Jamin Puech
61 rue d’Hauteville Paris 10th
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the fashion set. The fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. Several shops in Paris (check our listings) including this inventory boutique for bargain-hunters.Daniel Malingue
26 ave Matignon Paris 75008 Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Old Masters, Impressionists, modern works and sculpture—the impressive list of artists at this gallery run by Daniel Malingue and his daughter ranges from Bonnard and Braque to Van Dongen and Vlaminck, and includes Chagall, Matisse, Klee, Picasso, Miró and Renoir.La Chambre aux Confitures
9 rue des Martyrs Paris 75009 Métro: Notre Dame de Lorette, Saint Georges
Following a lifelong passion, Lise Bienaimé devotes herself full-time to creating an amazing of seasonal preserves: “winter citrus” includes four types of orange marmalade, with a delectable variation lightly perfumed with fleur d’oranger. Summer fruit flavors include raspberry and rose, red or black cherry, gariguette strawberry, hazelnut and melon and five kinds of apricot. The fruit content is very high, with only enough sugar to preserve freshness. And everything in the store can be sampled.Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76 rue de Turenne, Paris 75003 Métro: St-Sébastien-Froissart
One of the city’s hottest contemporary galleries, showing works by Sophie Calle, Maurizioo Cattelan, Wim Delvoye, Takashi Murakami and Jean-Michel Othoniel.Galerie Schmit
396 rue St-Honoré, Paris 75001 Métro: Concorde
One of the top galleries in town, run by third-generation owner Manuel Schmit, offering museum-quality paintings by 19th- and 20th-century French masters, including Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Matisse, Caillebotte, Boudin, Seurat, Signac, Sisley, Redon and Vuillard, along with Klee, Miró, Modigliani and Jongkind.Institut du Monde Arabe
1 rue des Fossés-St-Bernard Place Mohammed Paris 75005 Métro: Cardinal Lemoine
A museum of Arab and Islamic arts, in a building designed by architect Jean Nouvel, with a permanent collection that extends from early archaeological artifacts to the 20th century. Regular temporary exhibits too. Closed Mon.Maison de la Truffe
19 Place de la Madeleine Paris 75008
Has a superb tasting menu that offers tuber-based delicacies such as scallop carpaccio with Brumale truffles, and a shop for gourmet gifts including truffle-infused Armagnac.Little VIP
1 rue Saint Simon Paris 75007
Childrenswear from a range of trendy labels including Kids Case and Bill Tornade.
Bernardaud
11 rue Royale Paris 75008
The flagship store of Bernardaud, a family firm that has been producing Limoges porcelain for more than a century—classic tableware, vases, light fixtures, gifts and jewelry, along with new collections by innovative young designers.Mémorial de la Shoah
17 rue Geoffroy l’Asnier Paris 75004 Métro: Saint Paul
A memorial and documentation center dedicated to the history of European Jews and the Holocaust, holding regular temporary exhibits. At the entrance is the Wall of Names, inscribed with the names of 76,000 deportees. Closed Sat.IKKS
114 ave de Champs Elysées Paris 75008
The flagship shop for IKKS (the pronunciation of the letter X in French)—first launched in 1987 as a junior line, IKKS now has 230 outlets worldwide for its cool and casual urban attire for men, women, boys and girls.Jean-Jacques Dutko
4 rue de Bretonvilliers, Paris 75004 Métro: Sully-Morland and 11 rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006 Métro: St. Germain des Prés
As well as his original gallery on the Left Bank, Art Deco and Art Modernes pecialist Dutko has also opened a big new space on the Ile Saint Louis, both designed by star architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. On the roster: Pierre Chareau, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jean-Michel Frank, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Marino Marini.