Restaurant
Relais Plaza
Avenue Montaigne · 8th & 16th
21 Avenue Montaigne, 75008
why I go
Art Deco that never clocked out. Lunch is a scene: editors, collectors, salad under crystal. Book. Stay for the room — it’s half the meal.
what I’d wear
Blazer that means business. Bag that means pleasure.
when
Weekday lunch, 1pm. Fashion week if you can get in.
Same energy
Coffee-table books as objects. Fashion monographs you won’t finish. Gift wrap alone is a reason to go. I buy one I can’t carry and regret nothing.
Yes, it’s famous. Skip the terrace unless you like paying for the myth. Upstairs, chocolat chaud, watch the boulevard perform. Fashion week turns the sidewalk into a show — fun once, then I’m done.
Not buying? Fine. Windows and stone are the point. Walk slow. Look up. Fantasy is free if you don’t open the door.