For his Parisian boutique, the brilliant Belgian designer Dries van Noten chose Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Opposite the Louvre, on the prestigious Quai Malaquais, it’s a unique location, a former bookstore, steeped in history and memories. Dries Van Noten has been living a true love affair with Paris since he presented his first Women’s Collection there in 1986. In 2025, he chose to hand over the reins to Julian Klausner, a 33-year-old Belgian designer who has collaborated closely with him since 2018. Thus, the House has chosen continuity with an Artistic Director who shares its fundamental values.
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Amin Kader has made French know-how one of his main values. After working alongside various couturiers such as Kenzo Takada and Azzedine Alaïa, the designer chose to set up his creative workshop in the heart of Paris, where all the couture items (dresses, shirts, trousers, coats, etc.) and leather goods are made. Each item is produced in limited series, in noble materials whose quality and origin have been carefully studied. From one season to the next, the models are reviewed, examined, corrected, until they become timeless pieces, which are enough to dress a silhouette.
The wardrobe created by Amin Kader is undoubtedly one of the most chic and refined there is: impeccable cuts, both fluid and structured, timeless. Cashmeres, silks, poplins, wool crepes, velvets, and the famous cashmere stoles and shawls that you can wear on your shoulders as if you were delicately placing them on a lovely ottoman! Each piece has an exceptional character, which finds a somewhat special place in a wardrobe. The same goes for accessories, shoes and bags.
In the various shops, we find the scents of the Saint-Germain candle, with its notes of bergamot, clove and patchouli, a Renaissance fragrance, a zest of the Orient, it also perfumes our interiors with its unique and captivating scent,
But Amin Kader also undertook to embalm this woman who loved elegance by creating for her four original fragrances that also reveal the spirit and influences of the creator: Eau de Cologne Cesarea, an infusion of Mediterranean citrus fruits, orange, lemon and bergamot; Psyché, formulated as an ode to the orange tree supported by notes of white musk; Tabriz, an essence of patchouli sublimated by intense notes of jasmine intertwined with cedar and sandalwood; and of course our favorite, Eau Pratine, a unique accord of flowers and spices, illuminated with a woody resinous balm. A mystical olfactory imprint, rooted in the Saint-Germain des Prés district. Its candied vapors undulate in the alleys built of these sacred stones, impregnated with a velvety patina. A luminous juice that perfumes the atmosphere, leaving a trail of the strength of a shadow.
A jeweler as there are only about fifty in France. For almost 30 years, Inédit has been creating and manufacturing exceptional jewellery by hand in the Maison’s workshops in Rouen. A team of three gemologists travels the world to find stones that meet the highest standards. Only those that require color, purity, fluorescence and size quality are set.
We love the chic and confidential spirit of the place, which nevertheless sits in the nerve center of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. We are received with all the attention we deserve when choosing a jewel, since it is always an exceptional moment, which signs a story, an event, a promise or an oath.
By presenting a selection of American designers, Jacques Barret, who directs TRIODE, highlights a dynamic scene, little known in Europe, which despite a relatively short history, benefits from a rich legacy left by Russel Wright, Henry Dreyfuss, Normand Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Ray & Charles Eames or George Nelson. Lindsey Adelman, Bec Brittain, Apparatus, Gabriel-Scott, Roll & Hill, Jason Miller, John Pomp, Jonah Takagi, or David Weeks have found at TRIODE a real showcase to present their creations.
Triode produit et distribue aussi sous son nom des pièces exclusives de jeunes designers comme Pierre Gonalons et Simon Naouri, ainsi que les rééditions de créateurs emblématiques du siècle dernier tels Sergio Rodrigues ou Richard Neutra.
Maylis Queyrat and Charles Tassin, respectively designer and interior designer, present here their creations that often pay tribute to the 60s and 70s and bring up to date materials that we love such as lacquered wood, patinated steel and polished aluminum.
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Following the success of his restaurant Aux Prés, Cyril Lignac was bound to open an additional place to cater to the many unfortunate customers unable to book a table when Friday came. The wait is now over with Aux Prés’ annex, le Bar des Prés, also located on rue du Dragon. At the Bar des Prés, Cyril Lignac develops fusion food, blending his traditional French cuisine with Asian touches.
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She started her career working with the most prestigious American interior designers before joining Jacques Garcia. Having worked on her own for over twenty years now, Florence Lopez is a trendsetter who hunts for furniture everywhere, creates settings, or works on her own creations inspired by the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. She has two ways of showcasing her work : she regularly collaborates with decorators and interior designers and exhibits her own furniture in the middle of the magnificent settings she creates every two years in her studio in Saint¬Germain des Prés.
In this shop, what we have is more gastronomic pastry than simple pastry. Pierre Hermé is an avant-garde pastry confectioner and a magician with flavors. He revolutionizes the most established traditions and eliminates the excessive or useless decors which clutter cake shops. He uses salt as sugar to bring out other shades of flavors and he constantly reassesses his own work by exploring new territories or by revisiting his own recipes.
This bookshop created by Karl Lagerfeld presents a great selection of books about photography, decorative arts and architecture and some trendy magazines.
Yves Gastou is a specialist for furniture and sculpture of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. He hunts for, rediscovers all the forgotten designers of those years. He was the one who since 1985 has organized the first exhibitions in France of Ron Arad, Ettore Sottsass or Shiro Kuramata, that he then confronted with the works by older major designers of the 1940s and 1950s as André Arbus, Jacques Adnet, Paul Evans, Gabriella Crespi, Joe Colombo and many others. It is thanks to gallery owners like him that we now enjoy the return of Art Deco in the forefront. Joined by his son Victor in 2005, Yves Gastou continues to exhibit the spatial and playful furniture of the 60s and 70s, cherishing the dream of a free and relaxed way of life, of an art democratized thanks to the introduction of new materials, such as resin, brass, stainless steel, and stone geodes, while integrating a sleek contemporary design. Victor has continued the adventure alone since Yves’ disappearance in 2020.
Chahan Minassian is multitalented : he is an interior designer, a designer, an antique dealer and a gallery owner. He has a passion for the American furniture of the 1930s to the 1960s, he presents, in his gallery of the Rue de Lille, pieces by Vladimir Kagan, Paul Evans, Karl Springer, Tommi Parzinger, Paul Laszlo, Philip and Kelvin Laverne, Edward Wormley, Harry Bertoia… and just next to it, he becomes again an interior designer and presents his style for international customers.
