Arc en Seine
31 rue de Seine, Paris 75006
Opened in 1984 by Christian Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz and specializing in the best of Art Deco furnishings, sculpture and objets d'art by desingers including Pierre Chareau, Jean-Michel Frank, Eugène Prinz, Alexandre Noll, Gio Ponti, Alberto and Diego Giacometti.Serge Amoruso
37 avenue Daumesnil Paris 75012
Former Hermès designer and craftsman Serge Amoruso custom-makes handbags, suitcases, briefcases, wallets, watchbands and other luxury leather goods in rare and exotic skins and colors.Musée de Montmartre
12 rue Cortot Paris 75018 Métro: Anvers
A small museum—installed in a charming garden house whose former tenants included Renoir, Dufy, Valadon and Utrillo—documenting the history of the hilltop village of Montmartre and its role in the artistic life of 19th-century Paris. Closed Mon.Le Marchand d’Etoiles
4 rue du Pont aux Choux Paris 75003
The Star Merchant is the French equivalent of the Sandman, and the shop specializes in children’s nightwear—velour pajamas, angel-winged nightgowns, gold-dotted and star-studded boxer shorts.Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill Paris 75008 Métro: Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau.
The fine arts museum of the City of Paris, in a beautifully renovated Belle Epoque building, originally built for the World’s Fair of 1900. The permanent collection covers the history of art from antiquity to the early 20th century. Closed Mon.Spree
16 rue de La Vieuville Paris 75018
A terrific inventory of big-name designers—Isabel Marant, Comme des Garçons and Tsumori Chisate—alongside labels you've never heard of. There's also a selection of accessories, jewelry, modern furniture and lighting; original artwork by local artists completes the gallery atmosphere.
RATP / Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
Métro station Chatelet-Les-Halles (in the RER transfer hall, 1st)
The boutique of the RATP, which runs the Paris Métro and bus lines, with moderately-priced, really fun gifts and souvenirs including tableware, toys, Métro-ticket bath towels and umbrellas printed with the Métro map.Guerlain
68 ave des Champs-Elysées Paris 75008
The beautiful original shop of the classic perfume and cosmetics house, opened in 1914 and renovated several years ago, with an upstairs hallway entirely covered in gold mosaic and a crystalline perfume fountain for refilling your flacons. There’s also an excellent beauty institute.Brame & Lorenceau
68 blvd Malesherbes Paris 75008 Métro: St-Augustin
Created 30 yeas ago by a merger of two galleries founded in 1864, now specializing in 19th- and 20th-century paintings, drawings and sculpture, as well as modern and contemporary art, offering works by such artists as Degas, Caillebotte, Blanche, Daumier, Carolus-Duran, Fantin-Latour, Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat, Sisley and Rodin.Musée Rodin
19 boulevard des Invalides Paris 75007 Métro: Varenne.
Displayed in a former private mansion, its gardens and chapel, a major collection of sculpture, sketches, engravings and paintings by Auguste Rodin, along with works by his student Camille Claudel and paintings and sculpture from the artist’s own eclectic collection. Closed Mon.
Forge de Laguiole
29 rue Boissy d'Anglas Paris 75008
Home of the humble shepherd's folding knife that has become a coveted and trendy accoutrement. Laguiole—pronounced la-yole—is the name of a small town in the Aveyron region of central France, and a generic name for a folding knife made in the vicinity. Whether the blade is stainless steel or high carbon, and the handle in horn, wood, ivory or the aluminum chosen by designer Philippe Starck for one luxury model, the knife made by Forges de Laguiole is a collector's dream.Atelier du Bracelet Parisien
28 place du Marché Saint Honoré Paris 75001
A small shop specialized in watchbands and small leather goods in a large range of skins, styles and colors, both ready-to-wear and custom-made.