Fashion Friday

 Spring fashion collections bursting with color fill Paris windows and stores. 

 

Soldes out

 

Today marks the last day of the summer sales.

Above: sign in a window says dernière démarque (last markdown) 

SOLDES d'été 2022

 

Paris' eagerly awaited summer sales are finally here, with many shops and boutiques already offering 40% markdowns on brand and off-brand fashion.

- Soldes d'été 2022 - 

Ends July 19

Won't you be mine

 

This photo of a giant human skull inside a men's boutique window was taken on Valentine's Day 2020, which, I was to find out later, was the date of France's first death from the coronavirus - later re-named Covid-19.

Hôpital Bichat, Paris:

First death from the coronavirus in France February 14, 2020, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist.

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Today marks the first anniversary of what we consider the true date of departure of cherished friend Clement von Franckenstein -- Hollywood Reporter / Telegraph -- on Easter Sunday, the day he went into a coma. I will be commemorating him in a tribute on the official date of his passing, May 9th.

Heart of cards

A heart made entirely from playing cards in a boutique window.

Shopping is always a good idea

Searching an escape from the drizzle? In Paris, rain + winter sales =... shopping.

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Nouveautés

Here today

A unique though éphémère designer boutique on a narrow side street.

RizRiz

5 Passage de la Petite Boucherie 75006

- For 2 more months -

After hours

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 As evening falls the light from a window of a corner boutique is contrasted against stone walls.