Fashionable Travel: Gaultier's Paris

October 2, 2008 at 12:30 PM | by ced138 | Comments (0)

This week in Paris, women bearing little resemblance to, uh, women have been strapping on their heels and climbing onto long elevated platforms as top designers unveil their spring 2009 collections at Paris Fashion Week.

Earlier this week, an amalgam of actresses and singers took front from at Christian Dior's Ready to Wear show. The group included one-hit wonders Lily Allen and Katy Perry and Marilyn Manson's ex.

The International Herald Tribune's Henry Alford used his time in Paris a bit more wisely, skipping out on some of the shows to let Jean-Paul Gaultier guide him through his favorite Parisian haunts. Check out a summarized version of what the guy who invented Madonna's cone bra considers Paris' crème de la crème:

Best Hotel:
Pavillon de la Reine, a "vine-covered, 54-room mansion" with a "cozy blend of 17th-century wooden beams and Louis XIII-style fireplaces and antiques."

Best Burlesque Show:
Forget Folies Bergère and Moulin Rouge, Gaultier says, and head to Crazy Horse, where "12 semiclad woman, all with the same delicious measurements caper and vamp to songs amid futuristic light projections and scrims."

Best Museums:
Musée Grévin's Palais des Mirages, "a heavily mirrored formal parlor with elaborate chandeliers." He also recommends Paris' Natural History Museum, a "9th-century iron-framed, glass-roofed structure with dramatic pools of light," and La Grande Mosquée de Paris, complete with outdoor tearoom, massages and steam baths.

Related Stories:
· Paris Fashion Week [Official site]
· Gaultier's Paris [IHT]
· Fashion Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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