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🖤 Ann Demeulemeester has opened a first Paris boutique, in the Palais Royal, in the former Delvaux space. The space brings together womenswear, menswear, shoes, accessories and Demeulemeester’s Serax tableware collections, set within a stark, tactile palette of black oak, zinc and black linen that distils the brand’s radical, poetic aesthetic. The Belgian designer, one of the legendary Antwerp Six, stepped down from her eponymous label in 2013; today, the house shows in Paris under creative director Stefano Gallici. 151-154 Galerie de Valois
🏺 Vases gone rogue at Daguet Bresson! For Spoiled, his first solo exhibition in Paris, Dutch artist Danny Cremers takes the classic porcelain vase and pushes it into stranger, more extravagant territory – using an intuitive handbuilding process to explore classical forms through visible imperfections and rich surfaces. Cremers trained in fashion design at Central Saint Martins before turning to ceramics, and his work is a deliciously excessive mix of opulence and disorder, somewhere between functional ceramics and sculpture.
🧥 Young Paris menswear label Museum Garments is popping up in the Marais later this week (8–11 Oct) with its AW26–27 collection. Founded in 2022, the brand mines the history of utilitarian, military and workwear, reworking classic references into quality everyday clothes. A real emphasis is placed on making things well: the finest natural materials, exceptional European ateliers, and garments designed to last and be cherished. The philosophy is simple: buy less, buy smarter. Opens Thu. 28 rue du Petit Musc, 75004
🏛️ Every two years, the Louvre invites two guest artists to set up studios inside the museum, immersing them in its collections, architecture and history and giving them time to develop new work in response. The latest “hosts” are American painter Elizabeth Peyton and French-Algerian artist Kader Attia, who are currently presenting the outcome of their two-year sojourn in the Salle de la Chapelle (Sully Wing). Peyton’s paintings and drawings offer contemporary re-readings of works from the Louvre alongside portraits of historical and contemporary figures who have long inspired her; Attia responds through film and installation, exploring memory, history and the gaze.
👞 For Fashion Week, J.M. Weston has transformed its Avenue Victor Hugo boutique into a two-week pop-up dedicated to Weston Vintage, its second-hand offering. Expect a treasure hunt through iconic models with a past – all restored by hand at the brand’s Limoges manufacture, where shoes are repaired and resoled before being put back into circulation. Launched in 2019, the programme gives classic Weston models a second life, with vintage pairs selling for around half the price of new ones. Last day tomorrow! 97 avenue Victor Hugo, 75116 Paris
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Kate
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