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Section 02 · Trending now · Paris
Trending Now
The Paris vintage conversation right now — designer moves, market shifts and the stories our editors are reading.
01 · Paris
Why Vintage Band T-Shirts Matter Now
A worn-in tour tee is the most honest thing in a wardrobe. Here is how to wear one without looking like a costume, and how to tell a 1977 original from a 2022 reprint.
02 · Paris
The Quiet Drama of Art Deco Furniture
A collector's guide to living with Art Deco furniture: how to place it, what to look for, and why its geometry still shapes a room.
03 · Paris
How to Find a Dress That Fits in Paris
That is the whole trick. On the metro, an American tourist in a full ball gown looks lost.
04 · Paris
How to Buy an Old Coat in Paris
Buy one size up and wear it open over knitwear. Coats should skim, not squeeze. A size up gives you room for a thick turtleneck and still allows the coat to fall cleanly.
05 · Paris
How to Buy an Old Wedding Dress in Paris
That is the whole trick. You don't need a full vintage ensemble. You need one thing that stops conversation. A 1960s silk sheath with a boat neck.
06 · Paris
How to Buy Vintage Furniture in Paris
That is the whole trick. The French have known this since the salons of the 18th century, when a single commode by Riesener dominated a room.
07 · Paris
How to Buy Vintage Accessories in Paris
A proper leather belt with a heavy buckle upgrades every pair of trousers you own. Think of it as the punctuation mark of your outfit.
08 · Paris
How to Buy a Vintage Blazer in Paris
The high street today pads its shoulders with foam. Vintage pieces use actual horsehair canvas, stitched by hand, which molds to your body over time.
09 · Paris
How to Buy Vintage Heels in Paris
That is the whole trick. You see it in the way women dress here: a single silk scarf, a well-worn trench, a pair of heels that cost more than the rest of the outfit combi…
10 · Paris
How to Buy Your First Vintage Watch in Paris
And the timing is right. In the last decade, the vintage watch market has exploded, but the real connoisseurs have moved away from the oversized, flashy pieces of the 201…
11 · Paris
How to Read a Hallmark in Paris
That is the whole trick. Walk into any café in the Marais and you will see it: a woman in a simple black sweater, a single gold signet ring, and a Victorian brooch pinned…
12 · Paris
How to Buy Vintage Sneakers in Paris
Retro sneakers have a shape that modern performance shoes lost: lower, narrower, with a sole that does not look like engineering. Worn ones look right immediately, which is the whole appeal.
Section 03 · The Auction Room · Paris
Sourced from the region
The vintage designer pieces the market is chasing right now — live auctions from sellers in Paris and nearby, ranked by how contested they are.
UsedCuriosities
LOT · 59846Vintage - Silver Plated Serving Tray, Used But Nearly New!!
USD 27.99
UsedCuriosities
LOT · 17014Vintage Cut Crystal Decanter
USD 43.48
UsedSilk Scarves
LOT · 80049Vintage 100% Silk Head Neck Scarf Blue Poppie Lime Sheer Purple Floral Flowy~EUC
USD 18.99
UsedCuriosities
LOT · 67451Vintage Gorham Silverplate Coffee Pot Art Deco 1 5/8 Pint EP 01090
USD 21.99
UsedDresses
LOT · 95618VTG 1960s Oscar de la Renta Boutique Black Velvet Shift Dress Gold Trim MINT
USD 428.00
UsedJewellery
LOT · 81298Mikimoto Akoya Pearl Necklace Strand Graduated Hi Luster VTG Japan Silver 18”
USD 844.32
UsedDresses
LOT · 31728Authentic Vintage Stuart Weitzman Quilted Bow Ballet Flats Women’s Black
USD 50.00
UsedBridal
LOT · 89001Vintage La Regale Pearl Handbeaded Evening Clutch Bag Cream Ivory Bridal Prom
USD 49.99
The Journal, from Paris
Why Vintage Band T-Shirts Matter Now
A worn-in tour tee is the most honest thing in a wardrobe. Here is how to wear one without looking like a costume, and how to tell a 1977 original from a 2022 reprint.
€NaNThe Quiet Drama of Art Deco Furniture
A collector's guide to living with Art Deco furniture: how to place it, what to look for, and why its geometry still shapes a room.
€NaNHow to Find a Dress That Fits in Paris
That is the whole trick. On the metro, an American tourist in a full ball gown looks lost.
€NaNHow to Buy an Old Coat in Paris
Buy one size up and wear it open over knitwear. Coats should skim, not squeeze. A size up gives you room for a thick turtleneck and still allows the coat to fall cleanly.
€NaNHow to Buy an Old Wedding Dress in Paris
That is the whole trick. You don't need a full vintage ensemble. You need one thing that stops conversation. A 1960s silk sheath with a boat neck.
€NaNHow to Buy Vintage Furniture in Paris
That is the whole trick. The French have known this since the salons of the 18th century, when a single commode by Riesener dominated a room.
€NaNHow to Buy Vintage Accessories in Paris
A proper leather belt with a heavy buckle upgrades every pair of trousers you own. Think of it as the punctuation mark of your outfit.
€NaNHow to Buy a Vintage Blazer in Paris
The high street today pads its shoulders with foam. Vintage pieces use actual horsehair canvas, stitched by hand, which molds to your body over time.
€NaNHow to Buy Vintage Heels in Paris
That is the whole trick. You see it in the way women dress here: a single silk scarf, a well-worn trench, a pair of heels that cost more than the rest of the outfit combi…
€NaNHow to Buy Your First Vintage Watch in Paris
And the timing is right. In the last decade, the vintage watch market has exploded, but the real connoisseurs have moved away from the oversized, flashy pieces of the 201…
€NaNHow to Read a Hallmark in Paris
That is the whole trick. Walk into any café in the Marais and you will see it: a woman in a simple black sweater, a single gold signet ring, and a Victorian brooch pinned…
How to Buy Vintage Sneakers in Paris
Retro sneakers have a shape that modern performance shoes lost: lower, narrower, with a sole that does not look like engineering. Worn ones look right immediately, which is the whole appeal.
The Vintage Shops directory
Curated vintage shops in Paris
Archive boutiques, second-hand rooms and antique dealers — addresses, opening hours and maps.
Field trips & tours
Paris Local Fashion Designers Shopping Tour with a Stylist
Private Paris Shopping Tour
Paris Private Shopping Spree & Walking Tour with a Local Guide
The Fashionista Experience: Personal Shopping and Styling in Paris (Teenagers)
The Parisian Experience: Styling & Shopping Experience in Paris
Travel stories
Travel
Hemingway's Paris: A Moveable Feast Trail
Café crème at Les Deux Magots, oysters at La Coupole, and the Left Bank haunts where the Lost Generation drank, wrote, and argued — Hemingway's Paris was a moveable feast.
Travel
YSL's Paris: Le Smoking & The Left Bank
The tuxedo for women, the Marrakech palette, and the Rive Gauche revolution — walk Saint Laurent's Paris, where a young designer rewrote the rules of the wardrobe and set them free.
Travel
Birkin's Paris: Effortless Rive Gauche
White tee, flared jeans, and a woven basket bag — Jane Birkin's Paris was the anti-fashion that quietly became fashion, and the Rive Gauche still dresses in her effortless shadow.
Travel
Bardot's Paris, Left Bank
From Saint-Germain's cafés to the open-air markets, wander Brigitte Bardot's Paris — where gingham, bare feet, and total nonchalance sparked a style revolution still felt today.
Travel
Piaf's Paris
In the footsteps of the little sparrow: from Belleville's cobbles to Pigalle's neon, walk Édith Piaf's Paris — where every street corner still hums with a song of love and loss.
Travel
Josephine Baker's Paris
From the Folies Bergère to the Champs-Élysées, follow Josephine Baker's Paris — the city where the Jazz Age found its most dazzling star, and she repaid it by dancing it into legend.
Travel
Chanel's Paris: Rue Cambon & Beyond
The mirrored staircase, the tweed suits, and the Ritz — walk the Paris that Coco Chanel built block by block, from the Rue Cambon atelier to the hotel suite she never truly left.
Travel
Grace Kelly's Paris: A Princess's Capital
Hermès scarves, kid gloves, and the quiet confidence of a Hitchcock heroine — Grace Kelly's Paris was pure, unstudied elegance, a city of couture salons and hotel suites that felt like film sets.
Where to stay
A shortlist of Paris hotels our editors rate for a vintage-minded stay.
Getting there
Live one-way economy fares to Paris — departing 2026-11-10, cheapest first.
Curated itineraries
Paris Band Tee Trail
Hunting 90s band tees and tour merch across the Marais and Canal Saint-Martin — the Paris circuit collectors actually walk.
The Liberation of the Silhouette: In the Footsteps of Coco Chanel
She freed women from corsets — and gave them perfume that changed the world. Coco Chanel lived at the Ritz for 34 years, designed the most iconic jacket of the 20th century, and built a fashion empire that still operates from 31 Rue Cambon.
A Moveable Vintage: In the Footsteps of Ernest Hemingway
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. Hemingway wrote these words at the end of his life — but the city he described still exists.