Paris Capitale

Managing Editor David Slama Advertising coordinator Chantal Gayot Copy-Editor Dominique Millérioux Graphic Designer Julien Beaujean Digital coordinator Raphaëlle Gambiny Luxe & Lifestyle Editor Thierry Billard Fashion and Beauty Editor Viviane Blasse

Summer has an air of fall about it on this black-bodied model scattered with amber ginkgo leaves, budding and in full leaf, like a swirl of gold caught up in the October wind. Produced in a global limited edition of just three hundred, Gingko, which

As far back as 1803, in his Almanach des Gourmands (the ancestor of today’s good food guides), the celebrated Grimod de la Reynière published a culinary overview of Paris, which certainly featured the first ‘modern’ restaurant, opened on the Rue du L

The Lola Bag is famous for its original design and its perfectly excuted quilting. Adorned with a clasp featuring the TB designed by Chief Creative Officer Riccardo Tisci, this bag entered the brand’s pantheon in the Autumn/Winter 2019 collection, th

Emeralds in abundance, sapphires of phenomenal size, exceptionally rare rubies, showers of diamonds and amazing watches laid on flowerbeds of precious stones: the new fine jewelry collection from Bulgari – Eden, The Garden of Wonders – reasserts the

The spirit of Mademoiselle Chanel lives on at 18 place Vendôme, the firm’s jewelry and watchmaking shrine, which recently reopened after a year of works. Firstly, because jewelry is a vital part of the firm’s image. The great fashion designer who lov

Which criteria does a sport need to meet for Richard Mille to support it? As with everything we do as a brand, from product development to partnerships with top sportsmen and women, it’s a question of passion more than criteria. Obviously, personal p

The new J12 Tourbillon Calibre 5 presented at the most recent Watches and Wonders show has a mechanical movement with a flying tourbillon complication designed by Arnaud Chastaingt, director of Chanel’s Watchmaking Creation Studio. The first of its k

A summer of discoveries, curiosities and festivities awaits us at the Galeries Lafayette department store during its French Touch operation. The most fashionable and exclusive – or otherwise discreet – brands are contending for pole position in the f

In November 2018, Thibaut Spiwack quietly opened his own restaurant. It was the first in Paris to be fully ethically responsible in every area. And until the end of October, he is also running Fabula at the Carnavalet Museum. Originally, there was no

This open-air restaurant in the new Hôtel The People Paris Marais – a kind of youth hostel and hip hotel hybrid – definitely does not go unnoticed with its 500 sq. m. dedicated to food, drink and trendy DJ sets, in an exuberant jungle setting perched

After a remarkable residence of several months at Mokoloco, the casual annex of Mokonuts, Filipino chef Erica Paredes is back with a restaurant of her own at the end of Rue de Montreuil. The inviting, understated setting, featuring gray waxed concret

A shining light in the galaxy of museum restaurants and exceptional eateries under the direction of multi-starred chef Alain Ducasse, Les Ombres is one of the first rooftops in Paris and boasts a prime location with its sprawling terrace atop the Mus

Founded by two friends with too little greenery and fresh air in their lives, Niobé transforms city life with its practical, poetic, ecological and ethical plant-based designs. Besides “planted” furniture, like the Rousseau end table, they take the s