Wednesday 20 February 2013

Paris Ethical Shopping Guide: Free'p'star


Free'p'star is one of many little vintage shops that are scattered around Paris, but judging by the fact that it is always swarming with shoppers, it's one of the better ones! The shop has a really odd layout, with two mezzanines on either side that you have to climb up a ladder to access. At the moment, one side is piled high with boots at €5 a pair. If I remember correctly, there was a rather cool pair of platforms up for grabs.

Like many shops in the city, there is a basement too, containing lots of sale items - adding a nice literal dimension to the term 'bargain basement'. Don't be put off by the narrow spiral stairs!

Before researching this post, I was unaware that this shop is actually one of three bearing the same name - which is great news, although I haven't yet visited the others! They are all in fairly close proximity, scattered around the bustling Marais area in the 4th Arrondissement. There is a little map on the Free'p'star website so you can go on a little vintage 'crawl' if you have a spare afternoon.

Addresses:

8 rue Sainte-croix de la Bretonnerie, 4th Arrondissement
61 rue de la Verrerie, 4th Arrondissement
20 rue de Rivoli, 4th Arrondissement

Sadie xxx

4 comments:

Paprika said...

Looks like a lovely little shop, thanks for sharingxx

lyzi said...

Loving all of your Paris shopping tips! (especially the last one where Ella and I were mentioned, tehee!) they're making me want to save up and come back for a mega shopping spree!

xxx

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Helen Le Caplain said...

What great looking stock in such a lovely shop.... need to get me to Paris pronto!

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