evelyn | December 16, 2010 at 07:41 AM
You make my day! The dogs and the menswear get my vote. Thanks for yet another treat! Love the bowlers and top hats...you probably have one of each.
Posted by: helen | December 16, 2010 at 01:52 PM
Almost without fail, Lanvin does my favorite vitrines!
Posted by: Sweet Freak | December 16, 2010 at 03:44 PM
Absolootely divoon!
Posted by: judy | December 16, 2010 at 09:13 PM
Christmas in Paris is always a treat! The windows are so sophisticated, even with the little toys that move, and show the love for art and tongue-in-chic (sic) nod to culture as only the French can do. Thank you for sharing more of the deliciousness with us!
Posted by: Claudia NYC | December 17, 2010 at 06:37 PM
Incredibly bizarre...and yet somehow, though exotic, in perfect taste!?!!
Posted by: Bill | December 19, 2010 at 03:37 PM
Dogs always get me 'oooaaaah....' but in window displays..... 'double oaaaaahhhhhhh' - lol!
Lovely upload - so unusual! Thank You very much.
Posted by: Kiki | December 20, 2010 at 03:02 PM