Paris no.1 concept store, Colette

COLETTE

Address: 213 Rue Saint Honoré, 75001 Paris

Transportation: Pyramide Station (Metro Line 1, 7, Line 14) or Madeleine Station (Line 8, 12, Line 14)

Business hours:  This Concept Shop has closed since December 20, 2017.

Official websitewww.colette.fr

 

INTRO

Colette Paris is a  boutique, a luxury concept store located at 213 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.  Opened on March 20, 1997, by Colette Roussaux and her daughter Sarah Andelman, a graduate of the Ecole du Louvre and current artistic director of the boutique, her concept is to be the meeting point between fashion, perfume and design, Music and publishing, photography, beauty and high technology. There are also all kinds of objects (up to a car10) or exhibitions11, with limited edition or exclusive series.

 

 

HIGH-TECH

Concept store has a lot of magic high-tech electronic products, not only the performance of innovation, shape is also very fashionable.

  

SUNGLASS

The shop, which extends over 700 m2 spread over three levels and has a water bar (restaurant) in the basement, was designed by the French architect Arnaud de Montigny; Its interior design changes weekly, as well as the windows. It employs a hundred people in 2012. Colette was completely renovated two years later. It operates in parallel an online sales site.

 

DESIGN

This super cute doll you cannot guess what it is used to do. It is used to put in the refrigerator when you open the refrigerator, it will say Bonjour, and when the refrigerator door is open for more than 15 seconds, the toy starts nagging thus becoming your energy conservation friend. It will definitely add a lot of fun to your life.

 

STREET

The shop, which extends over 700 m2 spread over three levels and has a water bar (restaurant) in the basement, was designed by the French architect Arnaud de Montigny; Its interior design changes weekly, as well as the windows. It employed a hundred people in 2012. Colette was completely renovated two years later. It operates in parallel an online sales site.

 

Kangol this tide

'Kangol this tide' hat is popular with the millennials, the customer list is also star-studded, such as Brad Pitt, Ronaldo and so on.

 

Chuck Taylor All Star II OX CONVERSE

This combination of Converse is not in collaboration with Colette, but it is classic.

 

MUSIC

In the Colette concept store on the first floor, there is a music zone. Colette basically chooses the music of independent singers and very few commercial singers. You can also listen to their selections on  Colette's official website as Colette has signed a contract with these musicians, the purchase of their music albums.

  

SURPRISE

The reason why this commodity is called Surprise is that it is packed in an opaque little gift bag inside, when the purchase is complete there is no way to know what is inside, and each bag is loaded with a different small gift. So when the gift bag is opened, there are often surprises. If you do not know what to send a gift to a friend, you can consider sending Surprise.

 

GALERIE

Colette's 2.5 floor has a gallery where artists will be invited to exhibit their artwork at Colette. The artist's style is very diverse, there are street artists, painters, art designers, photographers, fashion designers and so on, even  Karl Lagerfeld.

 

CLOTHES

On the second floor, you can find a  product of women's wear & men's designer who have a main collection which is slightly heavier than street look.

 

 

BEAUTY

The store regularly joins forces with brands such as Chanel, Paris, Gap, New York, and Comme des Garçons in Tokyo to create ephemeral stores.

 

 

A various brand and type of cosmetic. 

 

WATER BAR

In the basement of this shop, you can  find a bar called water bar restaurant. The concept of selling a various brand of water that come from different countries.

 

O'BON PARIS' NOTE

The Colette Concept shop closed since December 20, 2017. 

 

 

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