5 LUXURY BRANDS PARISIAN WILL NEVER BUY (AND WEAR!) - what to buy in Paris - shopping in Paris

Hi Alice, I've been to Paris multiple times and although there are some very well dressed ladies out there, the vast majority do not wear designer brands and are rich. So when you say Parisiens, it sounds as if the entire population of Paris, are top rich and sophisticated. It is not the case! I found that people in Milan and Florence actually dress much better than people in Paris and as well are not so rude and snobby!

mmm...nice video summarizing Parisian opinion. As a German Indian living 3 hrs frm Paris, I visit Paris frequently and I am yet to see fashionable people the way Youtube videos portray. They are just like us here in Germany. Very low key and in fact not well dressed enough except for the tiktokers, youtubers and instagrammers near touristy spots. The general mass dress to kinda to blend in with the industrial lifestyle and weather. Chanel and Dior are quite boring and cater to boring chicness that some of us seek. But I do love Gucci and Versace for the loudness and vibrance. These brands depict more of Southern European culture which is usually colorful. Think of Sicily and Amalfi beaches and their weather and then think of Gucci and Versace. It will resonate then. All these brands are good and chic and it depends in the end on how we carry them.

I’m sorry, but Goyard is the opposite of “edgy”. It’s about as preppy as you can get. And you said Parisians think monogram looks cheap, but you yourself wear Faure La Page and Goyard, both of which plaster their products with monograms

For your information, Ladurée macarons are manufactured in Switzerland, in the Gruyère region, which is not really outsourcing to a cheap labour country. Anyway, I'm a Parisian, and, yes, I buy macarons at Ladurée from time to time. They are still among the best in Paris, even if I prefer Sadaharu Aoki's macaron.

I wish you made this video about things that you as a Parisian women like and dislike, instead of making yourself the one representative for all Parisian women…im sure there are many Parisian women that love LV…lets not put ourselves on a pedestal darling 🌸

a friend gave me the large LV bucket bag about 25 years ago. i used it for everything, including carrying gallons of paint, while decorating my moms house. seriously, it held up like a champ. still, logo anything i would not buy for myself, either high or low price. quality as she said, is #1 for me. and fantastic quality can easily be had for a 1/4 the price of most 'designer' brands.

My daughter loves the LV canvas. I explained to her it is made the same way my picnic table cloth is- cotton fabric with a design stamped on it then covered with a polyvinyl coating. Then you pay thousands of dollars for that with a thin, cheap leather trim. Basically, that’s what all canvas bags are made of no matter what the brand is. Silly to pay all that money for any of them.

Hello Alice, i appreciate the video. I am a French lady who left France 25 years ago. To my not parisian eyes, a bag with a firearm symbol on it is so tacky and unlady like. To my view, the real chic is a bag with no symbol or logo whatsover.. If this now Paris chic and snob standard, well i am glad i left...😅. again thanks for the good content. Keep them coming

Saying that Gucci is cheap is an insult. By the way Italian women and men with taste will buy Gucci,you might not like some products but this brand is luxury personified. In general the best craftmanship in fashion and everything else is made in Italy. I agree with the fact that showing logos is tacky but I know many Parisians who still do that and do not care,I live in Milan and travel to Paris often for work and true Parisians do not follow rules they just dress like they want to dress. No offence but Italians know about style,always has been and always will be

I just purchased a mid ranged vintage bag — a rare issue by Coach circa 1980s that was made in the USA. The stitching and finishing is impeccable and it has no logo.

I LOVE Faure Le Page! Discovered them after leaving the Chanel flagship store empty handed. Every time I visit Paris, I bring home a new item.

I lived in Europe for several years and I found it interesting that the French snubbed the Italian brands and the Italians snubbed the French brands 😂.

I agreed with everything you said here and I live in Canada. I’ve always felt people who purchased items that were monogrammed were buying these items more to show off how much they paid for an item instead of the the true quality behind their purchase. Also I work in the wine industry and Moët & Chandon is known to use much more pesticides in their vineyards to produce higher yields which in turn produces lower quality products with exceptions such as their higher end cuvées. I’ll take Bollinger, Taittinger, Pol Roger any day before the mass produced Moët & Chandon.

I enjoyed the video, however, I really like Fauré Le Page handbags, but you do realise they are covered in a monogram. Just saying. 🤷🏼‍♀️As is Louis Vuitton. Goyard is carried by many socialites. Maybe you should’ve based this video on ‘your personal’ preferences. No one would be mad at this, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but you made it sound factual as opposed to personal. 🫶

Hello!🌸 I am new here and I am happy to hear that I am not alone in this battle. 😊 I never liked to be a free walking commercial for different brands. All my life I thought that it's very tacky. I really like a new wave of totally opposite to tastles brand marketing- "the quiet luxury". When you have no brand names whatsoever, it's more like "If you know-you know". 👸 Being from Scandinavia where everything is all about the minimalism I really appreciate that. ❤ Kind regards from Sweden! 😊

Just back from a 21 day trip to Paris and your video is so validating - I detest some of the brands you mentioned at the start of the video.... I totally trust the Parisian aesthetic - you all have a cultural memory that goes back centuries - I didn't realize how influenced I have been especially during my growing up in Ireland by French culture. What a relief! Yes you Parisians are totally intimidating to those of us with standards,,,,, I think of French culture as the soul of Europe. I am so glad you have a channel. G

It's all about personal preference. I do not stick with one designer and I don't really care if Parisians like it or not. It's important that I like it. My Parisian girlfriend likes Hermes but Hermes just never does anything for me. On top of that their pricing is off the chart.

As someone who worked in the garment industry, I find it interesting that many people believe that if products are manufactured in a certain country(usually European) that it indicates quality. This is absolutely incorrect. Quality of a garment or shoes is dependent on quality fabric/leather and skilled workmanship. Italians or French are not more skilled by nature of their birth. It is up to the brand to determine if a product is up to their quality standard.

What I find most French about your video is your tenacity to defend your argument and state facts to support your argument in the comments. I am American but French decent and can relate to a detest for gauche labels, a love of quality in product and in argument. Too many people are swayed by mass opinions these days. You have a new subscriber. 😊

Even Goyard is a bit overdone, you see it on the London tube more than LV bags. But I do like them. LV bags seem to only get used in spring or early summer, rest of the year you never see people carrying it much in London. The Faure bags with the pistol motif is not for me, I'm afraid, they look kitch. It isn't just about quality, it's also about the styling which looks tacky. My all time fav is still the small Loewe Puzzle bag for every day use. It is so ergonomic.