Springtime in Paris: A shopping Mecca!

Hello Boppers! I am by no means a BopTalk Celebrity like so many of you fabulous ladies and gents, but lovely PurseBop suggested I share my trip to Paris here! My collection is rather small, but I’m proud of it and I revealed two of my most favorite bags on this trip on IG. I of course went to the lovely H store that overlooks the sea in Monte Carlo and it was really lovely. My husband had ordered the anemone Kelly Double Tour bracelet on the French website and had it sent there for us to pick up on our trip. For those who don’t know, the French H website has some really nice items that are not available in the U.S. and it is much cheaper of course. H is wise to foreign shoppers of course, and does not allow things to be picked up in any of the Paris stores. We are also fortunate enough to have a French credit card and shipping address, so for those of you who have friends who live in Paris, ask them to help you out!

My experience with the FSH H flagship left much to be desired – I’ve been once and it was nice, but this time I was borderline appalled. The conduct of the “women” (certainly not ladies and my one year old behaves better….) in line outside one morning was off putting to say the least. In no exaggeration whatsoever, they just short of physically accosted the employees in the bag area, running through the store when the doors were opened. I of course had heard of this, but witnessing it was insane. I have worked in luxury retail for a long time and felt truly sorry for the lovely employees who had to try and maintain order. Although I was about tenth in line and had a specific SA I was looking for (was busy the day before) – she already seemed tired and annoyed at 10:40 am and barely smiled and of course had no Kelly for me ?. I was carrying my BE swift Kelly and wearing my BE croc CDC items – could have charged admission, the looks and whispers I got! It was weird, lol. I’m also not used to having to work with multiple SAs in a store because they are assigned to each area and more or less have to stay there. I get that, but in a luxury environment I as a customer want to develop a relationship and a nice familiarity with one person who can assist me with all my needs. We ordered a bamboo Kelly DT bracelet and got a hole punched in a belt strap I brought and we went on our merry way.

So, we visited the Sevre store in the 6th, and if you Boppers have not been, I highly recommend it. The employees are freer to assist you, no lines, and a general calm feeling throughout this amazing building Hermes bought most of and turned the existing hotel into one of the most beautiful and fashion forward stores of any brand in any city. We scored a lovely SA who assisted me in a croc watch band, a scarf for my hubs, and the longest sterling Farandole. We visited two days in a row, but no Kelly. I’m confident we will eventually get there though, and look forward to building a purchase history there.

Made a stop at Goyard, (reveal when my hubs picks it up in late June!) and the St. Germain LV which is newer and absolutely amazing. Calm, luxurious feel without all the hubbub. A lovely SA there assisted us with a scarf I had been coveting and we left my train case there to be monogrammed! I also recommend this store to assist you in this process. The money we saved shopping was unprecedented and although I did not make Chanel a priority on this trip, I will visit Rue Cambon soon. My hubs scored my red mini chevron flap bag before the price increase and surprised me with it in April – I revealed it on this trip as well! All in all, despite no Kelly, I really had a nice shopping trip and encourage Boppers to share their recent trips here with us! Thanks for listening – hopefully the next trip to FSH will be less frazzled, but I am going to stick with the Sevre store to build a European purchase history! ????