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Richard Nahem

Richard, The Paris Insider - Expat New Yorker and good time bon vivant, Richard Nahem is a fashion and trend insider reporting on what's nouveau in Paris. Richard is the founder of the wildly popular blog, Eye Prefer Paris and leads private shopping tours of Paris via Eye Prefer Paris Tours. He is a chocolate truffle hound who knows how to get to the front of the line. www.eyepreferparis.com / www.eyepreferparistours.com

Printemps Paris Holiday Windows- Dior & Marion Cotillard, absolument!

Retail Remedy: The world of Dior for the holidays. Richard Nahem continues to bring us his tour of Paris Holiday Windows

I adore the Printemps windows this year but I have a slight problem with them. As fun and imaginative as they are, they symbolize promoting a brand rather than the spirit of Christmas. The windows are devoted to the Dior brand and their logo and name is bluntly splashed everywhere. As much as …
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Tags: Christmas in Paris 2012 , Christmas Windows , Dior , holiday , holiday style , Holiday Windows , Marion Cotillard , Paris , paris holiday windows , Printemps , Printemps paris holiday windows , Retail Remedy , richard nahem
Oggle this! Hermes Paris Holiday Windows for a very luxurious Christmas in Paris 2012

Retail Remedy: The mother of all luxe, Paris style. Richard Nahem takes us there to start is Paris Holiday coverage this week.

It’s time for my annual coverage of magical, enchanting Christmas in Paris. This year the shop windows and streets are especially dazzling. I want to bring the allure of Christmas in Paris to you with my little photographic treats.

>>MORE: Holiday Style , Paris Holiday Windows and Hermes

Hermés as usual …
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Tags: Christmas in Paris 2012 , Christmas Windows , Hermes , Hermes Paris , Hermes Paris Holiday Windows , holiday , holiday style , Holiday Windows , Paris , paris holiday windows , Retail Remedy , richard nahem
La Comedie Humaine- Parisian Men’s Shop Inspired by Balzac

Retail Remedy: Men’s style gets intellectual with this clever spin at a Parisian men’s shop. Richard Nahem reports from Paris…

I decided to take a stroll through Canal St. Martin, as I had not been there in a long time. Always hunting for the new and interesting, I came across an intriguing new men’s shop, La Comedie Humaine.

I started looking through the sparsely stocked racks, the first one starting with crisp, …
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Tags: Balzac , La Comedie Humaine , men's style , Paris , Parisian men's shop , Retail Remedy , richard nahem , shopping
Paris Resale: Vintage French Chic at L’Ibis Rouge

On The Road: Richard Nahem comes across a marvelous Paris shop full of gorgeous French designer goodies.

They say the teacher learns from their students. In my case, it’s the Paris tour guide who learns from their clients. Over the years, my clients have shared many things I haven’t had prior knowledge of including: restaurants, historic facts, shopping, hotels, and other insider tidbits. Many have been great finds and very useful.…
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Tags: Chanel , Jean Paul Gaultier , L’Ibis Rouge , on the road , Paris , Paris resale shop , resale , richard nahem , travel , vintage French chic , Yves Saint Laurent
The Right Attitudes: Chloe Exhibit in Paris Explores the History of the Fashion House

Paris In Style: Chloe Attitudes Exhibit at Palais de Tokyo

There hasn’t been a fashion exhibit that has wowed me since I wrote about the Madame Grés exhibit last spring. The Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton show earlier this year was a letdown for me and far too much a promotion for the brand.

I just went to the Chloe Attitudes show and it was a delightful surprise, as I didn’t know much about it before …
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Tags: Chloe , costume , costume exhibition , Gaby Aghion , Karl Lagerfeld , Martine Sitbon , Museum , on the road , Palais de Tokyo , Paris , Phoebe Philo , richard nahem , Stella McCartney , travel
Have Yourself a Renoir Moment- Impressionism and Fashion in Paris

Art in Paris: We know you love fashion. But, if you also love Impressionism as much as I do, you’ll be captivated by Richard Nahem‘s report on the Impressionism and Fashion exhibition that melds art and clothing.

The Impressionism and Fashion show at Museé d’Orsay in Paris explores the link Impressionist artists had with fashion and clothing.

Renoir, Monet, Manet, and Degas capture the fashion of the day between 1860 and 1880 with …
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Tags: art , costume , Impressionism and Fashion , Museum , Paris , richard nahem
I See Paris, I See France, I See Catherine Deneuve In The Store Window Glass

Retail Remedy: Paris Catherine Deneuve Windows at Le Bon Marché, and Kusama Windows over at Printemps

It may be Paris Fashion Week, but there’s plenty of Parisian élan off the runways too. Who better than Catherine Deneuve, the most iconic living French cinema legend, to kick off the launch of the 160th birthday of Le Bon Marché.

>>READ: How about some French Chic?

La Deneuve is captured in the store windows with amusing graphic …
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Tags: Catherine Deneuve , eyepreferparis , Kusama , Le Bon Marche , Paris , Printemps , Retail Remedy , richard nahem , store windows , Yayoi Kusama
Notes from Paris- Parisian Milliner Marie Mercié

Retail Remedy: From our resident Parisian contributor Richard Nahem comes a visit to milliner Marie Mercié’s charming boutique

Stephen Sondheim famously begged the question “Does anyone still wear a hat? ” in the song “Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch ” from the musical “Company”. If he walked by Marie Mercié’s eponymous shop near St. Sulpice, the answer would an emphatic yes!

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Tags: eyepreferparis , French Chic , french style , hat , Marie Mercié , Milliner , Paris , Paris shopping , Paris Store Guide , Paris Travel Tips , Paris Travels , Retail Remedy , richard nahem
Catch the Glory of Original Balenciaga at Cristobal Balenciaga, Collector of Fashions in Paris

What’s hot in Paris? In the city of French Chic, comes an important fashion exhibition in homage to master French couturier Cristobal Balenciaga… the man before the brand as many know it today.

A fabulous new exhibit of the couturier Balenciaga’s fashions has just opened. The collection is a tribute to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of the master fashion designer.

>> MORE: Costume Exhibitions and Styles and more Museums

It was generously donated …
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Tags: Balenciaga , Collector of Fashions , costume , Couture , Museum , Paris , richard nahem , vintage
White Drama Paris: Comme des Garcons Spring Favors Blow-Up Domes Over A Fashion Show

Always a designer to go against the grain of traditional fashion and fashion shows, Rei Kawakubo has done it once again with her new Comme des Garcons spring 2012 collection, White Drama.

Instead of having a runway show, she has decided to present her spring/summer collection as an installation in clear plastic blowup domes with quasi-monochrome mannequins in which she dramatizes life’s important events: birth, marriage, death, and transcendence.

MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS

White Drama is about pure, ceremonial whiteness …
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