Not everyone will want to make the trip out to Provins to visit APG Réliure, a bookbinding store in a famous medieval town selling myriad bookbinding supplies, hand-marbled papers, and their specialty, “blocs papiers” — preprinted and blank text blocks. The text block selection was truly excellent, with a range....
French lavender fields are justly famous and visiting one can be a highlight of a trip to Provence. That’s where you find them at their most photogenic — and ideally in July, as the lovely purple bloom usually begins in mid-June and ends in mid-August, subject to weather and geography.....
Shopping in Paris is a world-class experience, with creative, dynamic shops featuring the most famous brands in the world — but sometimes all you want is a new pair of leggings from a familiar label. Here, we examine the French equivalents of some well-known American (and UK brands), and where....
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Sézane Archives store — the physical shop, at 12 rue d’Uzès — has been closed since early 2026. Will it reopen? Who can say. We sure hope so — it was hit or miss, but an old-school outlet, with the chance of finding something exceptional at a....
Did you ever love a shampoo so much you didn’t mind that it left a not-insignificant residue on your scalp? That’s how I felt about Hairstory’s New Wash: As much as it succeeded in keeping my fine, fragile, frankly needy af hair from tangling and breaking — in the shower,....
