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Groundzero: The Best Independent Record Store In Paris

Will Hutchins writing for I V Y paris

If you’ve failed in your bid to find that Senegalese 1969-1972 funk rarities compilation you’ve been searching for in your local Fnac, or the Virgin Megastore on the Champs Elysées didn’t have a vinyl copy of the new Au Revoir Simone album in stock, then you’ll have better luck at 23 rue Saint Marthe in Belleville.

This hidden treasure of a record store has a superb stash of independent music on vinyl and cd from around the world to get the taste buds of any discerning pop music fan watering.

Catering for the album loving anorak, Groundzero don’t bother with stocking the classics and instead just keep it to a well chosen selection of the latest and most interesting indie, reggae, soul, funk, African, hip-hop, jazz, blues and electro releases and re-editions. From compilations of West African music in 1920’s Britain to the latest SoMe designed Ed Banger picture disc single the shop keeps their collection intriguingly diverse but always high quality. 

No Good Store

Founded in January 2000, No Good Industry is a collective of artists, who publish books (No Good Editions), run a café (No Good Café), carry a music label (No Good Music) and a line of furniture (No Good Design). The list goes on...

Located in - what they now call - SoPi (south of Pigalle), the No Good Store is a concept store, somewhere between an art gallery and a clothing store, where all objects and garments are considered art, where everything is in limited edition, and everything is for sale.

No Good Store
53 rue des Martyrs
75009 Paris

20 Fragrances

1. Diptyque
    34 boulevard Saint Germain 5e
2. Chantecaille
    42 Avenue Montaigne, 8e
3. L'Artisan Parfumeur
    2 rue de l’Amiral de Coligny, 1er
4. IUNX
    48/50, rue de l'Université, 7e
5. Serge Lutens
    Jardins du Palais Royal 142 Galerie de Valois, 1er
6. Guerlain
    68 Avenue Champs Elysées, 8e
7. Annick Goutal
    12, Place St Sulpice, 6e
8. L'Occitane
    Numerous locations.
9. Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
    37 rue de Grenelle, 7e
10. Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
    84 rue de Grenelle, 7e
11. Fragonard
    39 Boulevard Capucines, 2e
12. Caron 34 Avenue Montaigne, 8e
13. Manuel Canovas (candles) 223 rue St Honoré, 1er
14. Chanel 31 rue Cambon, 1er
15. Comme des garçons 23 Place du Marché St Honoré, 1er
16. Rigaud (Candles) 51 Avenue Bosquet, 7e
17. Astier de la Villatte, 173 rue St Honoré, 1er
18. Honoré des Prés 64 boulevard Haussmann, 9e
19. Le Labo (at Colette) 213 rue St Honoré, 1er
20. Creed 38 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 8e

Top photo features the Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier parfumerie. Photo below by Cult Beauty Blog presents Annick Goutal's series of perfumes.

20 Vintage Clothing Shops

1. Kiliwatch 64 rue Tiquetonne, 2e
2. Freep'star
    8 Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie
    and 61 rue de la Verrerie, 4e
3. Woch Dom 72 rue Condorcet, 9e
4. Chercheminippes,
    102 rue du Cherche Midi, 6e
5. Sztark 4 bis rue d’Uzès, 2e
6. Anoushka 6 avenur Coq, 6e
7. Come on Eileen
    16-18 rue des Taillandiers, 11e
8. La Belle Epoque
    10 rue du Poitou, 3e
9. La Caverne à Fripes
    25 rue Houdon, 18e
10. Planète 70
    147 rue Saint-Martin, 3e
11. Didier Ludot
    20-24 Galerie Montpensier, 1er
12. Maison de Fan Fan
    4 rue Mayet, 6e

13. Thanx God I'm a VIP 12 rue de Lancry, 10e
14. La Tosca  1 rue des Taillandiers, 11e
15. FRIVOLI 26 Rue Beaurepaire, 10e
16. Esprit Vinyle 57 rue Saintonge,  3e
17. Mam'zelle Swing 35bis rue du Roi de Sicile, 4e
18. Vintage Clothing Paris 10 rue de Crussol, 11e
19. Adrénaline 30 rue Racine, 6e
20. Mamie 69-73 rue de Rochechouart, 9e

Photo above features Sztark, beneath Woch Dom.

Sneakers on rue de la Ferronerie

A couple of great shoe stores amidst the overdosage of Replay jeans and leather at les Halles. These addresses carry all those hard to find limited edition sneakers and more.

The Tube
Specializes in Men's footwear and provides a truly Parisian take on sneakers. Labels include Schmoove, Fred Perry, S***R, and Puma Black Label.

2 rue de la Ferronerie
75001 Paris

Sneakers Gallery
Has the widest range of sneakers from Nike to Vans to LeCoq Sportif. Also check out their collection of revisited vintage models.

4 rue de la Ferronerie
75001 Paris

Aim Skill
Walk in this store and you can easily imagine yourself in LA with the cruiser bikes on display, oversized t-shirts and graffiti hangings on the wall. They have the latest Nike Dunks in all different color combinations, and the occasional pair of Pat Ewings.

A. Zagorski Plant Based Products

A normal looking pharmacie on the albeit chi-chi rue Jacob. Behind these doors a wealth of the normal fun things you find in a french chemist/drugstore, but there's more.  Mme (Annie) Zagorski, the owner, is also a naturopath and makes the most excellent face creams (anti-aging), hand cream, bath essence (the Rose is excellent and beautifully profoundly rose-smelling unlike other synthetic varieties).

The shop also has many excellent and quirky products based on plants such as menthol balms, Melissa drops made in a Convent Carmes Boyer to perk you up (to be dropped into a specially wrapped sugar cube and ingested).

Je t'aime, says Jane, who lives down the street...

Essentiel

Lauren Ballinger writing for I V Y paris

Tired of finding yourself wearing the drab black and greys of the Parisian wardrobe? For an unusual, yet classy kick of color visit Essentiel.

After a stroll through the Jardin de Luxembourg, hop down to their nearby location and delight yourself with their flashy accessories or perhaps a vivid apple green coat to really stand out among the crowds. One could find something for almost any price and their clothing and leather goods actually last so it's worth splurging even just a little bit.

From bags, to floral silk dresses, pins, bows and the softest of cashmere sweaters with just that extra tiny little detail to add an interesting twist, this Antwerp label will not disappoint.

Essentiel
11-13 rue de Tournon
75006 Paris

Photo: Désirs © Mike Koedinger Editions

Vintage Gabrielle Geppert

The classiest vintage shop in the 1eme is definitely Gabrielle Geppert, if not just because it's located in the Jardins du Palais Royal. The fashion forward vintage and trend shop recently saw the opening of a second floor space just next door to the first one.

Rumor has it that Reese Witherspoon once chose her Oscar night dress from one of these very racks, to name just one celebrity seen hunting through the iles of clothes.

The hand picked vintage and trend setting clothes available offer the cream of the crop from seasons of yesteryear as well as today.

Gabrielle Geppert
Jardins du Palais Royal
31-34 Galerie Montpensier - 75001 Paris

Lush Beauty Products in Paris

Lauren Ballinger writing for I V Y paris

To relax frost-bitten limbs and de-stress from the overwhelm of dreary winter days how about treating yourself to a Lush Bath Bomb. You'll be able to smell your way right up to their door. This UK import has opened their second shop rue Faubourg Saint Antoine in the 12th as of this month.

Lush is world renowned for their all-natural bath and beauty products but their biggest innovation is by far the notorious bath bomb, a large yummy smelling capsule full of essential oil and all that good stuff to make for a glorious bath. They fizz and dissolve upon contact and come in a vast variety of colors and scents suited for every mood. 

From the soothing lavender scented Waving Not Drowning, to the heart shaped Tisty Tosty, the algae infused Great Blue, or Sex Bomb - which happens to turn your water a shocking shade of pink, you may never be satisfied with a normal bath again.

A word of advice, the glitterific variety may leave your body bedazzled for weeks after. So unless you want people thinking you've turned into a huge raver superstar, I'd be cautious about my choice.

Finger in the Nose

Hidden and filled with dusk light comes finger in the nose jeans for kids.
Molding together style rock 'n roll and some fat attitude the brand allows for expression and longevity. Waiting for the neighbourhood store rue saintonge 75003 to poke open soon.