This is a picture of Paris as the city is today but it is also a record of a disappearing world that is fast being replaced by the uniformity of the high street and the ubiquity of the chainstore.
This lovely book presents a unique collection of 100 wonderfully evocative photographs of Paris shops and shop windows accompanied by their own individual business cards. From the bizarre to the banal, each has a story to tell the bookshop LIntrouvable specializes in crime and tries to recreate the atmosphere of a detective novel; the boutique Repetto captures childhood dreams of ballet; a shoe repairer displays rubber boots along its shelves; the shoe shop with the kitsch fake forest in the background almost invites you to go for a walk.
This is a book for lovers of Paris, lovers of shopping and lovers of 'found' style.
This lovely book presents a unique collection of 100 wonderfully evocative photographs of Paris shops and shop windows accompanied by their own individual business cards. From the bizarre to the banal, each has a story to tell the bookshop LIntrouvable specializes in crime and tries to recreate the atmosphere of a detective novel; the boutique Repetto captures childhood dreams of ballet; a shoe repairer displays rubber boots along its shelves; the shoe shop with the kitsch fake forest in the background almost invites you to go for a walk.
This is a book for lovers of Paris, lovers of shopping and lovers of 'found' style.
Extent: 224 pp
Format: PLC (no jacket)
Publication date: 2004-09-27
Size: 13.7 x 21.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500511862
Format: PLC (no jacket)
Publication date: 2004-09-27
Size: 13.7 x 21.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500511862
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About the Authors
Valérie Weill is a photo stylist who has worked for top fashion magazines, including Marie-Claire and Biba.
Photographer Philippe Chancel has worked all over the world and specializes in modern art.