The best fashion and gift stores Paris

This young designer with an atypical career path created her brand in 2008 and, in the process, opened her boutique in Paris. It has been a real success from the start! Simple and refined, Valentine Gauthier's style is recognizable. We like the designer's structured yet supple cuts, playing with fluid and more rigid materials. The result: an outfit that retains a certain lightness for assured elegance! The colours are wise and warm, often inspired by Africa. Before leaving, bend over the accessories and put on these thick bracelets of multicoloured pearls on your wrists to add pep to your outfit!

Here's a trendy address! Merci is a 100% solidarity store: profits are donated to associations that help women and children in Madagascar. More than a multi-brand boutique, it's a place of entertainment and ethical commitment. The major brands - including Azzaro, YSL and Paul Smith - have been won over by the concept and are playing along by offering affordable prices. Conversely, Merci gives a helping hand to young designers: Acné, Forte Forte, Swildens... In short, it's a rare find!

Fishing wholesale? Fishing in the port of Marseille? Pretty name in any case that of this marine blue store, located left bank of the Seine, on two streets of the river. This beautiful, recently renovated large store offers three important rays dedicated to sea fishing, river fishing and fly fishing. A relevant choice of canes, reels, lures, accessories, books… and even fish boxes, very useful for long fishing. You can also order on the DPSG Paris website.

Want to go back to childhood? This small toy store located in the heart of Paris offers to discover or rediscover a multitude of classic games, each more entertaining than the other. In a traditional store decor, the atmosphere gives the impression that it's Christmas every day! Board games, chess or card games will make you spend pleasant moments. In another genre, you can also find casino wheels, mini billiards or poker cases. In short, you can find everything here!

Opened in March 2011, +2bad is THE place to go in Paris to stock up on equipment, record your racket or, for partner clubs (+2bad is a partner of around ten clubs in Paris), take advantage of all the benefits the store has to offer. The project is the brainchild of two badminton enthusiasts, Julien Tchoryk, a top-level player (bronze medallist at the 2007 French championships) and Patrice Rollin, webmaster and creator of three badminton websites: Badidonk! Badpulse and Database. On the walls, you'll find over a hundred racket references from the top brands (Yonex, Babolat, Forza...). You'll also find the latest textile collections (shorts, T-shirts, tracksuits, etc.) as well as a substantial shoe department. The accessories department is not bad either, with feather or plastic shuttlecocks, grips, luggage... But that's not all: the store also offers a stringing service for rackets, and organizes weekend or day-long training courses. Advice remains at the heart of the approach of these two enthusiasts, so don't hesitate to ask them any questions you may have - they're there for you!

An institution. A chic store and sport, with modern design in this neighbourhood of the 6 th arrondissement, perpendicular to the rue de Rennes, which is, as the seasoned shoppeuses know, the main artery for fashion fashion in Paris. Young and trendy vendors help you make your choice between models displayed on shelves and low tables, depending on your font and the sports you practice. Smarter: Discover the beautiful Santiag made in USA, to dance to the country after jogging!

A concept store in the capital, Le Rocketship is both a boutique and a bar. Founded by Benoît Touche, an adventurer, bargain hunter and photographer, and his brother, graphic designer Mister Atomic, it's well worth a visit. In the courtyard, you'll find crockery, lighting and unusual decorative objects, often made or imagined by the cutting-edge designers of the moment and from around the world. A small stationery corner will delight lovers of designer pens, while the choice is much wider for professional photographic prints.

A smart concept, to lead to driving in this low-cost self-school, without a teacher. According to the principle of accompanied conduct, everyone has the opportunity to lead to driving, and legally, from the moment when two sine qua non conditions are met: be registered in self-school and have a minimum experience of 20 hours of certified driving on its teaching book; be accompanied by a tutor who justifies more than 5 years of driving licence. You can then choose it from your choice, parent, grandparent, brother, friend, or experienced driver and teacher, and rent self-school vehicles equipped with the dual-order system to train you at any time and at lower cost, and gain experience and confidence on the day of the exam.

Bicycle Store sells high-end equipment with a stylish design. The products are highlighted in the shop thanks to its sleek décor, closer to the art gallery than the traditional bicycle store. You will find a selection of brand models, sorted on the track. Bicycle ranges, spare parts, accessories, cycling clothing, tools, bags and bike polo equipment are also available for sale on the website. A workshop in the store ensures the assembly, maintenance and repair of the equipment.

The electric bike is a way to move with the form and without too much steam! With him, finished hours lost to search for parking space, and endless journeys in overcrowded underground trains. The Ecox shop sells and repairs electric bikes and scooters, available in a wide range of prices (between € 800 and € 4 000). Models are guaranteed one year. Some opportunities are sometimes put on sale: to be informed, visit the website.

Specializing in fencing, martial arts and combat sports, the shop markets for fencing its own brand «Planet Fencing» founded in 2002, including the range of products sabres, swords, fleurets, held for training and competition, for sports or old practice, artistic and old, or the "first key kit" for the initiation of younger ones. Sports and Leisure Nation is also the official Adidas dealer for martial arts and combat sports, and offers products from the Metal Boxing range for the sambo and all boxes.

Quality equipment and professional advice is what you will find at Sportsystem, a tennis and badmington specialist. The boutique offers a wide selection of large brands at competitive prices and has its own rope shop. Used snowshoe models are also available in store or on the website. History of keeping the shape between two short, for strength and running products are also on sale, as well as treatments, supports and other bandages, adapted to the practice of raquette sports.

The High Road, from the name of the mythical trek linking Chamonix to Zermatt through glaciers and snow-capped summits, is an address for mountain sports fondus. Are you planning a trek, a great hike, a ski trip? Here you will find all the necessary equipment and a selection of large brands available for sale or rental. Staff is not chickpeas in advice, and leads you from an expert hand to the equipment best suited to your project.

Velovia, or the "cycling street" in Italian, is a showroom with a show-room, in which design frames are displayed: the Dutch Vanmoof, proud Randonneurs Randonneurs, the Gazelle NY CAB urban. Whether you are a city cyclist, a renowned hiker, or Sunday walk enthusiast, the vendors of the shop advise you according to your practice and help you choose your equipment. Bicycles are available in the test around the store on the shores of the St. Martin canal. The shop offers repair, rental and sale, and also offers paper bicycles. City bikes for sale from 299 € to 800 €.

With two stores in France and an online sales site, NSH Football is 100% dedicated to the round ball. You will find in the shop or on order the jersey of all the national teams and the legend shirts that have marked the history of football since the 1970 s. You will also find a large sample of shoes, crampons, balls and protective equipment in stores. A wink to for who grew up in front of the exploits of the Newteam, the sign also sells the uniform of the Olive team and Tom.

Shinzo is the shop you need if you are looking for this 49 ers cap, the Yankees baseball T-shirt, or a pair of Air Jordan. Vintage Sports Store in the First District sells sports and collector's items: The unforgettable parts of, Puma, Levi's, and also retrospective events on mythical marks. Watch on the site's agenda!

Here is a happy alternative to the "group" pension in kennel. During your holidays, a weekend, a professional move or even hospitalization, your pet is best handled. This 7 days on 7, in Paris, in Ile-de-France and in Oise… Several formulas are proposed: care in a foster family (like home!), home visits for cats, rodents, birds, fish, the personalized walk of your dog, or the joint animal/home guard. Caniminet can even handle your pet's transportation: Paris, Ile de France, airport, France or Europe with customs, veterinary and health formalities. Of course, this very serious structure guarantees the quality of the service and benefits of foster families as visitors at home.

Philatelists will not miss this open-air market which has been held near the Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, at the corner of avenues Gabriel and Marigny, since 1887. As a reminder, it was a wealthy collector who bequeathed this land in the Carré Marigny to the city on condition that it create a stamp market there. Today, collectors and amateurs of all ages, with budgets of varying sizes, flock there. They exchange with professional traders as well as with private individuals, who sell and buy stamps from all over the world, letters, postcards... Even if you are not a collector, do not hesitate to visit it out of curiosity

From the top of the window to the sidewalk, the shop is overflowing with race bikes and any terrain, new, used, or just repaired. Founded in 1930 by Marcel Laurent, a passionate cyclist, the shop shop offers bikes adapted to all types of morphology. If necessary, the team works in collaboration with an diploma he, which explores your expectations and posture, to design the ideal bike to stop discomfort and pain. The workshop makes your frames custom, steel, aluminium or carbon.

Nostalgic for the back? This address is for you: Here's the Dutch bike Specialist! Two wheels very adapted to the city, it is renowned for its comfort, because it maintains the right spine right, for its ergonomics, its longer wheels demand less effort to ride, and its solidity, think that the Dutch bike is designed to resist the long cold and humid winters of which the Netherlands is customary. It is proposed with its full range of accessories: basket, helmet, front and rear sludge, integrated antivol. From 600 € to 1 000 € for a new model. Used models also available from 150 €.

La Boutique Himayoga, located in the institute that provides yoga courses, is only 20 m ² but is required as one of the references to Paris to provide yoga equipment. The boutique offers all the material essential to yoga and meditation. Here you will find yoga carpets and all basic accessories: bolsters (large duffel), belts, blankets, organic cotton meditation cushions, cushions for eyes in flax seed, lota, zafus, zafutous to put under zafus and incense. Also a range of ethical and chic yoga clothing: tops, t-shirts, stockings: trousers, even. Let us be comfortable in its movements. The materials have been carefully chosen and the ecological dimension is at the heart of this boutique, which breathes zen and relaxation. For those who cannot move, good news! All orders can be made via the Himayoga website.

Le Camélia offers in-store shopping services.

The center offers activities such as homework help, literacy, English, dance, music, art, sewing, sculpture, theater, yoga, zumba and much more. There are also workshops during the school vacations, as well as exhibitions by local artists.

The L'allumette tobacconist's is a convenient place for in-store shopping. With its extended weekday opening hours, it's easy for visitors and locals alike to find what they need. Whether you're looking for cigarettes, cigars, newspapers or smoking accessories, you can find them at L'allumette.

Tai You is a store specialized in manga culture and Korean and Japanese pop located in the Galerie Oslo in Paris. They sell CDs, DVDs and various items related to these universes. Customers can buy in-store, collect their purchases in-store or have them delivered. Tai You also offers pre-orders and promotions. To access the store, go to 44 Avenue d'Ivry, 75013 Paris, in the Olympiade shopping center. Tai You offers secure payment, delivery and customer satisfaction.

Located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Hôtel Murat is a 3-star tourist hotel. It is just a 2-minute walk from the Porte de Saint-Cloud metro station and 8 minutes from the Parc des Princes soccer stadium. The hotel is also close to the Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland-Garros and the Auteuil racecourse. The hotel's warmly decorated rooms feature free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. Some rooms offer street or courtyard views. Continental breakfast is served free of charge in a lounge bar in the hotel lobby. Breakfast can also be taken in your room at an additional cost. The hotel also offers services such as free Wi-Fi, air conditioning, a restaurant and accepts pets. Guests also noted the hotel's convenient location, close to public transport, shops, tourist attractions, restaurants and bars.

For the little story, Boxingshop was founded by Hervé Fulla, a former French boxing champion and son of Pierre Fulla the legendary presenter of Stage 2 until the late 90 s. Located just next to the Republic Square, the store, with its 30 years of experience, has become over the years a reference for everything that touches the boxes (English, French, Thai), martial arts and free-fight, discipline particularly trend for a few years. Exclusive distributor of the largest brands: Fairtex, Field, Shock Doctor, Reyes, Ecko… It proposes, on more than 200 m ², all the essential products and accessories: sportswear textiles, combat gloves, training gloves, gloves of MMA and free-Fight, protection, typing material, combat textiles (short, etc.), footwear, training equipment but also a hygiene and nutrition radius. Aside from advice, nothing is left at random. The team of vendors is made up of former champions, which is what you are wise to guide in your purchases, whether you are beginner, practicing or professional. Finally, the store also offers a 24-hour open-line shop and 7 j/7 to allow you to order products wherever you are safe.

Since June 2010, the fans of the Rugby Racing Club 92 and the fans of casual and rugbywear attire can immerse themselves with the Spirit spirit in this original concept-store, in the cosy style and in the attractive club architecture. This boutique located in the District of Paris, on Saint-Germain boulevard, has a surface of 150 m ², distributed on two levels. The store, entirely dedicated to the club, essentially distributes the brand Racing Rugby, a complete range of ready-to-wear (polo shirts, shirts, coats, jackets, scarves…) and trend objects developed in collaboration with Jean-Michel Willmott (hull for mobile, watches, key doors, pens, umbrellas…). Every season, a new collection for the whole family, with lines man, woman and child. Note that the shop also offers tickets and subscriptions for meetings of the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup.

A lively bookshop where workshops are regularly organised. Very interesting, especially for the choice of children's books, but also for the very specialized photography books, it includes and offers thousands of references in which you will dive with delight! The booksellers' favourites allow you to discover masterly works that you don't necessarily hear about in the media: you'll devour them! The booksellers recommend their favourites, and meetings with the authors are regularly organised!

This independent independent bookshop brings a good mood in the neighbourhood. The regulars come to look for novels, of course, but also essays and works dedicated to youth. The French and foreign literature are well represented. We also appreciate being able to be guided in the wide choice of lyrics and adventure books. A complete address to escape without leaving the capital!

For less than a decade, Wasteland has been living in the life of Léon-Frot Street. The proposed books cover many themes. Travel guides, kitchen, comic books, but also humanities or literature… Hard not to find his happiness. A selection of audio Cds is also available. Note: many events are organised. To know them, visit the website.

You are in the university bookshop of Censier-Daubenton. Specialized in social sciences (letters, arts, languages but also philosophy, history, cinema or music), it is mainly attended by students. The choice of books is wide and the advice of the sales team always very thoughtful. There is no need to say: they know their domain. You can leave your eyes closed!

That it is nice to be able to satisfy his thirst for books all week! Open 7 m/7, the Équipages Équipages is spread over 80 m ². You'll find books on multiple themes, but also make great encounters. Here we are discussing a book or an author. We sit down, take the time to live and exchange… Place of meetings, collective projects, dream… To discover!

For some years, this bookstore in Belleville has been offering literature and testing. Not far away, two other addresses allow you to make a full range of books and books, or books on art (cinema, music, photo, fine arts…) and tourism. if you are in a hurry, please do not hesitate to consult the website. It will tell you if the book you want is available and will allow you to order it if necessary.

And here is a beautiful independent bookstore as we like them! The selection is demanding, original, frequently renewed and varied. The two booksellers who work here know the works inside out and will be able to give you extremely precise advice, whether for you or to make a gift. We also appreciate the quality of the events organized in these places, especially the dedications that allow us to meet our favorite authors, whatever their styles: Valentine Goby, Soledad Bravi and Laurent Binet, for example!

Fans of literature, history, politics, the humanities - and many other books of various genres - are not mistaken: Librairie Lamartine is the ideal store to stock up on well-meaning references! Located in the very chic rue de la Pompe, the address delights enthusiasts who have an appetite for reading and who are waiting for new well-considered experiences. The shop's booksellers focus on great classics, novelties, new trends and their personal favourites. If you are lost in this impressive collection of books, they will guide you through shelves and worlds.

It's a totally new kind of bookshop: located between Boulevard Sébastopol and Place de la République, Rupture Arts & Books is the brand's second Parisian store. Here, you enter a temple halfway between art gallery and bookshop/record store. In the latter part of the store, you'll find many fine books - and just as many gift ideas - on themes as diverse as architecture, art in the broadest sense and music. The latter is also very much in evidence, with a predilection for rock and vinyl.

Lithuania in honour! Paris is full of "concept blinds" but very little out of the lot. Yéyé Store is unique. This is not a free shop. The address includes a wide selection of the most advanced brands in Lithuania. Discover!, original and surprising creations. Let's combine with a scarf with a sweater, a soap on wheels or a broche made of bones for dogs. Prices are reasonable due to the quality of the products offered.

Located in one of the most beautiful train stations in Paris, Gare de l'Est, that of the great departures for Strasbourg, Metz or Berlin, this Fnac presents in a nice setting: glass windows, huge art deco window, renovated hall, fine shopping… it's chic and discreet. We don't resist offering a novel before the head of the station head, listening to an album or choosing a DVD for the road (God bless the tablets now in rent on trains!)… it shines pleasantly, far from crowded corridors of the other Fnac of the capital, victims of urban density and places a brin. Here, light and space, high ceilings, are welcome. However, for VIP events, you will have to go to the other signs in Paris. A nice address for the pleasure of the place and for its usefulness. 

Who says bookstores close one after the other? While the number of these institutions is smaller than before, some are starting. This is the case on the main boulevards of this bookstore, mischievously entitled "Here", and launched by two friends, replacing a children's shop, which itself replaced an old disco. And what a nice surprise: it's very large, very beautiful, very clear, and what a choice! Opened last October, Ici organizes debates, coffee shops and many other activities. The public is not mistaken, and has quickly adopted this new place of culture. And he's right, because frankly, we love it!

A beautiful neighbourhood bookshop, part of an independent network of several bookshops in the capital and another in the Luberon. The shelves are well studied and well thought out, the choice is very vast, we have definitely optimized the space here! The reception is with the small care and the very pointed and friendly advice. The advice of the house is generally well felt, and even if you enter without any idea, you won't leave empty-handed! Excellent for finding nice gift ideas, and then this little neighbourhood bookshop shows that the area is still very much alive, so going there is also a gesture for the diversity of the offers!

This perfectly well-stocked bookstore bears within it the identity of its parent group: Albin Michel Publishing. Founded in 1902, this company is one of the ten largest French publishers and has a real network of bookshops. During its existence, the company has developed multiple fields: literature, practical books, education, university, comics, etc. And since 2010, the group has been tackling the digital shift by offering its readers books of different genres on this medium. New or classic, this new way of consuming books is exploited with talent for a better transmission of literary heritage.

This impressive Parisian bookstore is a leader. It is the preferred partner of professionals in the publishing world, local authorities and companies, both in France and abroad. Thousands of public and private organisations have placed their trust in it and have reinforced its excellent reputation. In the heart of its 600 m² space, the SFL bookstore displays tens of thousands of books of all kinds and for all tastes.

The Librairie Fontaine on Victor Hugo Street is the proud representative of an incredible network of bookstores, the first of which was born in 1834! Nowadays, the organization has several sites in the capital and is constantly declaring its love for the literature of yesterday and today. The Fontaine Victor Hugo bookshop is no exception to the rule and stands out in particular for its selection of works. The booksellers in the shop apply themselves in order to propose sharp and modern references at the same time, far from clichés or boring books. This same requirement is applied to the superb - and very complete - "youth" department, a real gem in the neighbourhood!

Spanning almost 500 m² on the second floor of the vast building, the BHV bookshop has no fewer than three distinct areas: literature and detective stories, tourism and humanities, comics and fine books. The choice is vast, and the shop hosts numerous book signings. There's also a great reading area. You'll be hard-pressed not to find references in the above-mentioned fields. The advice is generally excellent.

This beautiful boutique, opened in June 2011 by two sisters, Diana and Kimo, recently left the Saint-Michel area to get closer to the brand new Canopy of the Forum des Halles. Now Implantée Street, she always offers men and women clothes and accessories but also gadgets, vinyl, posters, and bags in an urban and trendy style. From the tee-shirt inspired by American comics to the 80 ' s posters, all here will delight young fans of inverted and backward trends. The girls will also find their own account with nice, fleurs dresses, belts and other accessories that you would like to see from a washing machine. A real fan of Ali Baba for fashion enthusiasts!

In front of the Forum des Halles, this great shop at the red window leaves no one indifferent. If the clothes on the windows are not strictly timeless, they have style, well-cut lines and impeccable fabric quality. Since 1987, Tim Barjeot has worn you back in a retro way: costume three pieces, pantalons pants, dresses of the 1960 s, papillons nodes cut on demand… This address is packed with pieces of collection, in a spirit of rock, funk, soul, inspired by Anglo-Saxon music in sum. Staggered and chic.

Who said that the streetwear could not be French? Certainly not Johann and Fang, two lovers of music and fashion, who created Wasted, their own brand, in 2012. Giving a beautiful share to artists, they make very beautiful collaborations for each new collection. They can testify to the boards motifs of Simon Lecoq and the t-shirts with the drawings of Tattooist and illustrator Toma Pegaz. In fact, Wasted prints pictures, photos and drawings on-site, whether it be on tee-shirts, sweat, cups, caps and of course skate boards. Men and women have the choice of dressing cool at affordable prices.

Responsible consumption: a whole program, but you still have to find the right place! It's an understatement to say that En Second Lieu, located in the heart of the 10th arrondissement, is certainly one of the most popular places in this regard at the moment. The reasons are obvious: the size of the place, impressive, and the choice, logically great, make that the possibilities of finding second hand objects are numerous. Thus, clothes, furniture, sports or computer items, beauty products that you can buy in bulk: nothing is missing. If the shop is short-lived, it should remain open until the very end of the year: still several months to enjoy it!