Owned by Catherine B, the Les Trois Marches specialises in vintage Herms and Chanel. The prices are above retail, but the selection is amazing. You can find rare pieces, classic Kellys and Birkins in discontiued leathers and colours, or bags which have been special ordered by their previous owners
It was wonderful to see such an amazing collection of vintage Herms, and the red croc Kelly in the window display was simply breathtaking!
When I visited last winter, I was surprised by how beautiful some of the pieces are there--although the scarves sometimes show ding from UV light along the folds. The piece that stole my heart was a mint rouge Jige. It was gorgeous.
So true, some of the pieces have a wonderfully luxurious patina, particularely in vintage box! The rouge Jige sounds bulous, I hope it came back home with you :-)
OMG! There is way too much eye candy here to comprehend....amazing! I am curious to know what the markup appears to be and very curious to know if something caught your eye?? Thank you for sharing dear friend!
Lazy Sunday thoughts and vintage H hugs, T xx
The eye candy was truly stunning. No idea what the markup is, but my twin Kelly was quite a lot more than what I paid for it in 2007. Saw a beautiful Medor clutch, and got very tempted! It did not come home with me though. Happy orange hugs right back xx
Dear MaiTai, What a wonderful collection of treasures, so fun! I can imagine how it felt dreamlike to enter and see all these choices! Did something come home with you? NN
It was wonderful to see so many leathers and colors in direct comparision, allthough nothing came home with me!
I had read about this boutique in American Vogue, and I stumbled upon it on a trip to Paris recently. What a treasure trove of H goodness! Thanks for this lovely post. -- Louisa
OMG what a way to wake up in the morning looking at these b pics will examine them all day, I am sure you had such fun spending time looking at each item, have a great week
Best Jane
Dear Tai
What a wonderful looking shop- I will have to look next time I am in Paris.
Slightly off topic, but I was buying tea from a store in Paris online yesterday and I found this;
couldnt help smile as I was wearing my La Femme scarf at the time! I have it in a pale yellow so it is a summer time scarf for me.
Best Tara
Oh dear Tara, thanks so much for sharing the link! And what an extraordinary coincidence that you were wearing the LFdV when discovering the tea. Love Mariage Frres and just placed my order. Looking forward to becoming tea twins with you ;-)
Oups this is the Caverne dAli Baba! Very dangerous place to go for me, Im sure this is the kind of place you just want to buy half of the stock! Thks for sharing this with us.
Catherine
Looking forward to a little adventure here on my next trip to Paris (January)! Have not commented before, but I just love your blog! Will be in touch about a scarf/shawl ring, soon (just too hot to think about a scarf touching skin right now!) Thank you! Susan
A warm welcome to our little chat corner, dear Susan. Have fun planning your trip in January, and looking forward with you for cool scarf weather to come!
Oh, dearest MaiTai! Thank you for this post. Ill be sure to stop in there on our next trip to Paris. Ill so thrilled to learn of this valuable H resource...DH, not so much. ;-)
Orange hugs,
CS
Quand je vais du palais du luxembourg jusque chez PIERRE HERM je passe toujours ire un tour aux 3 marches toutes petite et cache dans un recoin j adore De plus en plus d herms et de moins en moins d autre marques tres belles pieces tres peu vues et tres bien conserves
C est mon quartier dans PArIS j y serrais du 10 au 30 aout
Vivement
je vous souhaite une tres agrable journe ma chre MAI TAI
MYRIAM
Tres amicalement
MYRIAM
On vorise le mme quartier, ma chre Myriam! Je vous souhaite un super sejour au fin daout. Moi, il me ut patienter encore un peu, jusqu la rentre.. Une trs belle fin de la semaine vous 3
Such beautiful photos! Even better than an Hermes boutique. Thank you so much for posting. Are the scarves also above retail?
Happy you enjoyed the post! The scarves are not above retail, you can click here to see the pricing on a selection offered in her online boutique.
Only saw your sweet message now, dear Penney! You were missed, so nie to see you back. Hope you are happy and well!
Dear Mai Tai
Just to say ... Thanks a lot for your very kind post ! I am so happy to know you love my shops and my activity.
See you soon
Catherine B
I know this is an old post - but going through all of them systematically - so informative. As an Hermes connoisseur - what do you think of the kelly pochette (the brown one) in the photo? Any inspired outfit suggestions?
So nice to hear you are enjoying the back posts too! Re the Kelly Pochette, I think it is absolutely adorable. I would team it with rich and warm neutrals, such as chocolate, camel, beige or cream, and add chunky/stacked gold jewelry.
Just bumped into this post! Popped onto their website, and there is a pair of goooorgeous blue gloves that I want. Hoping hell ship to the states or I will be the blue one, instead of the gloves ;)
Oh its been a while, hope Catherine still has those gloves. If not, she might have something else. And yes, she ships worldwide. Good luck!
Chre MaiTai,
Votre blog it toujours plaisir lire et relire. Je peux aller contre le temps et dcouvrir quand mme toujours quelque chose de nouveau. Cest surtout votre enthousiasme qui est contagieux. Bon dimanche MaiTai.
Quyen
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