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Old Oct 7th, 2015, 03:39 PM
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 12:07 AM
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I forgot to also add, Michel Huertault, the custom umbrella/parasol maker and the shops along the street his shop is on. He and I designed my custom parasol some years ago.

http://www.outandaboutinparis.com/20...rasolerie.html

I also occasionally shop the small streets of the 4th.

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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 12:49 AM
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"Cathinjoetown on Oct 7, 15 at 10:50am
Regarding BHV, Americans aren't used to (at least this one isn't) department stores that have huge selections of drawer pulls, brass fittings, drapery tie backs etc. That makes it a novelty to me, the closest I can compare it to is Gracious Home in NYC. But, it certainly isn't a mall and many of the usual departments you'd expect in a department store don't have much variety."

Cathinjoetown, I also like BHV and have been shopping there maybe since the 80s. BHV has a very good selection of cookware some of which I can't find other places, like the Aubecq-Plug&Play line where all the pots fit inside of one another with a detachable handle that is sold separately and attaches to all of the different size pots. I've been collecting them over the years.

http://www.aubecq.fr/-Plug-Play-.html

I've also bought things like the silver knife rests that one can put on the table so that guests don't accidently put their knives on the table and stain the tablecloth. I have seen a nice variety of knife rests at BHV and bought mine many years ago.

So, as far as I'm concerned it's not about being ordinary, but about carrying what I'm looking for which is why I do both Galleries Layfaette Maison and BHV as department store buyers don't buy all the same merchandise at all stores no matter where one lives. And as for BHV not being a mall, I agree. But, I don't remember anyone on this thread stating that it was.

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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 02:57 AM
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BHV is very different from American malls. Coming from the land of Mall of America, BHV is just drop dead beautiful. Amazing design overall. Enjoy!
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 04:49 AM
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I love Rue Mouffetard for its food markets.
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 08:37 AM
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so that guests don't accidently put their knives on the table and stain the tablecloth

You must have excellent guests. I am incapable of NOT staining the tablecloth. ;-)

(BHV was called a mall by hellomoe.)
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 09:41 AM
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Guenmai,

I want those pots. Agree BHV is really strong on home goods.

I miss it, maybe next year.
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 01:19 PM
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My favorite (food) shopping streets are (not in any order),

rue Mouffetard
rue Montorgueil
rue Daguerre ***
rue des Martyrs
rue des Pyrenees

I frequent them depending on where I am staying.

There is a good documentary on rue Daguerre, 'Daguerrotypes',
by Agnes Varda. She has lived in this quartier for more than
50 years,
http://www.filmjournal.com/content/f...daguerreotypes


She is now 87 and was the only female director of the French New Wave. She directed La Pointe Courte, Cleo from 9-5,
Vagabond etc.
https://www.criterion.com/explore/178-agnes-varda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Varda
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Old Oct 9th, 2015, 04:52 PM
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Another vote for rue des Martyrs! On the other side of the Seine, rue de Rennes & rue Saint Sulpice.
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Rue de Cotte and rue d'Aligre. Not the market stalls in the street because they sell the same stuff that all the markets do but the little ethnic food shops where you can buy a whole sheeps head or a few kilos of beef innards that most people don't know how to cook. No cute packaging and no high prices and most of the shopowners don't even speak much French so it's like going to another country.
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Oh, I'm sure that lots of visitors are looking for a whole sheep's head.

Rue des Martyrs is fine in terms of shopping, but I find it a bit disheveled and not particularly appealing compared to Montorgueil or Daguerre or even Mouffetard, which I personally am not attracted to.
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Merci is the French version of Anthropologie. This type of store tries to sell you overpriced stuff by arranging it like a designer would in your home.

I think these stores are interesting and reflect what people are looking for these days when they shop. More of an experience or a place to gather ideas rather than just a purchase and probably aimed at the 20+ to 40 age bracket.

In Paris I don't have a preferred street for shopping but enjoy browsing everywhere when there's time.
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what people are looking for

Sassy_cat, may I ask what "people" are these? Confused people? Superficial people? Uninformed people? Any nationalities you have in mind? Please tell us more about your understanding about the 20-40 age bracket as well. It kind of sounds like you are insulting them for "needing" this sort of place.
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Whichever street market is closest to where I'm staying. I don't want to lug heavy foodstuffs any great distance, do you ?
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what people are looking for

Sassy_cat, may I ask what "people" are these? Confused people? Superficial people? Uninformed people? Any nationalities you have in mind? Please tell us more about your understanding about the 20-40 age bracket as well. It kind of sounds like you are insulting them for "needing" this sort of place.

Did you read my next sentence?

The "people" that I refer to are looking for more of an experience when they shop.
Nowadays I don't think everyone shops in order to just simply purchase what they need.
Many people 'shop' for entertainment and stores of this ilk are set up IMO to encourage this.

No insults in my post just observations.

I chose the 20-40 age bracket as I believe this is more the target market (or older hipsters).

The merchandise is overpriced IMO partly because you're also paying for the eclectic designer displays.
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