Below is a series of window treatments aka eye candy that show the trendy, colorful, vibrant and fun fashion and design through the windows of Paris boutiques, shops and department stores. Most of the photos I took below are in central Paris, stretching from Saint Germain to Le Marais, to the Latin Quarter to Odeon to Rue Montorgueil to Rue du Temple to Rue des Saint Peres. There are a couple I shot as far west as Rue Du Pompe. Note that the below energy is two weeks before Christmas time when the days are short, the skies are cloudy, gray and drizzly and the shops are full. Ohhh Paris at the holidays, you are full of magic.
Somewhere in a trendy Passageway not far from Etienne Marcel.
Gallery Lafayette window which is completely animated.
Inside Gallery Lafayette.
Near Le Marais.
Gallery Lafayette.
A trendy passageway not far from Rue Montorgueil.
Near Boulevard Saint Germain.
Jean Paul Gauthier window.
Jean Paul Gauthier window.
Le Marais.
A fashionable passage not far from rue Montorgueil.
Gallery Lafayette, one of my favorite department stores in the world.
Near Le Marais.
Polar bears in a window in central Paris near the Left Bank.
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