BEST BUYS
to French Chic in Paris
The Best Buys to French Chic in Paris shopping guide
by Paris expert, Rachel Kaplan From Paris France
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Shopping Tip - Winter 2008 Paris Sales - Soldes d'hivers 2008 à Paris
L'arrêté n° 2007-330-1 autorisant les ventes en soldes dans le département de Paris du 9 janvier au 16 février 2008 a été publié...
So if you love to shop the sales, do it between 9 January and 16 February 2008.
Happy Shopping!
No one knows more about shopping in Paris than Rachel Kaplan, especially how to find the chicest of chic at the best of the bargains.
"Paris is the city for timeless bargain chic, in almost any category, and that is the specialty of this guide to ferret out those shopping bargains that make you feel like a million dollars without spending anything close to that.
I'd bet there are a lot of people who still believe that Paris is the most expensive city in the world! Not true. There is little or next to nothing that they can afford to bring home, apart from an Eiffel Tower key chain and a bottle of Chanel No.5.
My intention with this guide is to prove that by taking tips from the French themselves, visitors to Paris can come home feeling both chic and happy knowing their checking accounts haven't gone into the red."
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What You'll Find in the Guide
Introduction
Shopping in Paris Is Different From What You Might Expect At Home
What To Buy in Paris - Paris is the city for...
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Who's Buying What in Paris
What are my own Suggestions for Some Great Inexpensive Gifts?
Shopping Style and Etiquette in Paris
Some Useful Shopping Vocabulary
Some Wardrobe Vocabulary
What Size are You in Paris?
Store Hours
How to Pay
What Does It Cost?
The Value Added Tax Deduction or What the French Call "La Détaxe"
Useful Shopping Tips
Plus
All the Chic Paris Addresses with
Full Descriptions
Class for the Masses
Savvy Chic The City's Best Streets for Designer Clothing Bargains
Great Finds at Rock Bottom Prices Savvy Chic
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The City's Best Streets for Designer Clothing Bargains
Elegant Resale Shops (Dépôt-Ventes)
Glamorous Accessories and Jewels at Affordable Prices
Beauty Bargains for Both Sexes
Ultrachic Gifts and Housewares at Irresistible Prices
Food for the Mind Bookstores and Stationery Shops
Food, Glorious Food: For Gifts and the Daily Larder
The Best New Salons de Thé (Tearooms)
About Rachel Kaplan
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This guide is Kaplan's latest labor of love, exclusively written for WebFrance International's series of Paris Insider Guides. It follows Kaplan's four books published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., including Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris, now in its second edition.
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An internationally published journalist, she has written for such magazines as Elle, France Today, Paris Notes, French Vogue, Traditional Homes, and Victoria.Rachel Kaplan is the founder of French Links Tours, a cultural tourism company having hosted guests as illustrious as a former U.S. president and his spouse, a U.S. Governor as well as leading film talents.
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Rachel Kaplan has lived in Paris over eight years, and knows how to shop like the French. She does private shopping tours for both groups and individuals, as well as antique tours of the Flea Market.Consult the French Links Cultural Tours and contact French Links at frenchlinks@wfi.fr.
Travel Articles by Rachel Kaplan
Do read Shopping Like The French: How to Get The Best Deals in Paris.
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