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At Paris by Design, we provide you with up-to-date cultural information in and around Paris.
Use this page to enrich your Paris itinerary, or to extend your armchair travels.
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Paris for Architecture Fans
(08/28/09) - Louvre Pyramid Turns 20
Paris for Art Lovers
(08/21/09) - Elles at Centre Pompidou
Paris for History Lovers
(08/14/09) - New Water Shows and Ticketing at Versailles
Paris for Cycling Fans
(08/07/09) - Tour de France
Paris for Shoppers
(07/31/09) - Merci - A Concept Store with a Cause
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Paris for Shoppers
07/31/09
Merci - A Concept Store with a Cause
I’ll admit I’m impatient with concept stores. Though it’s gorgeous, Colette seems silly - pretention hangs on the air - and other less popular stores seem poor imitations of Colette. (Admittedly, I’m not young or rich, so I’m not their target client.) But finally a concept store I can get behind. Merci opened in March, a huge (16,000 sq ft) enterprise with clothing, used books in many languages (and comfy chairs, to read them!), a fragrance lab, notions store, and flower shop. Top designers Isabel Marant, Paul & Joe, Stella McCartney, Swildens, Christian Tortu, YSL and others sell specially created lines, with profits going to charities. If you go... Merci, 111 Blvd. Beaumarchais, 75003, Métro: St Sébastien-Froissart Open M-Sat 10-7 On the web in French: click here
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