Fashion Insider’s Guide
paris 2012
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
EATING & DRINKING Beloved by Locals Carnivores Corner /Anti-Meat Hot & Trendy Small Bites Coffee Snob Local w/ luv Gourmet Delis Cocktails Culture & Oyster Bars Music & Bars Roof Farms Soul Food Seafood Markets
BEAUTY Beauty Parlors Massage Healing Acupuncture Facialist Makeup Artists Manucure, Hair Salons Beauty Stores & Local Shopping Tattoo Parlors
HEALTH Yoga Pilates Fitness
FASHION & DECORATION Fashion Stores Vintage Fashion Circuit & Thrift Stores Decoration Stores & Gifts Antiques & Vintage Furniture Flea Markets Flowers
How To
CONTEMPORARY ART Museums Galleries
CRAZY NIGHTS Bars Clubs
MIGHT BE USEFUL Come & Go Ferries Car Service Fashion Photos Studios
INTRODUCTION Many times, I have been asked where to eat vegetables in Paris. Who is the best anti-jet lag massage therapist. Where to get a serious blow dry on a short notice, a quick fix for an eyebrow shaping... I have failed too often to provide my sophisticated visiting friends with the right info. I have been living in NYC for 5 years now. For a long time, I wasn’t aware how different the routines and habits were between Paris and Manhattan. I could have tell you where to buy cigarettes at 3 am. But kale and scrambled tofu for breakfast? A myofascial release specialist? Hmm. Honestly, no idea. So I’ve decided to tackle that issue and bring to my New York, Munich or San Paolo sophisticated friends the best tips and favorite haunts from my people in Paris. A quick caveat, though. In any way this guide pretends to be authoritative. Sometimes, the crowd in a restaurant will look more appealing than what you eat. And you may wonder why the tasteful people still come here season after season. If you ask, they’d shrug:”The patron is crazy.” Fashion people are creatures of habits. Not surprising, as their work is to program obsolescence. And they travel so much... The world, their playground. At relaxing time, they look for their nests, wherever the photo shooting is taking place. Like a family, they also share the same strict code for “stylish experience”: fun characters, unpretentious luxe, impeccable professionalism, outsized punch, authenticity. By following them, expect to be surprised, bewitched, puzzled, disappointed and bedazzled. But that’s all what fashion is about! Have fun,
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YOGA Rasa Yoga Rive Gauche, 21, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005. Tel. +(33) 1 43 54 14 59. Peaceful and inspiring, with its high glass ceiling, this center, bright and clear, has been voted one of the 10 best in the world and offers every type of yoga classes, some in English: anusara, iyengar, kundalini, hatha flow, ashtanga… Yoga Bikram Marais, 13, rue Simon Le Franc, 75004. Tel. +(33) 1 42 47 18 52 & Yoga Bikram Grand Boulevards, 17 rue Faubourg Montmartre, 75009. Tel. +(33) 1 42 47 18 52. Perfect to fight the Paris cold, with the requisite 104° and 26 traditional asanas (ask for the 10 days-discovery pass). Planet Yoga, Tel. +(33) 6 22 62 07 40. yogaplanete.com. The New York fans of Anusara Yoga go to Elena Brower’s studio. In Paris, they follow Anne Vandewalle. A favorite of supermodel Veronica Webb, she has also been co-teaching at the Guerilla Yogi initiative: a wonderful donation-based, 2 hours community classes in English, started by the LA expat Marc Holzman (American Church, 65 quai d’Orsay, 2nd Fl., 75007. Every Saturday, from 11am to 1 pm. www. guerillayogi.com. Tel. +(33) 1 40 62 05 00; email: marc@ guerillayogi.com).
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Ashtanga Yoga Paris, 5, rue Morand, 75011. Tel. +(33) 1 45 80 19 96. Gerard has received his 8 years training directly from Sri K Patanjali’s at his Mysore ashram. Very intimate classes, in English, with view on a lovely Zen Japanese garden (www. ashtangayogaparis.fr). Also: the Samasthiti Studio of Caroline Boulinguez, Bastille area, is still popular with New York models (23, rue de la Cerisaie, 75004. Tel. +(33) 1 44 07 31 33 - www.samsthitistudio.net). Centre Sivananda de Yoga Vedanta de Paris, 140, rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 75010. Tel. +(33) 1 40 26 77 49. A hardcore spiritual center, the Paris outpost of the famous worldwide ashrams. More buddhist than fashionable, but certainly the best place to receive the full message. Many workshops, including about vegetarian diets. beauty & health 119
Hôtel San Régis, 12, rue Jean Goujon, 75008. +(33) 1 44 95 16 16. Beyond the beaten path, this rococo palazzo, british style, has been lauded as an ideal nest for an afternoon “canaille” tryst or a secret early morning business meeting. Right behind avenue Montaigne & the famous couture houses, it’s also an ideal location for a secret lunch. Tel.
Near Trocadéro-Etoile Shangri-La, 10, avenue d’Iéna, 75116. Tel. +(33) 1 53 67 19 98. This new, upscale 81-room hotel with view on the Eiffel Tower, not far from le Trocadero is a spot-on example of world class opulence. It attracts the gourmets with its restaurants’ surprising Asian fusion cuisine, including the “glass-domed” brasserie La Bauhinia which usually can accommodate lunches without reservation. Every stylish international visitor would love the Napoleonian III grandeur of the building (formerly Roland Bonaparte’s mansion, 1896), the secluded garden, the Second Empire feeling of the private lounges. La Maison-Champs Elysées, 8, rue Jean Goujon, 75008. Tel. +(33) 1 40 74 64 65. Usually, fashion people avoid hotels designed by peers, would they be Olivier Lapidus or Christian Lacroix. But this 5 star is an exception. The 1866 building by the Triangle d’or is majestic. The Martin Margiela Maison signed decor (including six suites and 17 rooms) with its clinical white, is playful and soothing. Plus the whole place is a recommendable 66 vegetable restaurants
experience, from the friendly staff and free wifi to the Table du 8 gastronomic restaurant and the peaceful decked terrace. Hôtel Raphael, 17, avenue Kléber, 75016. Tel. +(33)1 53 64 32 00. Head to the opulent Regence style salon bleu or the Bar Anglais at the 1927 Raphaël for a real experience of good old time glam’. Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Carry Grand or Marlon Brando were staying and giving their interviews here. It’s rumored that Gainsbourg used to bring his trysts. The pseudo-real Fragonard & Titien are still peppering the lobby corridor and it’s now the favorite of Dita von Teese. During summer the 7th floor terrace is a must at tea time (champagne & caviar). eating, drinking and sleeping 67