Our Paris insider shares her style- setter’s guide to the world’s most fashionable city.
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RESTAURANT The unnamed restaurant at the Philippe Starck-
designed Mama Shelter hotel is helmed by chef Alain Senderens, who famously rejected his Michelin stars (mamashelter.com).
CHIC HITS It girls Camille Bidault-Waddington (stylist, and wife
of Jarvis Cocker), Vanessa Seward (designer for Azzaro) and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
It designer Christophe Decarnin for Balmain.
Must-visit site garancedore.fr, a blog by a fashion illustrator with the nonchalance of a bonbon-popping novelist.
Next hot arrondissement The ninth. It’s not a tourist trap, but it
has dozens of cool boutiques and restaurants, especially around Rue
des Martyrs.
Sale season Paris has two state-regulated sales a year, which last for six weeks and offer up to 80 percent off designer clothing. Start planning your trip now — the next one begins at the end of June!
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