Last night, it rained hard after I came out of the movie theater where I saw, for those retro, nostalgia enthusiasts, yet another movie that minutely reconstitutes the 1980s, "Camille redouble."
I stumbled upon a small consignment shop located on rue Delambre called Juliette Chic with a nice selection of upscale clothes at reasonable prices. A very chic older woman walked in with a pair of wedge ballerina style shoes that, according to her, she was pressured into buying by her daughters who were encouraging her to look more "tendance." She could not wear them, time to consign a brand new pair of shoes.
If you're looking for an Hermès Birkin bag, this store is for you.
Otherwise, there are two other consignment shops that I stumbled upon. "Le Grenier d'Anaïs" on rue de Fleurus (a popular name for a consignment shop, there was one in Toulouse as I recall; rue de Fleurus btw is where Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas held court) had all their clothes wired together, to prevent theft, which made it difficult to really have a look. "Misantroc" on rue Notre-Dame des Champs was more my kind of place. Lots of coats, pants, dresses,skirts ranging from fifty to one hundred euros. The owner claims that 1. she is seventy years old (I hope to look that good when I get to be her age) and 2. to be the first consignment shop in Paris.
Today, I head to the 3ème arrondissement for a fashion students' show of their designs. I will make time for a little wandering around in search of that district's abundance of consignment shops.
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