Darlings, so sorry I have not loaded up photos (over 100!) of my tour of the original Louis Vuitton house and atelier. I have been so busy catching up with my favorite city on earth and drinking way too much champagne to work all week! I promise in the next few days I will have it up, along with my bag purchases. Paris boutiques go on sale on June 26th, sadly– I’ll be on my way home and will miss it. The Euro exchange rate is insane, by the way. Not that it’s going to hinder any of my shopping but still, kind of hurts when I do the calculations. I know London is going to be worse so I am just not going to think about it. xoxo
Hello from Paris!
By Kelly Cook
Can’t wait to see it all!
Tina,
Cannot wait to see all those pics. Enjoy your trip! You inspired me to plan a Paris getaway with my hubby in the fall. My favorite city in the world!!! Merci.
xoxo
Hello Tina! How exciting it all is! I can’t wait to see everything. Have fun! Be safe!
BonJour T…I can NOT!! wait to see the pics…
Have FUN!! Have a glass of kir royal for me!!!!
Merci Mon Cheri!!
XOXOOX…
Hey B, when are you off for my Mojito?!
T sounds like your having a ball looking forward to seeing all your pics and bags!!
Safe trip home.
L.x
Waowww….can’t wait to see those pictures…
Tina, Is London boutiques having any sale at the end of the month too? It will be great if they do.
Have FUN in Europe =)
Hi Lottie….where have u been?? I will be on the plane NY bound this Wed!! So I am hoping by this weekend I will be sipping a mojito.
One for U and ONE for me!! lol…Did u call Zuly?!?!? did u get your bags?!? BYEEEEEEEEEEE!
Dear Anonymous,
One does NOT!! ask one, “how rich are you?”
That is not polite!!!
Hi all, I was completely floored by what I saw at the LV home and atelier… there are so many photos to sift through and to write about that I am procrastinating…
Am having too many Kir royals, this is the problem! I will stay in one night and just work!
I can’t believe it’s been a week already.. time flies when you are having so much fun!
xoxo
Hi B i am having great trouble with my internet at home so raced into work this morning to catch up with what i missed on bagsnob over the wkend!!! How exciting…..only two more sleeps till NY!!!! Am goingto phone Zuly today completely forgot about it over the weekend…my bags must be stuck somewhere….they must be missing me!!! Lol
Well safe trio and keep me informed on all your fun in the hamptons and the mojitos! =)
L.xo
Hi Tina,
So glad you are having a ton o’ fun…and bummer about the sales being later then they are here in the USA. But I can imagine the frustration with the Euro exchange…just think of what a deal those Europeans are getting when they go to NYC to shop!?!?!? About half of my vacation to Europe would be shopping, so I’m waiting til the exchage rate gets better – when will that be? in 10 years?
hi guys,
am shopping right now and realized the French brands are 20% less here in paris, even with exchange rate.
the chanel bag kelly wrote about is USD$1200 + 8.25% tax. I just saw the same bag for USD$1230 (with exchange rate of 1.6) AND we get 12% VAT back. so the 12% saved and the lack of sales tax means it is 20% less!
same with Hermes (my friend got a croc birkin here for $19,000. in the US it’s a $24,000 bag plus tax), balenciaga, lanvin and all the French brands. so if I stick with the French, I can shop without guilt!
buying clothes is most unsatisfying, however. balenciaga boutique in nyc has been on sale for weeks but here, it won’t go until 6/25. the French are funny that way, the government dictates the sales and this year it’s 6/25-8/1. two sales a year. no wonder my french friends love american shops!
just saw a pair of $200 j brand jeans for $365. crazy!
xoxo
Hey lottie call zuly and get the tracking #.
Did u see I won the first drawing for the SATC pop quiz? I can NOT! wait to get my Tee!!
hopefully by wed it will be here so I can rock it in NY!!!!
Thx again T&K!!! =)
XOXOOX
Congrats B, its ashame you cant post pictures, you in your bag snob tee with a mojito how fabulous…will let you know how i get on with my bags!
L.xo
Tina,
I haven’t been reading your blog this weekend…so I’m a bit late with this. If you see something you love, give the SA your card number, and they will ring it up on 6/26 and ship it. If they want to, they can take the tax off of the price for you, so there is no need for the stamp at customs. At least, it was this way several years back.
I have done this at shops in the Etienne Marcel area….esp. Kabuki. Most likely the larger stores will not do it, but the smaller shops will. It’s all up to the owners, so smile and say “je voudrais…..s’il vous plat”.
Sue- great tip! Thank you! I will do that today… I think Balenciaga was willing to do it, it sounded like the SA offered but her limited English and my limited French made it confusing so I will go back to confirm today. 🙂 xoxo
hope it works…good luck!