No one disputes Paris as a pilgrimage-worthy shopping destination. However, with 36 hours there, where do you put your priorities?
Place Vendome had all of the elegant established-label stores you could want. Chanel, Celine, Dior. There were also some mind-boggling antiques shops. Pieces one would only found in a museum were displayed in quantity, ready for purchase if you were so inclined. This is also the area of the Tuileries and Hotel Costes.
Colette was the contemporary, fun shop in this area. It carried the hottest young designers in Europe and the United States, (Alexander Wang, Gareth Pugh, McQueen...) It had uber-stylish tech gadgets and amusing art books as well.
The Marais District is the place to go for independent boutiques and avant-garde designers. Whatever you were looking for, there was a unique little shop that probably catered to it. I loved how retailers put much care in creating an individual personality to their storefronts. Inside, shopkeepers had meticulously curated collections of goods.
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