Check with the following shops and restaurants, as
many have more than one location.
*Outdoor/hunting clothes and accessories: Hermès, 24
rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré, 011-33-1-42-65-21-68; and Saillard,
8 rue Richelieu, 011-33-1-42-96-07-78
*Photo and electronic equipment: the FNAC chain of stores,
Forum des Halles, 1 rue Pierre-Lescot, 011-33-1-40-41-40-00
*Picnic lunches for a drive in the country: Fauchon, 26
pl. de la Madeleine, 011-33-1-47-42-60-11
*Luggage: (edging out Louis Vuitton) Longchamp, 21 rue du
Vieux, 011-33-1-42-22-74-75
*Table linens, accessories: Le Village Royale, off of rue
Royale, a courtyard featuring the best suppliers in Paris, located between
Place de la Madeleine and Maxim's.
*Specialty foods: (a tie) Fauchon, 26 pl. de la Madeleine,
011-33-1-47-42-60-11; and Hédiard, 21 pl. de la Madeleine,
011-33-1-43-12-88. Breathtaking. Comestibles flown in from the farthest
corners of the earth
*Eyeglasses: Lafont, 2 rue Duphot, 011-33-1-42-60-01-02,
handsome custom frames: tortoiseshell, exquisite lacquers
*Ice cream: (unanimous) the famed Berthillon, 31 rue St.-Louis-en-l'Ile,
011-33-1-43-54-31-61. Lines in hot weather but seldom long. The location
is not convenient for most Parisians
*Children's clothing: (tie) Bonpoint, 67 rue de l'Université,
011-33-1-45-51-53-18; and Cyrillus, 8 rue Chanez, 011-33-1-46-51-30-32,
highest quality and classic styles
*Old fabrics: Braquenié, 47 rue Petits Champs, 011-33-1-44-77-36-00,
with the best library of old fabrics that it will reissue in high-quality
reproduction
*Men's shoes: John Lobb, 226 bd. St.-Germain, 011-33-1-45-44-95-77,
with a limited line of ready-to-wear shoes and its famous custom-fitted
shoes. Clients include the Prince of Wales
*Baguettes, breads: (tie): Le Moulin de la Vierge, 77 rue
Cambronne, 011-33-1-44-49-05-05; and Gosselin, 125 rue St.-Honoré,
011-33-1-45-08-03-59
*Macaroons: (this is a particularly Parisian habit) Ladurée,
16 rue Royale, 011-33-1-42-60-21-79
