Chic and fashionable Parisians dress their kids in Zef clothes. Designer Mariu De Andreis, the daughter of Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi, captures the perfect French bobo (bourgeois-bohème) look for her line of kids’ clothing Zef. The quality of fabrics, the elegant patterns, the ethnic touch, the casual yet sophisticated clothes definitely set this brand apart. It is classic and hip, timeless and modern. Sizes range from new born to 12 years old.
Also, the accessories are very tasteful and I can easily imagine grown ups shopping for themselves at Zef!

Zef 1st arrondissement
32 Rue de Richelieu
75001 Paris
tel: 01.42.60.61.04
Metro: Pyramides, Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre

M-Sat: 11am-7pm (closed for half an hour at lunch)
Closed on Sunday

zef 3rd arrondissement
15 Rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
tel: 01.42.76.09.65
Metro: Saint-Sébastien - Froissart

7/7
M, Sun: 2pm-7pm
Tu-Sat: 11am-7pm

zef & zef piccolo, espace naissance 6th arrondissement
55 bis Rue des Saint-Pères
75006 Paris
tel: 01.42.22.02.93 / 45.22
Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Près

M-Sat: 10.30am-7pm
Closed on Sunday

zef, espace Printemps Haussmann 9th arrondissement
64 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.50.00
Metro: Havre-Caumartin

M-Sat: 9.35am-8pm (open until 10pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

zef 16th arrondissement
93 avenue Kléber
75016 Paris
tel: 01.45.53.55.89
Metro: Trocadéro

M: 2pm-7pm
Tu-Sat: 10.30am-7pm
Closed on Sunday

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The Lazy Dog in Paris is an awesome bookstore focusing on visual arts. They sell books about illustration, graphic design, typography, advertising, identity and packaging, art, street art, photography, architecture, fashion and urban culture, zines and comics. They also sell limited edition t-shirts, goodies (stickers, cameras, helmets, toys…) and (signed) screen prints from various artists such as the amazing Parra whose color palette will most likely engage your attention in very pleasant ways and stimulate your creativity. I found Nathaniel Russell’s—one of my favorite artists and friend— illustrated “Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists”. You’ll come across books by Mark Ryden, Italian artist Blu whose painted wall-animation MUTO has been viewed over three million times on Youtube, and many more contemporary pop culture influential artists. The Lazy Dog bookstore has a gallery, located just around the corner from the main store, showcasing talents such as Steven Harrington, Parra, So Me (Ed Banger Records’ visual artist), La Boca Studio…

The Lazy Dog
Main store
25 Rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.49.29.97.93
Metro: Ledru-Rollin

M: 2pm-7pm
Tu-F: 11am-7pm
Sat: 11am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

The Lazy Dog at Citadium (main floor)
50-56 Rue Caumartin
75009 Paris
tel: 01.55.31.74.00
Metro: Havre Caumartin
RER: Haussmann - Saint-Lazare

M-Sat: 10am-8pm (open until 9pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

The Lazy Dog Gallery
2 Passage Thière
75011 Paris
tel: 01.58.30.94.76
Metro: Ledru Rollin
Call for opening hours and show information.

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Created in the late 19th century, Ladurée—inventor of macarons—is one of the oldest Parisian tea houses. Today it counts several tearooms/pastry shops/restaurants in Paris and abroad. Ladurée is to Paris what sourdough bread is to San Francisco, catfish to New Orleans, BBQ to Texas and fried green tomatoes to the southern United States… It is part of the Paris’ culinary identity. As if Ladurée needed any publicity, Sofia Coppola’s visually stunning movie, Marie-Antoinette, made the Parisian tea house famous all over the world. Now the lines are even longer and sometimes stretch all the way around the street corner as if we were in cold war-era Russia. If you plan on eating at Ladurée on the Champs-Elysées I highly recommend reserving your table online. You can choose your day and time, and avoid the ridiculous wait in line. The online reservations will soon be extended to the other tea salons. Ladurée serves breakfast (morning pastries, bread, eggs any style, French toast, fresh fruit salads, juices…), brunch (it is served on Saturday and Sunday from 10am until 3.30pm and will cost you 35€) and lunch as well as dinner (main dish at 29€, menus at 34€ and 42€, club sandwiches from 15,50€ to 23€). Pastries and teas will coast you around 7€ each.
If you are visiting Paris in winter and wish to warm up in a cozy and elegant atmosphere, Ladurée is the place to be: it is sort of overheated and makes you kinda melt. And then you melt some more when you see the list of pastries.

Ladurée
Ladurée Bonaparte
21 Rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris
tel: 01.44.07.64.87
Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
open 7/7
M-F: 8.30am-7.30pm
Sat: 8.30am-8.30pm
Sun: 10am-7.30pm
*Chocolate counter, open 7/7
M-Sun: 10am-7pm

Ladurée Royale
16 Rue Royale
75008 Paris
tel: 01.42.60.21.79
Metro: Madeleine, Concorde
open 7/7
M-Th: 8.30am-7.30pm
F, Sat: 8.30am-8pm
Sun: 10am-7pm

Ladurée Champs-Elysées
75 Avenue des Champs Elysées
75008 Paris
tel: 01.40.75.08.75
Metro: George V
open 7/7
M-F: 7.30am-11pm
Sat: 7.30am-12am
Sun: 7.30am-10pm
*Restaurant, open 7/7
M-Sun: 7.30am-12.30am

Ladurée Printemps Department Store
62 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.40.10
Metro: Havre-Caumartin
M-Sat: 9.35am-7pm (until 10pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

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Fashionable neighborhoods for fashionable clothing, Isabel Marant’s stores are located in seven arrondissements across Paris.

Isabel Marant 1st arrondissement
Maria Luisa
2 Rue Cambon
75001 Paris
tel: 01.47.03.96.15
Metro: Tuileries

M-Sat: 10.30am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

Isabel Marant 3rd arrondissement
47 Rue de Saintonge
75003 Paris
tel: 01.42.78.19.24
Metro: Filles du Calvaire

M-Sat: 10.30am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

Isabel Marant 6th arrondissement
1 Rue Jacob
75006 Paris
tel: 01.43.26.04.12
Metro: Mabillon

M-Sat: 10.30am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

Isabel Marant 7th arrondissement
Le Bon Marché
24 Rue de Sèvres
75007 Paris
tel: 01.44.39.80.00
Metro: Sèvres-Babylone

M-Sat: 10am-8pm (Open until 9pm on Thursday and Friday)
Closed on Sunday

Isabel Marant 9th arrondissement
Les Galeries Lafayette
40 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.34.56
Metro: Chaussé d’Antin - Lafayette

M-Sat: 9.30am-8pm (Open until 9pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

Le Printemps
64 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.50.00
Metro: Havre-Caumartin

M-Sat: 9.30am-8pm (Open until 10pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday
*Open from 10am-8pm December 6, 13, 20

Isabel Marant 11th arrondissement
16 Rue de Charonne
75011 Paris
tel: 01.49.29.71.55
Metro: Ledru-Rollin

M-Sat: 10.30am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

Isabel Marant 18th arrondissement
Spree
16 Rue Vieuville
75018 Paris
tel: 01.42.23.41.40
Metro: Abbesses

M-Sat: 10.30am-7.30pm
Closed on Sunday

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It all started when ethnologist Sandrine Dulon traveled the world with a friend and came back with a collection of antique jewelry, semi-precious stones and other inspiring materials. First Sandrine Dulon made jewelry for her friends, then her work became increasingly popular and finally she met the person who launched her career: French Elle Magazine fashion editor fell in love with the Satellite Spring and Summer collection of 1988 and it made the cover of the magazine’s January Special Fashion issue of that year. Satellite’s new collections are bi-annual and always reflect diverse cultural influences.

Satellite
1st arrondissement
314 Rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
tel: 01.42.60.01.30
Metro: Tuileries, Pyramides

M-Sat: 10.30am-7pm (until 7.30pm on Saturday)
Closed Sunday

2nd arrondissement
10 Passage du Grand Cerf
75002 Paris
tel: 01.55.34.95.75
Metro: Etienne Marcel

M-Sat: 10am-7pm
Closed on Sunday

4th arrondissement
23 Rue des Francs Bourgeois
75004 Paris
tel: 01.40.29.45.77
Metro: Saint-Paul

7/7
M-Sun: 11am-7.30pm

Bazar de l’Hotel de Ville (BHV)
52 Rue de Rivoli
75004 Paris
tel: 01.44.59.39.88
Metro: Hotel-de-Ville

M-Sat: 9.30am-7.30pm (until 9pm on Wednesday)
Closed on Sunday

6th arrondissement
15 Rue du Cherche-Midi
75006 Paris
tel: 01.45.44.67.06
Metro: Saint-Sulpice, Sèvres-Babylone

M-Sat: 10.30am-7pm (closed 45 min for lunch on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

7th arrondissement
Le Bon Marché
22 Rue de Sèvres
75007 Paris
tel: 01.44.39.80.00
Metro: Sèvres-Babylone

M-W: 10am-7.30pm
Th: 10am-9pm
F: 10am-8pm
Sat: 9.30am-8pm
Closed on Sunday

9th arrondissement
Le Printemps
64 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
tel: 01.42.82.53.76
Metro: Havre-Caumartin

M-Sat: 9.35am-7pm (until 10pm on Thursday)
Closed on Sunday

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