Along with New York, Paris is undoubtedly the designer capital of the world with many a fashion starting on the Parisian catwalks and a culture everyone raves about. The wine and cake culture along with the beautiful and fashionable french people create a romance to the city like no other place in the world, all romantic films have a Parisian quality to them.
It is also the home to everything Bohemian and quirky, the ‘it’ celebs of a few years ago all drew heavily upon France and its capitals boho fashions, floaty skirts and a slight hippy quality go hand in hand with the oh so suave coffee shop dwelling socialite, who carries around the latest ‘it’ novel.
I think a pilgrimage to Paris should be on the cards to any design and fashion loving person and once you have landed a quick look for car hire in France for a suitably quirky car to hire (the Fiat 500 would be perfect) and the Parisian streets would become your new shopping playground!