What to do in Paris this weekend (Sept 12-14)

It’s a weekend in Paris full of charm and elegance. A beautiful table, an exclusive pop-up and an extraordinary event.

Where to book a table during Paris Design Week?

Restaurant Club Matignon, a meeting place for insiders

Located at 3 avenue Matignon, a stone’s throw from the Champs-Élysées and the Grand Palais, the Matignon is more than just a restaurant: it’s an institution. Day and night, it attracts local and international clientele in search of a gastronomic, artistic and festive experience. During Paris Design Week, which each year brings together design talent in the capital’s most beautiful venues, the Matignon becomes a privileged haunt from breakfast to lunch, a place to exchange ideas and prolong discussions over cocktails under the club’s neon lights. Read more.

Where to go for ultra-chic interior design inspiration?

RH Paris: the new cathedral of design on the Champs-Élysées

The Champs-Élysées are home to a spectacular new address. RH Paris, the first French gallery for Californian brand Restoration Hardware, opens its doors on the site of the former Abercrombie & Fitch store. This unusual space has been conceived as an architectural manifesto: 7 levels, 3,900 m², a secret garden, a design studio, two restaurants and a scenography worthy of the greatest museums. Read more.

What must-see fashion event before Fashion Week?

Sophie Fontanel breathes poetry and freedom into Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann for the new fashion season

Sophie Fontanel has been invited by Galeries Lafayette to cast her mischievous and sensitive eye over the autumn-winter 2025 collections. With her inimitable style combining humor, benevolence and attention to detail, the journalist and author has created a fashion selection full of character, to be discovered until October 16 at Paris Haussmann. Read more.

Where can you treat yourself to an excellent coffee-to-go made in mode?

Café Kitsuné Airlines: immediate boarding from Le Marais

From September 6 to October 5, Café Kitsuné Vertbois transforms itself into an airport terminal with Café Kitsuné Airlines, an immersive and playful experience in the heart of the Marais district. Terminal facade, baggage cart, boarding benches… everything has been redesigned to evoke an imminent departure. Inside, the décor recreates an airplane hull, with interactive screens and a hushed ambience. For every drink or pastry purchased, a travel kit is offered, and a competition offers the chance to win a return flight for two to Tokyo.

Where can you take time for yourself and treat yourself to an inimitable fragrance?

Angleys Paris: bespoke fragrances to reveal the soul, in the heart of the 16th arrondissement

Born in December 2022 in Paris, Angleys Paris is redefining the codes of perfumery. Neither industrial, nor simply “niche”, this house founded by Andrea de Lassus Saint-Geniès relies on a bold concept: to make perfume an invisible self-portrait, revealing the soul and history of the person who wears it. Far from the stalls of department stores, Angleys Paris welcomes its customers in a hushed apartment in the 16th arrondissement. This is where it all begins, with an immersive three-hour consultation. Andrea doesn’t just question olfactory tastes; she explores memories, emotions and silences. A sensory approach akin to inner cartography. Read more.