ParisTilton

Enjoy a full week in Paris immersed in art, fashion, cuisine and fabulous shared design experiences. Join Marcy Tilton and her sister, Katherine, for an exciting week in the company of an intimate group. Unlike average tourists, we will wander the City of Light with a designer’s perspective. Explore a different area each day, and discover a creator’s paradise including buttons and fabrics from current collections, plus hidden treasures troves and visiting uniqueshops.

Registration Details

Come home with true Parisian ﬂavor in your heart, your wardrobe and your stash! We can arrange to include a hair cut/color and chic eyeglasses if you choose to arrive early or stay after the tour ends. Optional opportunity for meditation with Nandini can provide a quiet relaxing break in the day.

November in Paris tend to be quiet, (no tourist lines), the shops are stocked with new merchandise, and the seasonal food is marvelous. We’ll stay in a charming small four-star luxury hotel nestled in the heart of the Right Bank, just a stone’s throw from the Louvre, surrounded by fabulous restaurants, shops and steps from a major metro stop and the best chocolate we’ve tasted in Paris. Paris is a walking city, its museums, historical walks and culinary delights pepper our days as we wind through the neighborhoods of this magical place. When you register you become a part of an e-mail chat group so we can get acquainted before the trip and prepare for our adventure together.

When you register, you will become part of an e-mail chat group so we can get acquainted before the trip and prepare for our adventure together, with tips on packing, great books about Paris, what to bring, what to leave home and more.

NOTE: This tour will involve walking. Bring really comfortable shoes,(or better yet buy some Arche shoes while in Paris) Please contact Marcy with concerns.

Le Shopping

Shopping for fabric and buttons in Paris.

SHOPPING is literally everywhere in Paris. French women sew, knit, embroider and if they don't they have a dressmaker. Sewing supplies are amazing in Paris. Every neighborhood has a mercerie (notions shop), we will visit some of the best. Fabric choices range from inexpensive remnants to fabric from current couture collections. The selection of buttons, ribbons, yarn and trims will make your mouth water.
Come to add a Parisian touch to your wardrobe and your stash, and to soak in the atmosphere
of museums, food and cafe life.

Visit a major exhibition at The Fashion and Textile Museum at the Louvre
(The Musee de la Textile et de la Mode)

"An Ideal Story of Contemporary Fashion"

This exhibition is a fashion history first. The Musee de la Mode, always at the cutting edge of presenting exciting fashion related exhibits, dares to offer a retrospective of contemporary fashion from 1971 - 2008. Using a chronological approach you will see garments from the collection presented along with multi media to showcase the designers who made their creative and historical mark in this unique visual walk through time.

Marcy says, 'A visit to the Musee de la Textile et de la Mode is a Paris must, no matter what the topic of the exhibition. The collection contained in this museum is the best in the world, and the curators who mount the shows are at the top of their field. Always an inspiration.'

InnerParis Highlights:
Included in the Tour Price

LOGISTICS

Hotel accommodations for 8 nights in a small luxury four-star hotel on the Right Bank in the heart of old Paris, checking in on Sunday, November 15, checking out on Monday, November 23, 2009.
The hotel has a small intimate bar with light food, a great place to gather in the evening.
Delicious breakfasts, delivered to your room or in the lovely breakfast room.
Admission to all group venues, presentations, tours and meals listed as included.
Meals included are: breakfast each day, welcoming lunch, celebration dinner.
3-day museum pass. The Louvre is walking distance from the hotel, and there are opportunities to visit museums throughout the week.
Metro and bus pass.
Transportation coming to and from the airport. Details provided upon registration.

FUN

Visit to the Musee de la Mode et du Textile at the Louvre, to see the Madeline Vionnet exhibition, a major retrospective, not to be missed.
Visit to the Fondation Yves St. Laurent museum located in the famous St. Laurent building.
Visit to a famous vintage couture shop.
Explore the Marais and visit a unique designer boutique and studio.
Spend a day exploring our favorite places on the Left Bank.
Fabric and button shopping in the Paris fabric district and at boutiques featuring fabric from haute couture collections.
Visits to exquisite ‘merceries’ (French notions shops), tucked-away shops and inviting passages.
Visit to a small flea market (vintage buttons) and ‘Marche Biologique’ --- organic market on Sunday morning.
Welcoming lunch. An exceptional celebration dinner.
Dining and conversation in cafes and restaurants ranging from well known to small out of the way spots.
All this and more, in discovering the beauty and magic of Paris in the company of kindred spirits.

From Paris to the Moon, by Adam Gopnik (Random House)
"... is lined with wonderful shops; butchers with fat-wrapped noisettes d'agneau and bakers with various-sized Tarte Tatin, all caramel-colored, and childrens clothing stores, their windows filled with violet coats for small girls... . The rue Cler... is one of the nicest shopping and marche' streets in Paris, and it acts as a heart for the neighborhood ... . Then, by four o'clock, violet twilight falling, watching that sky that looks as though it were ready to snow though it never does, we get the bus back home. Going home, it goes down Saint-Dominique, gently, formally, perfectly curving across the Left Bank. I looked up the rue Jean Nicot and could see lights twinkling, like fireflies, right across the Seine, filling the trees. The hardest thing to convey is how lovely it all is and how that loveliness seems all you need...In that moment on a December at four o'clock when you're walking from the bus stop to the rue Saint Dominique and the lights are twinkling across the river... you feel as if you've escaped."

Registration Details

Contact Info
Marcy Tilton or Nandini
541-592-2969
marcy@marcytilton.com
nandiniishaya@yahoo.com