Paris Scene: What’s New
There is a lot to see that's new besides fashion heading down the runways. Here's a look at what to do if there is any spare time between shows and presentations.
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American label Simkhai has landed at Galeries Lafayette for its first Paris pop-up, bringing Jonathan Simkhai's particular mix of sexy glamour and modern sensuality to the city. Think deep fig, shiny silver, zebra-meets-tiger suede and plenty of tactile pieces from the fall collection — basically, a little L.A. attitude with a Parisian postcode. The pop-up runs through Oct. 15.
After opening a second store on the Left Bank, Parisian handbag duo Léo et Violette have given their Rue Sainte-Anne flagship a fresh encore, with Betyle Studio designing a space inspired by the founders' love of opera and music. Inside, the brand's handcrafted Italian-made leathergoods and accessories sit center stage against calming cream interiors.
Casey/Casey's Rue de Solférino boutique gets a fresh new look for the new season, offering a renewed setting for British designer Gareth Casey's take on timeless, handcrafted clothing. The indie brand is known for its no-synthetics, all-natural approach working with materials such as cotton and combed wool, artisanal craftsmanship and basics with a twist.
Launched in March, French leather goods brand Kassandre Paris has found its first home: a jewel box-sized unit that was once the store of Madeleine Vionnet. Finding the space felt like a full-circle moment for founder Ilan Delouis, of Connexion and Each x Other fame, as a Vionnet bracelet inspired his new brand's logo. In addition to the neo-frame asymmetric Eileen bag and its siblings, the boutique will host pieces from female artists Delouis is commissioning and a design curation through a partnership with Parisian Galerie Marcilhac. — Rhonda Richford and Lily Templeton
Simkhai at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
40 Boulevard Haussmann, 75009+33-1-42-82-34-56
Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Léo et Violette
12 Rue Sainte-Anne, 75001
+33-1-44-82-58-56
Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Casey/Casey
6 Rue de Solférino, 75007
+33-1-53-20-03-82
Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Kassandre Paris
222 Rue de Rivoli, 75001
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where to Stay
Hôtel des Peintres
Think of Hôtel des Peintres as a family home — provided your lineage is the artistically inclined kind. For this 13-room property in a former 19th-century boarding house in an intellectual slice of Pigalle, proprietor film producer Abel Nahmias wanted to involve the spirits of erstwhile neighbors Emile Zola and Claude Monet in a lavish decor that speaks of accumulated time and taste — with an indoor garden.
A radically different ambience awaits at the Lulu, where former fashion editor Vanessa Escoffier wove together notions of brutalism, minimalism and modernism in one 27-key package. This hotel's raw concrete and brushed stainless steel are punctuated by pieces from Verner Panton, Tommaso Barbi, and Florian Schulz and, more surprisingly, antique castle doors. Downstairs, a light-filled winter garden is by turns the breakfast room, a piano bar and a coffee shop for the neighborhood.
Paris-born, now global group Experimental has returned to its hometown with hotel Experimental Marais, a 43-room neo-Gothic fantasy in the Haut-Marais designed by Tristan Auer of Hôtel de Crillon fame, complete with stained glass and dramatic arches. — L.T. and R.R.
Hôtel des Peintres
38 Rue de Bruxelles, 75009
Tel: +33-1-89-56-31-00
Lulu
155 Boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006
Tel: +33-1-46-33-63-60 / +33-7-44-99-20-86
Experimental Marais
116 Rue du Temple, 75003
+33-1-42-72-20-00
Where to Eat
From Anne-Sophie Pic Paris
Anne-Sophie Pic's eponymous restaurant at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain is the opening of a new chapter for the world's most Michelin-starred female chef, who invented the Impregnation concept. Here, it's art that infuses everything from the sculptural floral decor, the succession of precise compositions filled with clear flavors, subtle aromatics and an interplay of colors — and the guest artists whose works will be in dialogue with the plates. Also not to be missed is the Utopic bar.
Tucked near the terrasse of the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme is the first Parisian address of three-Michelin-starred chef Mingoo Kang, a pioneer of Korean cuisine who made fermented mother sauces — jang — his signature and trained under his homeland's culinary luminaries such as Cho Hee-sook and Buddhist nun Jeong Kwan. In this address, named after his father, he offers moreish takes on his homeland's classics with the chicken duo of grilled skewers and the famous crunch of fried chicken, plenty of jeon (savory pancakes) and beef galbi, paired with a surprising French-made makgeolli.
A cornerstone of Parisian nightlife in the 1930s and 1970s, Doobie's is back as an expansive upscale address in the tony 8th arrondissement marrying a plush restaurant and a night bar. Expect a pan-European menu of pimientos de padron peppers, warm leek salad and a surprising tuna Milanese with fun twists like a wagyu sando.
The Kobo group, behind Tsukizi, Shin Izakaya and Saku, has opened Nonno San near Pont-Neuf, where founders Victoria Luciano and Keita Sukeno blend their Italian and Japanese roots at the table. The result is a diverse take on itameshi — think mentaiko spaghetti, sansho-spiked cacio e pepe, panko Milanese and yuzu spritzes — served with equal parts Italian dolce vita and Japanese hospitality. — L.T. and R.R.
Anne-Sophie Pic Paris
164 Rue de Rivoli, 75001
Tel: +33-1-42-60-40-40
Wednesday, noon to 1:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday to Tuesday, noon to 1:30 p.m., then 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Seok at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme
5 Rue de la Paix, 75002
Tel: +33-1-58-71-12-34
Tuesday to Friday, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Doobie's
2 Rue Robert Estienne, 75008
Tel: +33-1-86-04-43-94
Monday to Friday, noon to 3 p.m. then 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Nonno San
20 Rue Dauphine, 75006+33-1-86-04-29-00
Daily, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Where to Drink
This time, it's a former butcher on Rue du Marché Saint-Honoré that Arthur Cohen, of Bar Omi and Ojii fame, has taken over for Bar Nomo. In a decor inspired by Tokyo's flower bars, sample a Moscow Mule warmed with Okinawa ginger or a red shizo caipirinha by mixologist Dimitri Barclais, freshly back from the Japanese capital, and savor a handroll-centric menu imagined by chef Yuji "Taku" Mikuriya.
Tucked away near the Eiffel Tower, the Minuit Express bar turns the Hôtel La Bourdonnais into a glamorous retro railway fantasy, with Oscar Lucien Ono's lacquered wood, copper, velvet and églomisé-glass interiors setting the scene. Behind the Wagon Bar, head bartender Mahdi Provost takes guests on a liquid world tour, from bourbon Old Fashioneds to Thai-rum cocktails. — L.T. and R.R.
Bar Nomo
6 Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, 75001
Tel: +33-6-49-50-27-57
Daily, noon to 2:30 p.m., then 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Minuit Express
111 Avenue de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris+33-1-47-05-45-42
Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Thursday to Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Closed Monday.
What to See
Claude Monet's "Meules, fin d'été."
A tribute to photographer Irving Penn at the MEP traces his career between 1947 and 2008, including legendary fashion photos from Paris, as well as his collaboration with Japanese designer Issey Miyake. There's also a selection of his photos taken for Vogue in the 1990s and 2000s.
Retrospectives for Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Andy Warhol are also being showcased. The Musée de l'Orangerie is celebrating the centennial of Monet's passing with an exhibit focusing on his art's relation with time through about 40 paintings. Nearly 180 works of Cézanne are on display at the Grand Palais. The show, "Cézanne and Us," juxtaposes his work with that of artists from the late 19thcentury to today, including Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. At the Musée du Luxembourg, 150 Warhol drawings are displayed alongside paintings, silkscreens, photographs and archival materials.
Forget the traditional fashion week showroom format. Shanghai-based brand Keigan imagined a "Genius Apartment" to give an immersive — and shoppable — experience of its three key fabrics. There's a wool tea room by French artist Agnès Debizet, Harry Nuriev built a Japanese-denim mahjong lounge, and French straw-marquetry master Lison de Caunes entwined twisted leather and shearling with Art Deco panels. — Jennifer Weil and L.T.
"Penn & Fashion,"MEP — Maison Européenne de la Photographie
5/7 Rue de Fourcy, 75004
Sept. 30 to Jan. 17, 2027
"Monet, Painting Time,"Musée de l'Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries, 75001
Sept. 30 to Jan. 25, 2027
"Cézanne and Us,"Grand Palais
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008
Through Jan. 17, 2027
"Andy Warhol. La ligne et l'image,"Musée du Luxembourg
19 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006
Through Jan. 10, 2027
Keigan Genuis Paris Residence
5 Rue Rouget de Lisle, 75001
Sept. 29, 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sept. 30, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where to Beautify
Paris is no stranger to the K-beauty craze, but now aficionados in the French capital can visit what's billed to be the largest K-beauty boutique in all of Europe. That's since Moida put down the stakes of its two-story flagship that boasts some 80 brands and 1,200 products on the Champs-Elysées.
Not far away, French niche fragrance brand Memo chose to debut a new-look retail concept created around the idea of time in its 720-square-foot boutique on Rue Cambon.
The Ordinary also staked out its first flagship, of 170 square feet, in Paris' Marais district after a successful pop-up drew lines outside the door. — J.W.
Moida K-Beauty
30 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008
Memo
24 Rue Cambon, 75001
The Ordinary
40 Rue Vieille du Temple, 75004
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