Sunday best

Sunday in Paris can be the best day of the week if you know where to go.

Above: at the Musée de Montmartre where the extended Kees Van Dongen exhibition ended yesterday; families and friends head to the salon de thé or, on a nice day, lounge on the lawn of the Renoir gardens

The priest wore black

A priest on his way to a nearby church on a Marais side street.

Loafing

A loaf among loaves.

Downside up

I. M. Pei's gigantic inverted pyramid at the Louvre from another angle.

Fall and fashion

No sooner is the September rentrée back in swing it's time for the new collections to hit the runways.

Above: this season watch for chic tailoring, high boots, bright colors, smaller bags and big hair

 

Paris Fashion Week September 25 - October 3, 2018

See-&-Be-Seen Dept
models, designers, fashionistas: where they go after the shows

September newsletter
Nouveautés 

 

Village des artistes #2

Above: through a studio window; works strewn on a floor; a conceptual artist explains his concept; paintings set out for private exhibition

Below: drinks + nibbles laid out at each stop

Village des artistes #1

Few are aware that high on the Butte Montmartre hidden paths behind locked gates lead to artist live-work spaces - private lofts, studios, and ateliers - where salons, talks, spontaneous get-togethers and tête-a-têtes take place almost every weekend.
 

 

Below: an atelier bathed in natural light on an overcast day; at a private art soirée