457: PFW Days 2 + 3 / Oh this olfactory?
Lymph brush, mouse hat, "I don't know what."
Magasin’s pop-up Fashion Week newsletter-within-a-newsletter, where we go on the ground to suss out hot shopping gossip from scenes of interest: Paris Fashion Week, Days 2+3.
Weather report
53ºF / 11º C — spring has held strong all week. My denim jacket was met with several other Canadian tuxes out in the wild giving one another knowing looks.
Itinerary
Mar 3
1p Lunch at Le Servan — this is not a food blog, but oh my god what a lunch. An endive salad here rewired the rewards center of my brain.
4:00p Cristaseya appointment — struck out this visit, which was surprising. There’s an archive sale of past styles happening this weekend that I hear gets pretty crazy, so obviously I will be back to check out that scene and hopefully make off with some oddly colored knit.
5p Drinks at Chateau Voltaire
6p Skin Sanctuary Cocktail with Athena Hewett, founder of Monastery
6p August Barron “Real Housewife” publication launch at Rose Bakery
7:15p Dinner at Vivant 2
Mar 4
11a Lanvin fitting
12:30p Lunch at Bistrot Paul Bert
3p Visit to Galerie Patrick Seguin — one of the best collections of Jean Prouvé furniture in the city.
3:30p Fidan Novruzova presentation — Fidan is a star! I am mentally preparing my pre-order and it includes a brilliant corduroy military jacket, a fringed cloak-coat, and a vaguely Minnie Mouse pillbox hat.
6:30p LVMH Prize 2026 Semi-Final cocktail at Voyage La Samaritaine
6:30p WWD cocktail at Hôtel de Crillon
some skips
Outfit rundown
AM
Tibi Washable Cashmere Easy V-Neck Sweater, $565 / Leset The Margo Tee, $78 / The Row Lilas Trousers, $870 $1,450 / Métier Private Eye Leather Tote, $5,250 / Toteme The Slim Boots, $791 $1,130 / Maximum Henry Standard Wide Belt, $160
AM
Ossou Hitch Jacket in Horizon Wash, $695 / Leset The Margo Tee, $78 / Cristaseya Double Pleated Wide Trousers, $1,017 / The Row Marlo 12 Bag, $4,900 / Toteme The Slim Boots, $791 $1,130
Shopping gossip
Chanel’s show invite was a bouquet of flowers arranged by Maison Vertumne. (Palette cleanser for the Epstein files gift recommendations floating around.)
The Lanvin flagship on Rue de Faubourg may be one of the chicest places in Paris. The brand’s ties to Art Deco (very much of Jeanne’s time) give it the accolades and institutional knowledge to execute the style today without a wiff of nostalgic artifice. Jeanne and the house were longtime collaborators with Armand-Albert Rateau (he designed her Paris apartment and the house’s original perfume bottles), and the store is an homage to him. Collectors be forewarned: Authentics can cost up to $2.6 million, but great-looking pieces “in the style of” are a pittance at under $1,000 on eBay.
Quick side note while we’re on the subject of Art Deco beauty products: Michelle Duncan’s beauty line—Atlas Atelier—that I mentioned last send will be coming this fall and is indeed Art Deco-inspired (I saw pics of early prototypes but they are embargoed). She was originally developing some version of the makeup line for Cartier, before it abandoned exploring the category altogether (it still does fragrances, though)…
Louisa Jacobson revealed to me over a bottle of Julie Balagny’s En Remont that she’s a “supertaster”: a genetic scratcher prize that allows some people to taste (and smell) beyond the average palette. Her heightened senses have brought her to Byredo “Sunday Cologne” topped off with DS & Durga “I Don’t Know What,” an aromatic intensifier when combined with other scents.
In yet more fragrance gossip, the site of WWD’s cocktail, Hôtel de Crillon—a Rosewood hotel—smelled amazing. It’s the property’s signature scent, created by Naomi Goodsir, an an Australian milliner-turned-perfumer. The site-specific scent is available as a candle exclusively at the hotel’s gift shop for €89, but a range of her other eau de parums are for sale at Gardenheir.
My MVP of the week, reminded about by Liana Satenstein’s story, is the Lymphatic Brush by Cecily Braden. A curved brush made up of millions of soft bristles topped off in a “button” pattern that promotes blood flow and moves stagnant fluid around your face. You might’ve seen the millions of Temu knockoffs, but I hear from the most credible sources (authorized seller Raquel Medina) to accept to imitators. I used it on the plane, driving through wine country, and every morning at the hotel to offset the jet lag, travel, and the effects of wine consumption during these inflammatory days.
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