Paris Scene: What to Do Between Shows
Paris has a lot of novelty on offer this season — from shopping to dining and art exhibitions. Here, a list of places for the fashion pack to hit up during whatever down time they can grab.
Where to Shop
A word to the Y’s — or several — in the case of the concept refresh at the Yohji Yamamoto offshoot. The brand has layered quotes from the Japanese designer in stark white across its windows, fashioning them into a lettered screen and creating a less-exposed shopping experience. The store has also reimagined its soundscape with the electro-jazz mixes of Toshio Matsuura. The updated touches add an enriched sensory background to shop Y’s minimalist take on everyday essentials, from sweatpants to cotton twill button downs.
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Athens-based accessories brand Callista has opened its first flagship outside of Greece. The 13-year-old brand was cofounded by Celia Sigalou and Eleni Konstantinidou to create timeless, detailed pieces crafted by female artisans. Made in its atelier, the bags are known for their distinctive stitching and hand-knotted top handle designs. Tucked away in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, the store will offer new styles exclusive to Paris.
After dipping its toes in Cannes and Lyon, stalwart Italian sportswear brand C.P. Company has opened its French flagship with a sleek 3,200-square-foot store in the Marais. Designed by Milan-based collective Andrea Caputo Studio, the light-flooded sales floor sits under a massive steel-and-glass pyramid. Shoppers can pick up pieces from the brand’s collaboration with Junya Watanabe, its Metropolis citywear line or its military-inspired classic jackets.
Streetwear brand Stone Island is maturing with the times, moving into more tailored outerwear and knitwear. So its Paris retail moved, too, from its old digs into a new flagship designed by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA/AMO studio. The 650-square-foot, two-floor store features textured walls, aluminum lighting fixtures from Tim Hooijmans of De Studio, and sleek metallic shelving, all as a backdrop for its full range including the Ghost, Marina and Stellina lines. — Rhonda Richford
Stone Island, 223 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001
Tel.: +33 1 42 60 38 04
Y’s, 25 Rue du Louvre, 75001
Tel.: +33 1 42 21 42 93
Callista, 79 Rue des Saints-Pères, 75006
Tel.: +33 1 42 18 00 01
C.P. Company, 21 Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, 75003
Tel.: +33 1 55 43 97 26
Where to Eat
Taking pride of place in the lower level of the Saint Laurent Rive Droite boutique is Sushi Park Paris, the first permanent location of chef Peter Park’s omakase eatery outside Los Angeles. As actor Dominic Sessa said in the teaser film revealing its opening: “Of course I’m going.”
Billed as a Chinese neo-bistrot with Cantonese roots, Sensation is the brainchild of Samuel Lee, the Michelin-starred chef formerly at Paris’ Shangri-La hotel. In this address playing on his Chinese first name, expect his impeccable takes on classics such as siu mai dumplings and the roast duck, and more daring creations such as a vegetable spring roll with Comté cheese and a sharp wine list.
French chef Eloi Spinnler continues his exploration of the seven deadly sins with Colère, his second Paris eatery. Here, the alum of the Plaza Athenée and La Tour d’Argent focuses on French dishes with spicy kicks — and scrumptious cocktails to boot. There’s also a 15-seat omakase-only room tucked in the back.
A cornerstone of Rue Royale is back with the opening of Bistrot Minim’s. Under the Paris Society umbrella, this new chapter offers smartly executed bistro fare and a refined decor weaving Art Nouveau touches with contemporary touches. — Lily Templeton
Sushi Park Paris, 8 Rue du 29 Juillet, 75001
Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday
Tel.: +33 1 40 13 00 32
Sensation, 32 Rue Saint-Maur, 75011
Open Tuesday to Friday from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
Tel.: +33 1 40 31 32 24
Colère, 39 Rue Richer, 75009
Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner
Tel.: +33 6 84 64 98 88
Bistrot Minim’s, 7 Rue Royale, 75008
Open Monday to Saturday from noon to 2:30 p.m. and 7 to 11:30 p.m.
Tel.: +33 1 42 65 30 30
Where to Stay
Named after the mythical concert hall next door — David Bowie and Björk performed there — the Élysée Montmartre Hotel is a serene haven tucked between bustling Pigalle and the foothills of the stately Sacré-Coeur basilica. Residents can cut the line for sought-after concerts.
Once a theater closed by order of Napoléon Bonaparte for its loose morals then a convent, the 28-key Boudoir des Muses leans into both sides of its unusual history, juxtaposing decadent lush interiors in the lobby and a 12-meter-high atrium with near-monastic rooms with 18th-century architectural features.
If you’re spending so much time in Paris that you need a home away from home, Highstay’s first “Maisons” private residence will hit the spot. Set in an 11,000-square-foot Haussmann-style building near the Champs-Élysées, “Boétie” offers 17 one- and two-bed apartments by architects Thomas Geerlings and Bella-Pia Richard, plus all the convenience of a luxury hotel thanks to its concierge service.
Other options include L’Appartement of the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, the five-star hotel’s Ed Tuttle-designed two-bedroom private residence, and L’Appartement du Collectionneur in Saint-Germain-des-Prés’ Grand Hôtel Cayré, appointed with finds curated by Gilbert Kann, a specialist of 20th – and 21st-century design. — L.T.
Élysée Montmartre Hôtel, 78 Boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75018
Tel.: +33 1 44 92 78 00
Boudoir des Muses, 6 Rue de Saintonge, 75003
Tel.: +33 1 87 58 08 08
Highstay Maisons – Boétie, 81 Rue La Boétie, 75008
Tel.: +33 1 76 40 25 25
Park Hyatt Paris – Vendôme, 5 Rue de la Paix, 75001
Tel.: +33 1 58 71 12 34
Grand Hôtel Cayré, 4 Boulevard Raspail, 75007
Tel.: +33 1 45 44 38 88
Where to Beautify
The Ritz Club & Spa and Kure Bazaar have inaugurated a nail bar that is tucked into the hotel’s shop on its minus-one floor. To celebrate, they launched a first nail polish, called Ritzy, for use in a manicure by that same name.
The new fragrance brand L’Entropiste Paris, by Bertrand Duchaufour, has just inaugurated its first boutique, in the Marais district, which seconds as an art gallery. The perfumer, whose moniker is the Master of Disorder, has previously dreamed up scents for labels including Amouage, Comme des Garçons and Penhaligon’s.
Looking for an indie French beauty product? La French Beauty has recently opened in the second district. This boutique stocks 38 brands, including 1919 Bains de Mer, Algologie, Amaé, Ensème, Les Petits Prödiges, L’Odaïtés, Mono Skincare and Radish Gang, with new ones invited monthly. — Jennifer Weil
Ritz Club & Spa, 17 Place Vendôme, 75001
Tel.: +33 1 43 16 30 60 or ritzparis.com
L’Entropiste, 59 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004
Tel.: +33 6 70 87 73 41
La French Beauty, 27 Rue Léopold Bellan, 75002
Tel.: +33 9 83 75 70 50
Where to Eye Art
The Palais Galliera is presenting the final part of its “Fashion on the Move” exhibition, and in it, for the first time, the rider’s armor from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony is on display. On view also are more than 180 new items, with a focus on winter sports, from the museum’s collection.
Wax textile prints are under the spotlight at the Musée de l’Homme, which takes a historical and sociological look at the fabric that became popular in West Africa and were initially inspired by native Indonesian batik designs.
The Centre Pompidou is hosting a monograph of Suzanne Valadon, who helped birth artistic modernity. It includes almost 200 works, with an emphasis on drawing and painting.
France’s first exhibit devoted to “degenerate” art, which was how Nazis called modern art, is on exhibit at the Musée National Picasso-Paris. It particularly focuses on the propaganda exhibition, “Entartete Kunst,” held in Munich in 1937, where more than 600 works were shown by the likes of Otto Dix, Vassily Kandinsky, Emil Nolde and Paul Klee. — J.W.
“Fashion on the Move #3,” to Oct. 12
Palais Galliera – Musée de la Mode de Paris, 10 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75116
Tel.: +33 1 56 52 86 00
“Wax,” to Sept. 7
Musée de l’Homme, 17 Place du Trocadéro, 75016
Tel.: +33 1 44 05 72 72
“Susan Valandon,” to May 26
Centre Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris
Tel.: +33 1 44 78 12 33
“Degenerate Art: Modern Art on Trial Under the Nazis,” to May 25
Musée National Picasso-Paris, 5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003
Tel.: +33 1 85 56 00 36
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