Who better than Catherine Deneuve, the most iconic living French cinema legend, to kick off the launch of the 160th birthday of Le Bon Marché. La Deneuve is captured in the store windows with amusing graphic black and white illustrations by Marjane Satrapi. Each scenario is a well-known Paris landmark including Invalides, D’Orsay Museum, Place St. Sulpice, and of course, Le Bon Marché.
Le Bon Marché was one of the first department stores in the world and started as a small shop in 1838 until Aristide Boucicaut turned it into a department store in 1852. The store is pulling out all the stops for the anniversary with 600 items designed just for the event and 160 designers have been commissioned to select one iconic item from their collections.
Across town red dots are the story in the windows of Printemps. Louis Vuitton has opened a pop-up shop dedicated to the dot obsessed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and uses the windows to show off the limited edition of apparel and accessories decorated with dots.
Le Bon Marché
24 rue de Sevres, 75007
Metro: Sevres-Babylone
Catherine Deneuve windows will be up till October 6
http://www.lebonmarche.com/#home,a-la-une
Printemps
43 Blvd. Haussmann, 75009
Metro: Havre Caumartin
Kusama windows will be up till October 20
http://departmentstoreparis.printemps.com/en/pages/index.aspx
New Eye Prefer Paris Photos for Sale
I am happy to announce the sale of a new set of prints of my Eye Prefer Paris Photos. I am offering 20 of my most popular and iconic images for sale including my doors, architectural details, statues, and monuments. They will make great 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 Charlotte's 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,Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
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.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
OH, you've captured these beautifully, Richard! Everyone who sees this entry will feel like they have seen it person! Great job!
Posted by: vicki | September 24, 2012 at 07:53 PM
Superbe!
Posted by: Pascal | September 24, 2012 at 07:58 PM
I want to be there :)
Posted by: robin | September 24, 2012 at 07:59 PM
How I wish I could see them in person! But lucky me....I know YOU! Thanks!
Posted by: Cheryl | September 24, 2012 at 08:19 PM