Shop Tax-Free in France With Your Smartphone
While tax-free shopping is a great and profitable option for non-EU residents – post-Brexit, this now includes British visitors to France – the process is complicated and cumbersome. The easy, government-approved ZappTax system simplifies...
Explore Vannes: The Ideal Breton City
Quaint timbered buildings, modern shopping, bustling harbour cafés and stunning islands – Annaliza Davis explains why Vannes is the ideal Breton city.
If you want a city in Brittany that sums up the spirit and...
An Exhibition Dedicated to Brussels Designers in Belgium’s Capital
Belgian fashion is a major phenomenon on the international scene...
But did you know that Brussels is a hotbed for fashion? Through the talent of 32 designers, a new exhibition called Brussels Touch features this...
Coco Chanel, The Life and Times of an Icon
In the first of this two-part series, Chloe Govan explores Coco Chanel’s journey from an orphanage childhood of abject poverty to the founder of a classic, multimillion-euro fashion brand.
From a poorhouse in Saumur, to...
Parisian Walkways: The Bouquinistes of Paris
Jeffrey T Iverson browses through Paris’s famous outdoor bookstalls to meet the ‘brave merchants of wit’ who have lined the banks of the Seine for hundreds of years.
What is the most quintessential symbol of...
French Product Spotlight: Maison Berthe Guilhem
We have all heard of the Cleopatra-endorsed benefits of bathing in ass’s milk, but using goat’s milk as a base for soaps is less well known. Maison Berthe Guilhem, a family-run company in the...
My Life in Paris: Shop Til You Drop
Theodora Brack goes wild for animal-print outfits in the irresistible online sales.
In my defence, I was feeling a bit restless, intoxicated as I was by a bucket of coffee and the early morning news...
Read the Signs: Rue des Lions in Paris
Once the king of the jungle roamed the Marais
JUNGLE FEVER
The rue des Lions is a short street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, at the southern tip of the popular Marais district, edging towards...
What the Nose Knows
The art of perfume-making is as complex and mysterious as the world of winemaking. Lanie Goodman sniffs out some of the best noses in the business to find out more about the world of...
Parisian Walkways: Passage Verdeau in the 9th Arrondissement
Jeffrey T Iverson takes a stroll among the flâneurs in Passage Verdeau in the ninth arrondissement to discover a world of art and antiquities evocative of the Paris of Émile Zola.
Stepping out of the...
