THURSDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2010.
Day 4, and my cold had started to kick in at it's worst so I slept through breakfast with the aim to eat LOADS when i got into Paris (food is always on the brain. ha) Jo, Mily, Rosie and me headed off bright and early to find famous french fashion boutique, COLETTE.
We got there eventually, after almost walking past it, OOPS! and took a long look inside at all the incredible things you could buy. It had such a beautiful layout, almost as if you were discovering new sections as you walked around. There were so many gadgets, cameras, watches, phones, USBs, CD's etc, all of which i wanted to pick up and touch due to the amazing designs and colours.
I especially loved the first floor, as rather than clothes on rails, mannequins were dressed in full outfits, which unfortunately you couldn't take photos of else they told you off in very scary french voices. The overall feel was a lot of nude colours, soft floral prints, and amazing beige/brown suede trainer inspired heels.
The best section of the shop was a Keith Haring designed boxed off area, where there were a range of shoes he had produced alongside Tommy Hilfiger displayed in the middle of typical Keith Haring print walls. It was incredible, and i really wanted to buy his journal, but definitely decided that food was wayy more important and that i would try and find it on amazon when i was back in the UK!
We then grabbed some food before heading to see Le Louvre...Me and Mily had THE MOST AMAZING chocolate puddings, so yummy and gooey i wanted to be sick and eat more at the same time?! Saw some amazing pop-up postcards on the way... I have always loved the idea of pop up postcards.
Mine.
Mily's.
My favourites from LE LOUVRE.
I saw my friend Steph from Leicester whilst i was in here, it was so random cause we'd been trying to meet up for weeks but could never manage to, yet we were in the middle of Paris and bumped into eachother!!
chasing pigeons.as you do.
the architecture was amazing.
i think i loved the floors and building work more than the paintings?
the view.
had to see her.
Then we headed off to the POMPIDOU, which was absolutely incredible, the architecture of the building was so amazing to look at, almost like a warehouse feel to it? especially with the neon lights that are so often in American bars. My favourite museum by far. Free again for students so made the trip even more enjoyable.
loved how intricate and girly this was, especially with Valentines Day coming up..
There were alot of cabinets with the most incredible graphics work in... loved them all but here are a few...
Brilliant interactive installation... Had to have a go...
The view from the top.
The GIFT SHOP.
After a quick snap from Monolop, me and Mily headed off to find PRINTEMPS, the department store. Mily knew there was some amazing Alice in Wonderland Visual Merchandising so we found it and got to work with our cameras. I loved the layout of the windows, with each designer having their own window displaying their Alice in Wonderland inspired outfit. When we got inside, the theme carried on to a small Alice in Wonderland cafe, which looked so adorable with a huge hanging teapot, small mismatched tables, and amazing visuals running alongside the escalators.
Alot like the mad hatters tea party!
THE WINDOWS.
Again, so tired from an amazing, but long day, and headed home with our snacks to get a good nights sleep before the trip to Premiere Vision on our last day tomorrow!
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