"Paris Storefronts" by Joel Holland and Vivian Song
Brimming with joie de vivre and delightful detail, this journey through Paris’s neighborhoods captures two hundred intriguing storefronts that help make the city a shopper’s paradise. Joel Holland offers the unique perspective of a traveler on foot. Paris-based journalist Vivian Song’s text provides an insider’s perspective as to why each location is worthy of a stop on an itinerary.
There are plenty of iconic stores: Le Bon Marché, Shakespeare and Company, the Moulin Rouge, and the Ladurée macaron shop.
But there’s also a bounty of lesser-known places, like a Moroccan restaurant frequented by the city’s top chefs; a taxidermist’s mecca; a historic lingerie shop that birthed the predecessor of the modern-day brassiere; and a beloved hole-in-the-wall that sells authentic Shanghai-style pan-fried buns.
From the Marais to Montmartre, the Latin Quarter to the 1st Arrondissement, this delightful book offers a unique glimpse into what makes the city a magical and wonderfully diverse place to walk and shop.
Hardcover, 176 pages