The Space is the secret too well kept on the left bank. This shop, the brainchild of designer Tallulah Rufus Isaacs and curator Julia Van Hagen, attracts fashion fans and / or contemporary art, because you can both find the last pieces of a fashion in vogue, as jewelry or travel brought works by new artists. But let’s talk a little sunshine and holidays! Recently, the store hosts a new brand of swimwear and chic eco: LUZ. Its creative, Virginia and Claire Courtin Mougenot, met at EDHEC school. They live on two different continents, and their seasons are reversed: they therefore wanted to work on a timeless product. Their style? Pastel colors, an attractive design, a spirit “basic Revisited” and especially organic cotton.

Everything in the heart of Saint Germain des Pres, at 21 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6th

This is the Montana! Andre Saraiva’s spot on the left bank, Montana is the place to be during Paris Fashion Week: celebrities and trendy capital flock there, after having a few drinks at the Café de Flore.

But this unusual decor (lamps shaped skulls, walls with abstract designs, vaulted cellar, etc …), this retro and electro-pop music that are reserved only a small fifty people every night as Montana, unlike the U.S. state of the same name, it’s tiny. Like most select clubs in the capital …

This Thursday, May 10 from 18:30, Hubert Barrere, corset maker / embroiderer, will be back on centuries of fascination and lift the veil on below this signature piece: the corset. Piece both elegant and erotic, wonderful accessory which follows the forms without hindering, you will know absolutely everything on this fashion item. And exclusively, Hubert Barrere unveil three of his iconic creations. The opportunity to discover a little more closely the work of this true artist today creates embroidery for larger luxury homes, from Chanel to Louis Vuitton, Dior, Valentino and in 2011 became the artistic director of the legendary Maison Lesage.

Hubert Barrere’s Conference  ”Corset, shackles or freedom,” Thursday, May 10, 2012, from 18:30, Lingerie space, first floor of the Bon Marche.

If you’re in the neighborhood the last week of May, do not miss the Jazz Festival of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. A good way to lay his head and ears after an ultra loaded year in politics! Since its inception in 2001, this is a success: unique concerts, conferences, meetings between artists and exhibitions in the area attract the all-Paris fan of this genre. And this 2012 edition is placed under the sign of the piano, it is melodic, groovy, surprising, fundamental, inventive … Framed by the Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander and American composer Ahmad Jamal, the festival announced a very nice program … Especially as young and new talents will be honored and that the very first opening day will be devoted solely to women in the jazz world. Both say they will be there!

So this year, the brand pays homage to the English painter / illustrator Lawrence Mynott, to whom we already owe all Trudon scents, by launching a limited edition of three candles in his honor. Presented in boxes decorated with his own drawings, these three objects are in fact three Trudon Cire candles symbolize esthetically revisited for the occasion: Abd El Kader (Mint Tea), Odalisque (orange blossom) and Solis Rex (parquet de Versailles). Collectors take note …

Candle “series Mynott“ vegetable wax 270g, available from May 2000 copies at a price of 70 euros. Address: 78 Rue de Seine, Paris 6th.

The world of comics is in mourning. And for good reason, he just lost one of his master: Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. The man who inspired a whole generation of artists passed away on March 10^th  in Paris following to a long illness. He was 73 years old. And we had welcome him at Placide a few years ago …
Fortunately, the Cartier Fondation was right last year by devoting him a great retrospective, “Moebius Transe-form.” He was responsible for transforming the western type, the creation of the mythical character Mike Steve Blueberry, and the invention of the comic surrealist scenario. He had also attended the event movie by Luc Besson, The Fifth Element.
Tributes pour in. We will miss Moebius…

Tuesday, this is the … Macaroon Day ! Every year, it’s always the opportunity to celebrate the arrival of spring with this event under the sign of greed. But also solidarity …
For the seventh consecutive year, the Pierre Hermé shop (which you will find not far away from the hotel, 72 rue Bonaparte), invites you to a macaroons tasting, and offers in the same time opportunity to make a donation for autism, recognized as a national cause.
What a treat for a good cause … So, vanilla, chocolate, or rose?

1) How do you like, your pasta? Al dente? The duo Dolce & Gabbana prefer them raw and visibly hanging from the ears. We knew the dresses of their spring-summer 2012 fashion show printed all the vegetables in the world, but we did not notice the earrings shaped “farfalle” of red tomatoes and eggplant. If this is not a tribute to Italy, it looks like.

2) Shoes without heels? Yes, it exists! At Giuseppe Zanotti, 22 Rue de Grenelle! Something to look like Lady Gaga, but it is still necessary to succeed in balance it. Ah, fashion, is dangerous!

3) A headache? Here’s a quick fix: a giant doliprane , not to be swallowed with a full glass of water, but to carry forth. The author of this thing? This is none other than the work of Christian Louboutin, who has not finished celebrating the 20th anniversary of his house. To admire at 38 Rue de Grenelle …

4) Have you thought that you already had the full panoply of the perfect fashionista? What an idea! Something is always missing … Starting with this cup holder that allows you to keep your previously purchased Starbucks Boulevard St. Germain, without burning yourself. No, you are not in full hallucination, it is well in croco leather and signed Jimmy Choo. What walking the streets of the capital with chic, looking with an air of outraged others with their cardboard cup holder. What do you mean too much? A little whim to find at Bon Marché.