Paris is always the ideal destination for a glamorous journey and if you love fashion, this year you have 3 more reasons to make a trip to Paris. Until July 16th, you can visit the exhibition Balenciaga, a black opera at the Musée Bourdelle; on August 13th, the exhibition Dalida, a city wardrobe and stage at the Museo Galliera; while in October will open the long-awaited Paris Musée Yves Saint Laurent.
In the exhibition Balenciaga, work in black, fashion, art and styles merge to give life to a path of beautiful geometry divided into three sections: "Figure and volumes", "Neri e luci" and "Neri e colori". An anthem with a thousand shades of color not so dear to the Spanish designer. through a hundred pieces from the Galliera bottom and the archives of the Maison Balenciaga from the clean and geometric lines with which the designer celebrates style, tradition and folklore of his native country.
Paris celebrates Dalida, thirty years after his death, with the Dalida exhibition, city wardrobe and stage. Not only scene clothes, but also everyday look: you can admire the clothes that tell the story, public and private, of the great diva. The 50s Carvens, the red tube of Jean Dessès at the beginnings, the sober and chic looks signed Azzaro, the white Balmains of the early sixties, the sequins and the heads of the disc version of Michel Fresnay, up to the classics created by the unmistakable genius of Saint Laurent.
And speaking of the legendary YSL, appointment on October 3 for the long-awaited inauguration of the Paris Musée Yves Saint Laurent, the temple dedicated to one of the masters of world fashion. The location will be that of the prestigious Avenue Marceau building – completely renovated by the stage designer Nathalie Crinière and interior designer Jacques Grange – home of the atelier in which the designer gave life to his creations from 1974 to 2002, became the headquarters of the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent from 2004.
Some fifty models will be presented to the public, accompanied by accessories, sketches, photographs and videos. You can visit the ancient salons and, in particular, the historical study of Yves Saint Laurent. An exciting taste of what was the creative flow of the designer: the heritage of YSL, in fact, counts an archive with over five thousand dresses of high fashion, fifteen thousand accessories and tens of thousands of sketches, photographs, articles and documents collected and preserved by the designer starting from the creation of the fashion house in 1961 until the end of his career.
From the art of fashion to art de vivre the step is short and Paris, as well as the capital of good taste, is also in fact of food, much more than the traditional French gastronomy was named by UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
To be really à la page, the stop during shopping is made with a bow buddha in the local branchés like So Nat, Uma, Biocoz, Marclee, Ippudo, Bol porridge bar, Les bols de Jean and Natives. Or in grocery stores that provide customers with few tables to stop making a snack, two on all Claus and Causses.
And if the fashion from the windows squeezes the eye to a return of the '90s, the same goes for the world of gastronomy: here comes the bistronomy, with its oo-bistrot, half restaurants, half table d'hôte, in whose dishes mix French and Asian influences, to try Na/Nadoni, Bistrot Papillon, Grand Cœur and A Mere, restaurant "for gourmand...
For shopping lovers in Paris, on the other hand, nothing better than combining the useful with a gourmet break in the heart of the department stores. There is room for all tastes: luxurious tea rooms, wine bars serving oysters or sushi... and whether it is Printemps or the Galeries Lafayette Haussmann you can also enjoy magnificent panoramic terraces overlooking the capital.
