Paris Fashion Week Bulletin

City Guides x Emilie Meinadier Consulting

#2 Summer 2017

Eat & Coffee

Balagan Le Roch Hotel Marcello

breakfast / cocktails / israeli / non-stop cocktails / modern euro breakfast / brunch / coffee / italian / late / Assaf Granit and Uni Navon, the it-team The first hotel decorated by Paris it-girl Sarah non-stop‌ behind two of London’s hottest tables, have Lavoine, this 5-star boutique affair is both chic A new trattoria in Saint-Germain-des-Prés teamed up on a first Paris affair. Located on and casual, and makes for a great new dining serving a tasty (but pricey) Italian menu all day, the ground floor of the Hôtel Renaissance and drinking destination just off the Rue Saint- from 8am to midnight! Spread out at a table on Paris Vendôme, the buzzing address serves Honoré. The fresh all-day menu covers breakfast, the XXL terrace, and order a tramezzini filled the food of modern-day Jerusalem, so lunch, afternoon tea, cocktails and dinner with tuna cream, slivered mint and braised fusion dishes mixing up Jewish, Arabic and and can be enjoyed in the light-filled indoor artichokes, or for something more hearty, a Meditteranean traditions, maybe roasted bass courtyard, or outside on the terrace. big plate of taglioni with clams and bottarga. fillet topped with a tahini beurre blanc sauce, 28 rue Saint-Roch, 1st | 01.70.83.00.00 | 7-10pm. Closed Sun, You can also stop by for a coffee or a cocktail, and served with sautéed spinach, braised Mon | www.leroch-hotel.com including excellent Italian aperitifs. fennel and Persian lemon. 8 rue Mabillon, 6th | Daily, 8am-midnight | 01.43.26.52.26|‌ 9 rue d’Alger, 1st | 01.40.20.72.14 | Daily, 7am-11pm | www.marcello-paris.com www.balagan-paris.com

Anahi Beef Bar Racines des Prés Le Pigalle

south american / steak classic french bar / breakfast / brunch / cocktails / coffee / The legendary Parisian address has reopened Take a masterclass in the contemporary late / live music / modern euro under the impulse of Riccardo Giraudi, one of French bistro from the newly opened Racines Channeling the hipster neighbourhood’s Europe’s leading importers of rare meats. And des Prés, in St Germain, (which replaces brazen spirit and musical energy, this the good news is that Carmina, one of the two Racines 2, btw). A sophisticated new address bohemian hotel boasts a hip all-day bar sisters who established the restaurant, is back! where Alexandre Navarro (ex-Plaza Athénée, and restaurant that propose a concoction The menu continues to specialise in South Pré Catelan and Racines 2) is turning out a of flavours as cosmopolitan as Pigalle itself! American dishes such as empanadas, guacamole first-rate contemporary menu from the open Djs get the place pumping on the weekend. or ceviche, as well as a selection of noble meats kitchen. The wine list is all natural. 9 rue Frochot, 9th | 01. 48.78. 37.14 | 7am-2am daily | lepigalle.paris cooked over charcoal. 1 rue de Gribeauval, 7th | Noon-2pm, 7.30-10.30pm, 49 rue Volta, 3rd | 01.83.81.38.00 | 7-10pm daily Closed Sun | 01.45.48.14.16 | ww.facebook.com/RacinesdesPres

Art / Afrique David Hockney Balenciaga, l’oeuvre au noir fondation louis vuitton centre pompidou musée bourdelle Alongside its monographic exhibitions, the Celebrating the artist’s 80th birthday, this Setting up a powerful, black-on-white dialogue Fondation regularly presents group shows that is the most comprehensive retrospective with the great, late 19th-and early 20th-century focus on less known, or even entirely overlooked, ever devoted to the work of David Hockney. sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, this homage to the art scenes. This show presents recent works It retraces his entire career through more ‘couturiers’ couturier,’ Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895- created by artists throughout the African than 160 works (paintings, photographs, 1972) is exhibited inside the Bourdelle Museum, continent, from sub-Saharan Africa to South engravings, video installations, drawings and but curated by the city’s fashion museum the Africa. Composed of three sections, notably The printed works), including his most iconic Palais Galliera. Titled ‘Working in Black’ it Insiders, a group of works by fifteen iconic artists paintings (swimming pools, double portraits resonates with the black tones of an alchemist of from Jean Pigozzi’s pioneering collection of and monumental landscapes) plus some of his haute couture who considered black as a vibrant African art, presented in Paris for the first time. most recent creations. matter, a dazzling interplay of light. Until 28 Aug |www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr Until 23 Oct | www.centrepompidou.fr Until 16 July | www.bourdelle.paris.fr

Guy Savoy at La Monnaie After taking a tour of “Floor-naments”, the group exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou currently showing at La Monnaie, pop in to Guy Savoy’s gastronomic restaurant. Located in an elegant suite of rooms on the first floor redesigned by the chef’s friend and architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, it flaunts exceptional views over the Louvre, Pont Neuf and the Seine. A ceiling painted by the artist Fabrice Hyber and works by François Pinault dialogue with the Monnaie de Paris’s contemporary arts programme. www.monnaiedeparis.fr

Shopping

Colette x Balenciaga Takeover The Broken Arm Zara concept store / fashion / mens / multibrand coffee / concept store / fashion / italian / fashion Colette ups the ante with the launch of a new mens‌/ multibrand After months of renovations, France’s largest concept for its first floor. Now a single brand will The northern Marais’ edgy fashion destination Zara flagship has opened its doors at the take over the entire space each month, making (the first Paris multibrand to stock Vêtements!) foot of the Opéra Garnier. Replacing the old for total immersion, and the project launches has just had a facelift, with a new look for the store, you can now shop over four spacious with brand of the moment, Balenciaga. Alongside basement space and a fresh canvas to display floors, where you’ll find the complete woman, its most recent collections, you’ll find a range of its tight edit: Balenciaga, Céline, Vêtements, man, TRF, Kids, and Man lines but also limited-edition pieces from the FW17 collections Isaac Reina, plus streetwear brands including exclusive capsule collections. Maintaining made in exclusive new fabrics and colours, plus Nike or Asics etc. The sweet café with its tables all the charm of the Haussmann building, souvenirs splashed in the Balenciaga logo, such as looking over the square is now run by Italian chef this Zara store is also eco-efficient, reducing sleeping masks and novelty mugs. Stefania Melis, who serves a simple and modern energy consumption by 20% and water by 50% Untill 5 Aug | 213 rue Saint-Honoré, 1st | 11am-7pm. Closed Italian menu. compared to standard stores. Sun | www.colette.fr 12 rue Perrée, 3rd | 9am-7pm. Closed Sun, Mon | 8 boulevard des Capucines, 9th | 10am-7.30pm. Closed Sun | www.the-broken-arm.com www.zara.com | Gogo City Guides x Emilie Meinadier Consulting | Paris Fashion Week Bulletin #2 | June 2017 | www.gogocityguides.com |