Excess baggage

A gigantic Louis Vuitton suitcase covers the main LVMH store on the Champs-Élysées.

 

Worker Wednesday

 It's May 1st, La Fête du Travail, Labor Day, celebrated by giving muguets.

 

 

Triomphe Tuesday

A side view of Napoleon's Arc de Triomphe which he never got to see completed.

Mocha Monday

 Coffee on a terrace.

 

Light lunch

 Overhead natural light floods an iconic Paris tea room at lunchtime.

Angelina
226 rue de Rivoli 75001

 

Flashback Friday

 

In the Burgundy countryside.

 

 L'Abbaye de la Bussière 

hotel / restaurant

 

formerly a Cistercian abbey from the 12th century

 

 Relais & Châteaux

 

 

 

House of Van Herpen

 

 

This extraordinary Dutch fashion designer has been hailed as a "visionary" whose "creations merge pioneering techniques and luxurious materials, often evoking a sense of avant-garde wonder."
 
 IRIS VAN HERPEN

"Sculpting the Senses"

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli 75001

 Ends April 28, 2024