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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 …

Parisian stroll: a day at Place des Victoires

Want to target a neighborhood for a long walk that combines genres? Find our itinerary, both trendy and hedonistic to the Place des Victoires… 1 - WALKING THROUGH THE PLACE AND SURROUNDINGS Place des Victoires, so named in homage to the military victories of Louis XIV, is overlooked by an equestrian statue of the Sun King made in 1822 by François-Joseph Bosio. Strolling there allows you to admire the mansions that delimit it, then to get lost in the many old ways to which it gives access ... 2 - LET ATTACHED AT THE MOULIN DE LA VIRGE At 10, place des Petits Pères, charming timeless and in the baroque basilica, is the Moulin de la Vierge, which cultivates a taste of the past. You can taste traditional pastries in a retro decor. 3 - CAPTURING THE PARISIAN BOBO CHIC STYLE At 6 Place des Victoires proudly stands the flagship of the now famous Sarah Lavoine. The showroom is faithful to its Parisian taste at the same time ...

Where to hide when the weather is capricious?

That's it, the inevitable low-grey-and-falling sky is there, well installed on the ridges of the Parisian roofs. All this lacks a bit of spirit, do you think on the sly: nay! The bad weather in Paris offers a range of pleasures to (re)discover, and while the dead leaves are being shoveled in, we are free to pro-fi-ter. With your hands in your pockets and your throat in your turtleneck, let us show you the itinerary for one (or more) cozy day(s). ◊ Above all, do not go out on an empty stomach. Or, yes, go out to the PETROSSIAN COURCELLES to enjoy the most posh and delicious breakfast in Paris. On the program, all week, egg-shell caviar, scrambled eggs with Souhoï® salmon, croque-monsieur with caviar or fluffy blinis with salmon tartare… Something to love on rainy days, frankly. ◊ Stroll through the corridors of the (superb) “Fortuny, a Spaniard in Venice” fashion exhibition at the Palais Galliera. The creator, magician of light and material effects, has dressed (among others) Countess Greffulhe, Eleonora Duse, Ellen Terry and Oona Chaplin. Not bad. …