Illustration: Elliot Elam
The trick isn’t necessarily to do cocaine off a chic little rococo mirror — with a nice, yet subtle gold chain — that fits inside your Swedish friend’s purse. No, the trick is just to look like you did that repeatedly last night. You are too tired for life when the sun is out. Destiny and the incomensurability of the universe have given your eyes severe and noticeable social anxiety. So you decide to help them out with some glasses. Any glasses really. But everyone knows that “any glasses” really means glasses that people write novels. Of course, by “everyone” you mean your friends, and DJs. And by DJs, you mean your friends. You like music, but not that kind. Actually you used to like it. But that song reminds you of going to parties at Le Pompon last summer. watching that German girl scream into the microphone. You tell this to a friend over lunch at Palais de Tokyo, eating a tiny portion of mac and cheese served on a hot pink tray and listening to the Blondes (the band, not the people). Neither of you has gotten that internship at Egoïste but you wouldn’t have time to do it anyway. What with the Sartorialist hanging around the Jardins de Luxembourg and all, there isn’t enough time or enough taxis, or enough maxed out credit cards in the in the city (and thus the world) to keep up with you.
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Paris' Alternative Nightlife
Text: Rooksana Hossenally Image: Hip House Needless to say that Paris doesn’t quite have a bustling nightlife to rival London or New York, but it does have its fair share of quirky and traditional bars, restaurants and cabarets, as well … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Parisian Fashion Bloggers à Suivre
Image: Danielle Voirin © Vingt Paris Text: Natalie Turturro To me, fashion isn’t just about pulling off eclectically mixed and matched color palettes and patterns. I define fashion as the visual way I construct my reality — not only … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Sous les Pavés at Le Lieu du Design
Text + images: Anne S. Ditmeyer Back during Paris Design Week I first discovered and reported on Le Lieu du Design as an exploratory space looking at various facets of design. Sous les Pavés, le Design Espace Public & Designers … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Paris' 20 Best Vintage Clothing Shops
Text + images by Meg Gagnard Our vintage clothing post has long been one of our readers’ favourites. We decided it needed an update, so we called on urban explorer Meg Gagnard of De Quelle planète es-tu? to update the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Independent Boutiques in Paris 9ème: Le Rocketship
Text + Images: Anne Ditmeyer, Prêt à Voyager As the holidays quickly approach, it’s always a good reminder to support local businesses. I’m lucky to call the 9th arrondissement home, which is full of interesting, independent shops, and one of … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
The Gaîté Lyrique Swaps The 19th For The 21st Century
Text: Aidan Mac Guill Images: Manuelle Gautrand The Théâtre de la Gaîté Lyrique first opened in it’s current location on the rue Papin in 1862. That incarnation was itself a reconstruction of the original Théâtre de la Gaîté, which had … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
HEEZA Flipbook Store
Text and image: Scott Blake HEEZA is a small store in Paris dedicated to flipbooks. Don’t be fooled by tight space, this is the biggest collection of artist books and optical toys I have ever seen. Pierre-François Maquaire runs the … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Café Bonnie by Canal Saint Martin
Text and image: Nick Forrester Café Bonnie, located just around the corner from Quay de Valmy on the Canal St Martin, is as 60s kitch as anywhere in Paris. Though the bar has more pink and baby blue than Lady … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Text: Tiffany Tang Photo: Bathroom designed by Armand Albert Rateau Situated in Louvre’s nineteenth-century Rohan and Marsan wings is the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, a museum of decorative art and design that houses over 150,000 objects, showcasing collections of antiquities … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
La Conserverie
Text Sarah Moriarty The eclectic bar-restaurant, La Conserverie, at 35 bis rue du Sentier in the second arrondissement, serves some of the best cocktails in the city. This is big praise for a place has only been in business for … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Point Ephémère on Canal St Martin
Text and image by Will Best If you allow yourself to meander down the Canal St Martin, you’ll stumble upon the industrial outer body of artistic haven Point Ephémère. Once a factory, Point Ephémère now buzzes to a bohemian vibe … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Forum des Images
David Britain writing for VINGT Paris – photo Forum des Images Although its location inside Forum des Halles is not the most desirable, Forum des Images is the gem of this underground maze. Nowhere else will you find such an … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Cité de la Mode et du Design
Anna Bromwich writing for VINGT Paris Cité de la mode et du Design,image by Ollografik Perched on Quai D’Austerlitz on the old industrial banks of the Seine is a 21st century Emerald City. The Cité de la Mode et du … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Chez Jeannette
Susie Hollands and Ana Lee-Karkar writing for VINGT Paris This is a new-look for the very tatty old bar once frequented students from L'Ecole internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq next door. Now THE right bank hang-out for the arty-fashion-gay crowd, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Tokyo Art Club
The Tokyo Art Club aims to bring together art lovers and collectors focusing on contemporary creations. Every Wednesday the Tokyo Art Club welcomes an artist, a figure in the art world or a personality associated with art, for a meeting … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
ARTYDANDY
ARTYDANDY, a gallery newly opened in St Germain, offers a selection of art books & magazines, surprising fashion accessories and decorative design objects. Sublime, kitsch, baroque, graphic or political, the objects are neither tools defined by their function nor necessities … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Oh la la!
Located right by Place de la République, this old workshop has been newly transformed into a bar / restaurant / loft, opening tomorrow. One half of the space will be decked out in Space Invaders, the other half will be … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
No Good Store
Founded in January 2000, No Good Industry is a collective of artists, who publish books (No Good Editions), run a café (No Good Café), carry a music label (No Good Music) and a line of furniture (No Good Design). The … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
La Briciola
Daniel Scheffler writing for I V Y paris In the epicenter of Parisian trendiness comes a truly unashamed Italian bistro offering freshness and understated simplicity. Dark rocket leaves, many tomatoes and shavings of parmesan cover an eclectic plate of Southern … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Essentiel
Lauren Ballinger writing for I V Y paris Tired of finding yourself wearing the drab black and greys of the Parisian wardrobe? For an unusual, yet classy kick of color visit Essentiel. After a stroll through the Jardin de Luxembourg, … [CLICK TO READ MORE]