MEDALS AND SABERS SET THE TONE UNDER THE GARDENS' ARCADES
(GALÉRIE MONTPENSIER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GARDENS IF YOU COME FROM THE LOUVRE)
Next door, an establishment present since 1790
Ivana Dimitrie
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On the other side of the garden (galerie Valois) one finds handbags, belts and shoes made by hand in France.
Not seeing its name ("Delage") among the Palais-Royal boutiques mentioned on the web, I thought it was gone. But before suppressing the photos, I passed by to see what had replaced it.
"We're the same! With a workshop and seven craftspeople in Brittany!" said the cheerful owners who greeted me:
Délage, now Bégum
N° 15
Expensive as one would expect hand-made shoes to be, they are much less so than the brand-name wares shown above (whose prices have risen since I took the picture in 2019).
Next to it is this boutique, since 2023:
N° 149
This handful of shops are exceptions
to the standardized production that invades the garden.
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