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The best of LIFE IN PARIS 🇫🇷 each week, plus expert intel and tips from the world’s most epic FLEA MARKET✨ Art, Fashion, Design !
Oct 24, 2025
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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The New York Times: “One Woman’s Quest to Map the Paris Flea Market”
“The world-famous stalls have plenty of vintage finds, as long as you know where to look and what to expect.”
55 mins ago
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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New Chapters & Openings for the Rentrée – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Sep 1
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait: Hugo Greiner
A second-generation dealer raised between the world of Montparnasse galleries and the Puces, Hugo Greiner brings a musician’s instinct for rhythm to his…
Aug 29
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait: Jean-Luc Ferrand
A second-generation dealer with a modern mindset, Jean-Luc Ferrand is a committed generalist, moving freely across periods from antiques and objets…
Aug 22
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Most Popular
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Puces Lover: Julien Sebban, Uchronia
Jul 31
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait: Dominique James
Aug 14
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait : Christophe Guérard
Jan 9
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Shopping Vintage Fashion, Textiles & Accessories at the Puces (3/3)
Jul 25
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Lovers ❤️
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Puces Lover: Julien Sebban, Uchronia
How the Paris Flea Market inspires those who love it ❤️
Jul 31
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Lover: Philippe Starck
How the Paris Flea Market inspires those who love it.
May 30
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Lover: Anaïs Romand
How the Paris Flea Market inspires those who love it.
May 8
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Lover: Jacques Garcia
How the Paris Flea Market inspires those who love it
Apr 24
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portraits
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Puces Portrait: Hugo Greiner
A second-generation dealer raised between the world of Montparnasse galleries and the Puces, Hugo Greiner brings a musician’s instinct for rhythm to his…
Aug 29
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
10
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Puces Portrait: Jean-Luc Ferrand
A second-generation dealer with a modern mindset, Jean-Luc Ferrand is a committed generalist, moving freely across periods from antiques and objets…
Aug 22
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait: Dominique James
At the Marché Vernaison, third-generation dealer Dominique James brings a lifetime of knowledge to the search for exceptional eighteenth-century…
Aug 14
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Puces Portrait: Damien Vannienwenhove
A portrait of a second-hand dealer specializing in painting, guided by instinct and passion.
May 22
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Life in Paris
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New Chapters & Openings for the Rentrée – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Sep 1
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
10
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Material Futures & Hidden Kitchens – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jul 20
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Living Archives, Dialogues + Street Food – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jun 30
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Fashion, Entertainment & Immersive Worlds – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jun 22
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Books
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The 0fr. Paris Cookbook
Food, friends, and life in Paris
Feb 18
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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8
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The Paris Flea Market
A journey of endless connections
Jun 1, 2025
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Makers Paris #2
More Makers!
Jun 1, 2025
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Makers Paris
This is where the Mkrs. adventure started...
Jun 1, 2025
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
Press
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The New York Times: “One Woman’s Quest to Map the Paris Flea Market”
“The world-famous stalls have plenty of vintage finds, as long as you know where to look and what to expect.”
55 mins ago
•
Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
1
Elle US: “The Fashion Insider Demystifying the Paris Flea Market”
Talking to ELLE’s Véronique Hyland about why fashion designers, stylists and other creatives continue to mine the Puces de Saint-Ouen for inspiration…
Aug 13
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Yolo Journal: “Dispatches from the Paris & Provence Antiques Markets”
An edited conversation, originally published by Yolo Journal, on the strange magic of the Puces de Saint-Ouen, and the culture of ‘chiner’.
Jun 15
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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The World of Interiors: “A Flea in Your Eye”
A thoughtful reading of ‘The Paris Flea Market’ by journalist Aliette Boshier
Aug 27, 2024
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Recent posts
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Puces Portrait: Dominique James
At the Marché Vernaison, third-generation dealer Dominique James brings a lifetime of knowledge to the search for exceptional eighteenth-century…
Aug 14
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
13
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Elle US: “The Fashion Insider Demystifying the Paris Flea Market”
Talking to ELLE’s Véronique Hyland about why fashion designers, stylists and other creatives continue to mine the Puces de Saint-Ouen for inspiration…
Aug 13
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
14
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Puces Lover: Julien Sebban, Uchronia
How the Paris Flea Market inspires those who love it ❤️
Jul 31
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
13
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Shopping Vintage Fashion, Textiles & Accessories at the Puces (3/3)
A field guide to the key vintage fashion, accessories and textiles dealers at the PAUL BERT and SERPETTE markets and the surrounding market streets.
Jul 25
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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Material Futures & Hidden Kitchens – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jul 20
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
12
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Shopping Vintage Fashion, Textiles & Accessories at the Puces (2/3)
A field guide to the key vintage fashion, accessories and textiles dealers at the DAUPHINE market.
Jul 17
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
4
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Living Archives, Dialogues + Street Food – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jun 30
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
8
1
Fashion, Entertainment & Immersive Worlds – A Week in Paris
Celebrating life in Paris, Paris Makers, and the strange, new, true and beautiful – forever!
Jun 22
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Kate van den Boogert 🇫🇷
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