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The (very) Parisian interview with Sarah Lavoine

Sarah Lavoine has established herself in a few years as a central figure in interior design in France. For Paris Select, she shared her best pleasure addresses in the capital…to be enjoyed without moderation! Sarah Lavoine, you are known for your faultless taste, your sense of color and light… what are the places where you find yourself comfortable, at ease, peaceful? What are your Parisian tips for our readers? ◊ A bar where to bask? Le Loulou, at the Museum of Decorative Arts. ◊ A restaurant to adopt? Lala cooks! The restaurant that I opened with my friend David Lahner in my flagship store on place des Victoires. ◊ A favorite market? The Raspail organic market, one of the rare organic markets in the capital (Sunday morning. Boulevard Raspail, between rue du Cherche-Midi and rue de Rennes, 75006), and also the Marché Président-Wilson. I go there for Joël Thiébault's vegetables, ultra-fresh fish and charcuterie. (Every Wednesday and Saturday. Avenue du President-Wilson, between rue Debrousse and place d'Iéna, 75016 Paris.) ◊ A spa where you can pamper yourself …

This shoe brand is for you

  The search for the ideal shoe often comes up against a difficult (Cornelian) dilemma: should the foot be beautiful and sore, or ugly and comfortable? Fortunately, a designer, both esthete and humanist, has thought of us, and especially of our feet. Discover Mi-Mai, a brand to keep carefully in our address book… The concept: O joy of fashionistas in bad shoes worthy of the name: choosing between sexy and comfortable, it's over! Founded in 2009 by Céline Thomas, Mi-Mai does not categorize shoes as "pretty" or "practical". It is designed to support the foot, not to constrain it. We really live in Mi-Mai shoes, we don't just pose ... without giving up any French elegance. The idea is to stick to the modern and plural woman, who runs after "the bus, men, time", in the words of the designer. We love the principle, and our feet too. The style: Feminine shoes, lovely, of great ...