Paris Vintage Shopping

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Vintage Couture trend started on the red carpet in Hollywood where it was broadcast worldwide: Julia Roberts collected her best actress Oscar wearing Vintage Valentino, and put Couture Vintage on the fashion map. Of course, vintage collectors have always known about the beauty and workmanship of these couture pieces, but the mass market fashion audience was not totally aware of what industry insiders have always known: Vintage, is not just a style, or a piece, its an approach to dressing that has found its place in the fashion spectrum and can work for everyone’s wardrobe budget.

How do you work that Vintage Vibe into your own wardrobe? We like the idea of mixing up vintage pieces to create fashionable looks that are personal and unique. With a chic vintage fur or a little beaded top over your favorite skinny jeans, you can stretch your fashion budget; I enjoy the sheer fun of having something that no one else has making my personal style original. How can you put a price on that?

Here is our selection of the best vintage stores Paris has to offer.

Kiliwatch 64 Rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris

I knew it was great, when a film producer mentioned it to me, as being the one shop his designers spent too much money in!

Maison de Fan Fan 4 Rue Mayet 75006 (same side of the street as Tea and Tattered Pages but Fan-Fan’s at the opposite end of the block)
Closed Sundays/Mondays.

Depot Vente de Buci-Bourbon 6 rue le Bourbon-le-Chateau 75006

Priscilla 4 rue Mouton Duvernet 75014

Le Depot Vente de Passy 14 Rue de la Tour, 75016

Chez Juliette 31 Rue Delambre 75014
Closed Mondays.
Partly vintage, partly consignment

Odetta
76 rue des Tournelles, 75003
Closed Mondays Tues-Sat 12am to 7:30 pm

Reciproque (very grand)
88, 89, 92, 95, & 101 Rue de la Pompe 75016

Free ‘P’ Star
8 Rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie, 75004 Paris