October 20th, 2009
Paris’s Michelin-starred restaurant, the Tour d’argent, is to sell 18,000 bottles of wine and spirits in an auction which is expected to raise about a million euros.
The d’Argent restaurant, which dates back to 1582, is cleaning out its 450,000-bottle wine cellar, considered one of the best in the world.
The restaurant is also selling some very old spirits, like three bottles of a Clos du Griffier Cognac from 1788, the year before the French Revolution.
October 15th, 2009
This week, more than 400 exhibitors are in Paris, France for the 2009 Paris Chocolate Festival. The theme this year is opera.
The event kicked off last night with a chocolate fashion show where dresses are created by a combination of top fashion designers and chocolatiers.
Walking the runway wearing the chocolate fashions were models, actresses, television personalities and opera singers.
September 2nd, 2009
Printemps store Paris, the largest beauty department in the world, is about halfway through a $100 million renovation that it hopes to complete in 2010.
“Our vision is to make Printemps the best store in the world,” said Paolo de Cesare, the store’s president and chief executive.
For now, Printemps is under a giant tentwhile a team of 60 artisans bring the flagship’s 1883 façade back to its original Belle Epoque glory.
July 23rd, 2009
Prada is drawing inspiration from another of the world’s fashion capitals, to open a pop-up store in Paris.
The boutique, located at Place Beauvau 92, will be open for five months from today - and melds the Italian and French, inside and out.
July 23rd, 2009
Nomiya, a Japanese word for “little bars”, is a chic new restaurant that is located on the roof of one of the coolest museum in Paris - Palais de Tokyo.
Nomiya looks like a rectangular glass box as big as a shipping container, holding a dozen guests who want to spice up their lunch/dinner with excellent views of Eiffel Tower.
One of the interesting experiences is about the reservation as there is only one table available.
July 22nd, 2009
WWD reports that last Friday the Chanel boutique on Rue Royale in Paris featured a motorcycle customized for Chanel in Toulouse, France.
However this motorcycle is not made to be sold, Karl Lagerfeld was only shooting the press kit for Chanel’s pre-spring collection “Starting Point” with the models Lara Stone and Baptiste Giacobini.
