Lêche`vitrine au Palais Royal V

This beautiful jewelry shop always demands a stop and photos!

Lêche - vitrine Palais Royal III

Today the delightful toy shop at the Palais Royal. I'd be willing to bet that there's not one toy inside that requires batteries!

Raise Your Hand

if you think I should fly off to Paris tomorrow!

Maison Fabre, Palais Royal.

As if....

I could love the Palais Royal any more, now Gabrielle Geppert sells chat noir tees! Meeps and I need to live here, we really, really do!

SInger

 

If you travel to Paris, of course you must visit the Palais Royal.  It is no secret that it has become one of my most favorite spots in the whole city. Since my second visit in 2008, it's always on my To Do List.  I love the gardens for photographs and people watching, but the exquisite shops all along the arcade are just a delight.  Go, you'll thank me for this tip.

Interdit II - Didier Ludot

I've spent a good amount of time with my nose and lens pressed against the shop windows in Paris.  At night, they lower these gates making it even more difficult to drool over the vintage designer gowns at Didier Ludot.  Trip #9, and I've still not gathered the courage to walk in when they're open.  Je suis très desolé!

Didier Ludot

Galerie Montpensier 

Jardin du Palais Royal

La galerie numismatique

Located at the Jardin du Palais Royal, the Galerie Numismatique specializes in vintage medals, awards and coins.  I always stop for a look in the window. Another shop I should explore. Maybe I'll do that when I get my nerve to pop in to Didier Ludot next door!

Paris Rouge XVI - Didier Ludot

My blog amie Vicki Archer, author of My French Life and French Essence, also has a * blog délicieux for you Francophiles out there. Yesterday she told us all about Chanel's new faux tatoos. Well don't you worry, I'm not going there ( permanent or faux) at my age! She added that perhaps she would forgo them for a trés chic quilted Chanel handbag or bouclé jacket instead. I'm right behind you Vicki, and I know the place. Didier Ludot at the Palais Royal caught my eye EVERY time we strolled past it on the arcade. This is THE place to shop for vintage haute couture. Well take a look for yourself. I'll bet you can still see where I pressed my nose and fingers against the window. What would I buy if I COULD? Well that gorgeous crème gown with the big bow on the back for one. There's much more of course but there's this matter of euros.........

* correction s'il vous plait!

Paris Rouge VI

Hmmm, I'm thinking these two would have made a nice entry for

City Daily Photo's Theme Day ........CONTRAST!

A Show of Hands.....Window Shopping at the Palais Royal

I couldn't decide today!

An entire shop of fabulous leather gloves??? Oh, I want every one of them!

La sigh

Window Shopping, Paris Style

Well, my goodness!  I think in another life I wore one of these!!!

( The question is.......what did I wear UNDER it?)

I've been promising all my friends that I would post a few photographs of the wonderful Paris shop windows.  The French are the masters at window display. Since I shot these through glass, the quality is not as good, but I'm sure you veteran shoppers will get the idea.  I promise, more windows this next trip!

I do love a straw hat.  Isn't this window the best!!!

They let down that fancy grid at night to keep people like me from breaking the glass and making off with every one of these great shoes!

Palais Royal

This was "handbag heaven " for sure. I'll take one of each s'il vous plait!

Palais Royal

I pulled this one from my archives.  I took this photograph of Bonpoint's infant store in 2007. Bonpoint has separate shops for infants, girls , boys, shoes etc.  Check out their trés chic website for more offerings.  Mrs. Obama and her girls shopped here on their recent trip to Paris.  I plan to revisit these shops soon!