The shop window at Guerlain on the rue de Passy...
An ancient shoe at a traditional cobbler's on the rue de Biot... A chocolate shoe in the window of a hip confectioner's on the rue de Seine.
The top floor of the Bon Marché - designer lamps under the old department store's splendid metal structure.
One of Paris's most famous department stores, Le Printemps is decorated with spectacular holiday lights.
Trying on some hats.
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ha! i used to go to bon marche to try their hats and gloves too -- and look at their lavin and mina perhonen collections :)
nice hat! oh, to be shopping in paris! enjoy and happy new year, mary laure :)
You look great in that hat :)
Ohh-Thank you for the little tour and shopping spree. I love your cape and cashmere shawl.
Tu es tres belle.
MARIE - I'm sure you were so cute with a beautiful hat on...
DEBRA - merci merci!
The hats look great. I see you are snapping photos with a Lumix. Can you tell me more? I recently bought a Canon SD780 but was considering a Lumix. I just didn't know which one to get.
Ha! I was scrolling down a bit too quickly and instantly fell in love with that shoe...I only realized later that I could never wear it as it was made of chocolate! Depressing and enchanting all the same...
JOYFUL - I don't know about the Canon, it may be very good.
This is the 2nd Lumix I have and I am very happy with it, as I was with the one before. I like the way it looks, it's very compact (fits in a pocket), and most importantly it takes good pics. Indoors the hues tend to be a bit yellowish but I may not be using it properly. Haven't read the users' manual.
LAURA - the same thing happened to me as I was walking past the store. I thought, mmmm, nice shoe, and then realized that, like everything around it, it was made of chocolate.
How lovely to be along with you on this jaunt!
What clodhoppers they used to wear. I went into the stores in La Printemps, but I think they were even more expensive than in the States.
You look so chic on that hat! I also love the gloves and shawl, perfect complements to your outfit!
Lovely glimpses of Paris! You're such a gorgeous girl Mary-Laure... sincerely, no one wears hats quite as elegantly as you.
DONNA - LOL, it's so true about the clodhoppers.
I didn't buy any of the hats, they were just SO expensive. You're right, these stores, like Le Printemps, are outrageously expensive.
GABBI - you're making me blush! You're SO stylish.
you look most splendid in the hats, mary-laure!
The shoes look old but it still looks gorgeous. I love Paris.
Paris is like a fabulous shopping mall. It’s so beautiful and very romantic.
DANICA - aaaawww, thank you!
Fabulous pictures !
oh!!!! merci merci et merci..paris is always so beautiul during the holidays! and look at you being so stunning! ;))
How nice you look in the hats! Oh I'd love to be in Paris right now.
Stunning. And look, there you are, looking like a work of art yourself.
IF JANE - Paris is indeed stunning during the holiday season, with beautiful lights and shop windows.
KWANA - I'm sure you would enjoy it and Jack too, as there are lots of pooches like himself around the city!
CLEVER PUP - ooooooh, your compliment is just too sweet...
YOU are so cute! Love your cute blog... and those hats!
Love both of those hats!! :)
Mary-Laure, you have no idea how I look forward to your new postings...as, they add immeasurably to my life.
lovely...that hat is fab!
Ooooh! Look at you! So chic and pretty! The Frnech know all about decor - these windows are so pretty!
SPANGLER - oh you're just too kind and adorable! I admire your taste and knowledge of art, so I'm delighted that you enjoy this blog of mine, and cyberwalking around Paris with me this winter.
SAM - I have to admit that, come the holiday season, the French do wonders with the lights and the Xmas windows - the decors are never too literal, always fresh, modern yet elegant.
I wish I had posted more pics - and taken more, too.
such a great shopping !
merci bcp pour le commentaire sur mon blog, c'est très gentil !
Thank you for sharing, I can have Paris dreams tonight. I love the hats. xoxo
You are BEAUTIFUL, Marie-Laure!
Très Bonne Année , Marie- Laure! je me mets sous la boule de gui et j'embrasse la fleuriste qui sautille dans les rues d'Auteuil ou de Sèvres , chroniqueuse délicate et inventive... ..."SOIS la soie"...AB
Et que ta visite à Paris te soit vivifiante!MARIE
Oh, the chocolate shoe! How wonderful!! Hope you're having a wonderful new year!
Cheers,
Tara
What a treat your blog is, Mary -Laure!! So very lovely, this tour you have given your readers.
And you have the perfect face for wearing hats!!!
J ELAINE - oh Jen! You're too sweet.
ANGORA - merci pour ce merveilleux commentaire. Comme toujours, la beaute de ton ecriture rehausse celle de tes sentiments. Je suis toujours touchee que la merveilleuse artiste que tu es apprecies ce que je fais sur ce petit blog.
ANGIE - I don't know about my face, but I'm always told I have a "hat head" or, in French, "une tête à chapeau"!
I was there this time of year for our honeymoon. Sigh. That was ten years ago..! We'll have to go back - it's time. Lovely to come along with you for a little while, though. And may I say hats suit you indeed.
xo,
-maria
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