Any suggestions for shopping in August for a teenage girl and her young-at-heart mother?
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All of the major department stores will be open. Many boutiques will be open, since more and more people now spread out their vacations into July as well as August.
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Well, I%26#39;m not sure why August would be that particular as a month. Anyway, at the end of the month, you%26#39;re likely to already see winter stuff already, since the summer (did I say summer?? Where is it?) will be almost over, same for the sales.
The department stores are a good start, because you can see a lot without having to look for particular addresses and neighbourhoods. If you go to Le Bon Marché on the Left Bank, you can combine it with walking Rue de Rennes, Rue du Four, etc. with your daughter.
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Fall clothes were already in the stores when I left Paris a few days ago.
I really like Printemps, Galeries Lafayette, Zara and other stores on Blvd Haussmann as well as rue Tronchet, rue du Havre, rue Saint Honore and small side streets.
Colors for fall seemed to be a deep teal and a deep wine/purple on top of the regular black and beige etc.
I also spotted nice shades of chocolate/cappuccino browns.
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Promod is often recommended to young women. And we also felt very young at heart there during the summer sales with so much stock at 50% off!
Why not do some browsing before you go. The Promod web has a large catalogue to view.
printemps.com/international/…index.asp
www.galerieslafayette.com/index.do…
www.promod.com/odyssee/langues.asp…
http://www.zara.com/v05/index.php
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If you dont mind taking the RER a few stops its worth going to La Vallee near disneyland . It is a bit like Cheshire Oaks or Bicester Village so all the stuff is on sale all the time . I think its line A and you need to ask for Val d Europe . Cant guarantee the stuff will be really cheap but its worth looking at the website for la vallee . There is also a really good book you can get called %26quot; where to Wear Paris %26quot; which tells you all you need to know and probably more re the shops in Paris - Waterstones definitely sell it
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We did all those big shops like galeries lafayette but my daughter who is 16 loves the market(marche aux puces) at Porte de Clignancourt, there were shoes, belts, bags, jewellery,tops, skirts, at much better prices, the markets are huge so prepare to do a lot of walking. La samaritaine is closed for 6 years according to the news we heard. Centre of Montparnasse has good shops in one place go to metro Montparnasse bienvenue,one cinema also shows films in English.
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We did all those big shops like galeries lafayette but my daughter who is 16 loves the market(marche aux puces) at Porte de Clignancourt, there were shoes, belts, bags, jewellery,tops, skirts, at much better prices, the markets are huge so prepare to do a lot of walking. La samaritaine is closed for 6 years according to the news we heard. Centre of Montparnasse has good shops in one place go to metro Montparnasse bienvenue,one cinema also shows films in English.
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I also have a 16-year old daughter, who loves to shop. One of her favorite local stores is Urban Outfitters (in NYC). Are there any other shops your daughter loved? How about attractions or other things she particularly enjoyed? We%26#39;ll be there in 2 weeks.
We also have a 13-year son who mostly loves sports, so we%26#39;ll have to find the right balance while we%26#39;re in Paris.
Thank you.
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Take your daughter to the 5 story Etam on Rue du Rivoli next to the now closed Samaratine for lots of cute things. Nearby is a mall, les Halles, which is, after all, a mall but it has many shops that appeal to young people. Get there in the morning to avoid huge crowds. There is a chain called Filles de la Vanilla-I think this is the name-that I can%26#39;t drag teen-agers out of. Most of what they have doesn%26#39;t fit me but, oh well. The one I am familiar with is on Rue du Buci near the Odeon metro stop.
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