A Parisian Autumn Weekend
An insider’s seasonal selection of the most unique things to do in Paris gives you more reasons to fly to the French capital in the fall.
By Perrine Adams
#1 TASTE THE ONE AND ONLY PARISIAN WINE
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Clos Montmartre Vineyard
Located in the heart of the Montmartre Village (18th arrondissement)
More info: www.comitedesfetesdemontmartre.com
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ince 1934, each second weekend of October, the Montmartre neighborhood celebrates at the Fêtes des Vendanges à Montmartre its wine harvest at the only vineyard in Paris withwine tastings, parades and a festival.
The vineyard – vignoble du “Clos Montmartre” – produces about 1,000 bottles each year and is in the process of getting the AB label (certified organic) and natural oenological processes.
If you plan to travel in fall 2014, you can find more info about the Fete des Vendanges here.
Clos Montmartre, "Cuvée de l'Amour", millésime 2012
Interested in buying your bottle of “Vin de Paris”?
Visit the online shop (40euros/$55 the bottle)
Clos Montmartre Vineyard
#2 DISCOVER A UNIQUE CONCEPT-STORE 100% MADE IN FRANCE
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TAJ Paris
13 rue de l’Echelle (1st arrondissement)
More info: www.taj-paris.com
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First concept-store 100% made in France: Creation, Know-How & Soil of France.
At the heart of « Paris Le Louvre », 13 rue de l’Echelle (1st arrondissement), Béatrice Le Chevalier, founder, opened TAJ Paris on January 31, 2013.
Previously, there had been no place in Paris where one could find a concentration of French heritage: gastronomy, culture and tradition. ԬThis is the reason TAJ Paris was created, the shop where one can find an authentic gift.
#3 ENJOY A FIRST OF ITS KIND FASHION EXHIBIT
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La mécanique des dessous – Une histoire indiscrète de la silhouette
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107 rue de Rivoli (1st arrondissement)
Through the end of Nov. 2013
More info: www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
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The Musée des Arts Décoratifs presents a first-of-its-kind exhibition that will take visitors backstage, into a behind-the-scenes history of clothing and fashion by illustrating the diversity of artifices and their mechanics with museum pieces rarely shown to the public.
The Museum tells us: “This exhibition explores the ‘underworld’ of female and male undergarments such as the fly, the pannier, the corset, the crinoline, the bustle, the pouf, the stomach belt, the bra and other devices fashioning the body by means of whalebones, hoops and cushions according to the changing dictates of fashion. Molding the body sometimes to extremes, these “mechanical garments” enabled the wearer to artificially attain the ideal beauty of the time. This exploration is full of surprising discoveries since, contrary to common belief, these artifices were by no means a 19th-century speciality. Recourse to these concealed architectures has been constant since at least the 14th century until the present day.”
1 Lejaby, guêpière « Irrésistible », 1951-1952
Valenciennes, Association de Préfiguration du Musée du sous-Vêtement
ԬPHOTO BY PATRICIA CANINO
2 Panier à coudes articulé, vers 1770, et corps à baleines, vers 1740-1760
Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs, collection Mode et Textile et dépôt du musée de Cluny
PHOTO BY PATRICIA CANINO
3 Tournure cage, modèle « papillon », vers 1872
Paris, collection Falbalas
PHOTO BY PATRICIA CANINO
1 Comme des Garçons, Bump Dress, prêt-à-porter,
printemps-été 1997, collection « Dress Meets Body – Body Meets Dress »
Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs, collection Mode et Textile, achat, 2005
PHOTO BY JEAN THOLANCE
2 La mariée, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gaultier Paris, haute couture,
automne-hiver 2008-2009, collection « Les Cages »
PHOTO BY GUY MARINEAU
3 Thierry Mugler, Prêt-à-porter,
printemps-été 1992
PHOTO BY GUY MARINEAU
#4 EXPERIENCE A SECRET RESTAURANT
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Ecole Ferrandi
Restaurant Le Premier
Restaurant Le 28
28 rue de l’Abbé Grégoire (6th arrondissement)
More info: www.ferrandi-paris.fr/ecole/les-restaurants-d-application
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Ferrandi is one of the most important cooking schools in France, located on the Rive Gauche with more than 1,300 students learning how to be bakers, barmen, waiters and chefs. The Ecole has set up two restaurants that are well-known by Parisian foodies.
Hours:
Le Premier – Tuesday-Friday for lunch, 25 euros; Occasional Thursdays for dinner, 40 euros.
Le 28 – Wednesday-Friday for lunch, 30 Euros; Monday, Tuesday for dinner, 40 Euros.
The waiting list for a table can stretch for several weeks. The restaurants are closed during the French school holidays.
Bon appétit!
